32_And another hatchling of Megasoma actaeon actaeon from French Guiana. Just love them, and really love how their wing Color changes from slightly yellowish to black. Really would love a mo
135_Protaetia speciosa caucasica from Turkey. Was originally introduced as P. s. Venusta. Another beautiful species but with a slow development cycle due to hibernation. Imagines hatched las
17_This is what 70g of Goliathus larva look like. This one is quite a peaceful specimen, still growing and not yet in the pre-pupa madness. They can reach 100g, but the heaviest I managed to
96_And back to beetles. The new generation of Argyrophegges kolbei has started to hatch. The silver pearl Color on these mini Goliath beetles is just out of this world. This is the third gen
92_A little gangster for the weekend! Mantises seem to be a crowd pleaser, more than most beetles, so here we go. This one is a 3rd instar nymph of the Lesser Devil’s Flower, a.k.a Blepharop
213_These guys are super nasty if stepped on accidentally, they just pinch and even get through the think skin on the heels. Ah well, still super fascinating these termites.Filmed them on La
187_Probably some krill. Found these little shrimps in an outlet of fresh water into the sea in the Camargue in France and found them to be quite fascinating.Like little fairies, if salt wat
210_And for a small change an auto created reel. Looked nice enough, so here you go ;) scroll past if not interested, good content coming soon again. #lucanidae #lucanid #stagbeetle #hirschk
24_This time, some eye candy, chrome age edition 😂. Cetoniinae beat Lucanidae most of the time when it comes to colour. These are three subspecies of Protaetia speciosa and a small and a no
73_And a beetle again 😇. Decided to post a female of Eudicella trilineata this time. As most of the time we breeders tend to post male beetle specimen, due to their bigger size and horns. H
128_Gold is a scarce resource these days, and while many alchemists have tried to derive a formula to make lead to gold, I chose the biologists methodologyI try to breed them. This is a fema
183_Now who is he Chose the VHS style as the last time I worked with this species must have been around 2000. At that time, I had them from Venezuela or French Guiana, don’t remember anymore
131_Cyclommatus metallifer finae, the black form, even though these look more purple than black. Like the standard gold form, they are easy to breed and rear on just flake soil. Quite the ad
47_These two are the first Hexarthrius Davisoni of this season. It’s a nice and relatively easy to breed species from South India. Larvae can be reared on both flake soil or kinshi, but I te
4_May I present, the wiggler. Had to reorder my collection and came across this fairly big pupa of Hexarthrius forsteri forsteri. Really excited to see it hatch soon.Originally from India, t
139_Not your usual pet beetle. But they should be. These Pimelia bipunctata from the Mediterranean are active during the day. Visible pretty much all the time. Long lived and interactive. Pl
25_Winter time in the northern hemisphere is Goliathus season. These are two normal sized boys of Goliathus goliatus. One of the largest flower beetles in the world, these guys are not so ea
