A. verrucosus laying eggs?

Amici Con Coleotteri

Amici Con Coleotteri

Cerambycidae
Really wish I could have taped this but I couldn't peel myself away to get to my camera...

...I noticed one of my BDF Beetles kind of running in place. It's front legs were fixed into the sand with the occasional taps, while all four back legs made swirls of various sizes. All of a sudden it stopped and what I could only surmise was an ovipositor came out dropping what looked like granules of sand. Is it laying eggs like I was guessing?
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Now mine are laying eggs!! Well, just one female so far. She ran around to two different places and sunk her butt into the sand. When she brought it back out, I saw her ovipositor. How long do they take to drop eggs, I wonder? I mean timewise, like in minutes. This seemed pretty quick, and she kept getting interrupted by my male, Romeo.

 
Trailblazr80 said:
Now mine are laying eggs!! Well, just one female so far. She ran around to two different places and sunk her butt into the sand. When she brought it back out, I saw her ovipositor. How long do they take to drop eggs, I wonder? I mean timewise, like in minutes. This seemed pretty quick, and she kept getting interrupted by my male, Romeo.
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Oh Romeo! Hahahaha. Mine dropped several in a matter of seconds, after a lengthy dig in the sand.

Congrats and good luck with your clutch! Keep me posted as they develop.
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Amici Con Coleotteri said:
Oh Romeo! Hahahaha. Mine dropped several in a matter of seconds, after a lengthy dig in the sand.

Congrats and good luck with your clutch! Keep me posted as they develop.
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Thanks! Good luck to yours! Yes, she took about a minute, I'd say, maybe a little less. I hear how hard it is to keep larva alive, so I'll just hope!

 
got any pics of ur setups?

also, what does the ovipositor look like?

 
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Supposedly the larva are easy to rear, it's getting them to pupate that is the problem. I plan on getting some soon and will try to breed them also.

Good luck to the both of you!
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I just heard from someone that they knew a lady that accidentally left her larva outside during a very cold spell, and they pupated. They think it is possible the larva pupates better in winter conditions (like in the coldest days/nights in the desert). Just something I was told .

 
I'm not sure. I spoke to someone at a California based facility, but I'm not sure where the lady was. He just said she left them out overnight during a "freeze."

 
You should dig up the spots where you saw them laying, and see if there are eggs there, just in case, one of the eggs could of hatched and the larva could be eating the other eggs. Normally for darklings this is not a problem, but the BDFBs lay so few eggs, and if something like this were to happen, it could be bad. Maybe you should separate the eggs into a different container. Just a thought. good luck with your eggs!
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Hisserdude said:
You should dig up the spots where you saw them laying, and see if there are eggs there, just in case, one of the eggs could of hatched and the larva could be eating the other eggs. Normally for darklings this is not a problem, but the BDFBs lay so few eggs, and if something like this were to happen, it could be bad. Maybe you should separate the eggs into a different container. Just a thought. good luck with your eggs!
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Very good thought! Thank you!

 
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