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Bess Beetles

Started By MegaMyrmex , Dec 2 2017 6:08 PM

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#1 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 2 2017 - 6:08 PM

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I have about 7 of these in a small container filled to the rim with rotten wood. They squeak like mad and ome almost popped the lid right off😕 I'll try to fet them to lay eggs but I don't really know how to. If anybody else could chime in and offer some advice I'd really appreciate that. I am also doing this to observe them and to see how social they really are.
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Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

#2 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 2 2017 - 6:47 PM

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This is cool! I've always wanted Bess beetles. Definitely following this.


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#3 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 9 2017 - 1:27 PM

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Not much happened but these guys eat wood like champs. I put in a log that I couldn't even smash apart with a hammer and when i checked on them, the whole thing's almost gone and all that's really left is lots of shredded wood and frass

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

#4 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted January 6 2018 - 1:22 PM

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The beetles are doing fine and they seem to be enjoying their setup so far. They eat a ton of dead wood though. No babies yet but they are very interactive with one another and squeak like mad.


Edited by MegaMyrmex, January 6 2018 - 1:23 PM.

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

#5 Offline starcraftjunkie - Posted January 9 2018 - 7:09 AM

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Give pictures and a video!

 

I had to youtube their squeaking and it's pretty damn cute.


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#6 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted January 9 2018 - 9:41 AM

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Glad the beetles are doing well :)


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Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
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Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
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Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
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#7 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted January 10 2018 - 8:25 PM

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Glad the beetles are doing well :)

Thanks man. They grind dead wood like champs though, still no larvae.
I'll try to upload a video since photos won't do their comical nature.

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

#8 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted January 12 2018 - 2:55 PM

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I remember hearing that Bess Beetles are extremely challenging to breed. Good on you if you manage to keep their life cycle going.


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#9 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted January 12 2018 - 7:43 PM

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Thabks, Nathant! They seem to love dead wood but I haven't seen any larvae yet.
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Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

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