fruit beetle

wayne the pain

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this is one of my fruit beetles could only get this pic at moment cause he keeps flying off post more when i can others are burried away.oh the beetles are Eudicellus smithi bertrandi and this is the male he has horns think the females have been laying eggs but il have to wait and see
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fatbloke

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wayne

cool phots thought i check on how my beetle larve was doing and found this

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its a pachonda marginata peregrina fruit beetle a few weeks ago it was a larve but its starting to turn into a beetle know i found its coccoon next to it i have no idea what happen but the caccoon is really small so it might of out grown it:? but keeping beetles is new to me

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wayne the pain

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that sounds strange to me, i thought they pupated in there little cocoon, but im new to this to want some more beetles yet be on the lookout at next show in december :)
 

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is that the show in nottingham around mid december:?

john
 

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nice beetle-pictures :}
i used to have fruitbeetles,... now only 1 dynastes specie :D

i'll post some pictures of those also,... soon ;)

haven't got a clue how it's possible to get out of their cocon :confused:
 

MacCleod

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Nice beetle Wayne :)

I'm getting started with fruit beetles too.
I already have Pachnoda marginata peregrina, and today I received 5 grubs of Xylotrupes gideon sumatrensis :)
 

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i think that could be the show that i should be going not 100% sure yet as im deciding to save the money i got and go to 1 of the shows abroad like belgium or germany at the start of next year but if i do go i will let you know nearer the time

john
 

wayne the pain

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hey those grubs you just got have you any pics of adults and what type of beetle are they? take it there not a kind of fruit beetle?:?
 

MacCleod

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Re: MaCleod

Originally posted by wayne the pain
hey those grubs you just got have you any pics of adults and what type of beetle are they? take it there not a kind of fruit beetle?:?
They 're actually Dynastidae.

Picture by Petr Kocarek

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MacCleod

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Re: very nice

Originally posted by wayne the pain
they are so cool.how does it take for the grubs to mature?
:?
After 10 to 12 months the grub will turn into a puppae, and that stage lasts 1 to 2 months.
 
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