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Month: July 2016

The mycelium bottle, a technical breakthrough to raise stag beetles ?>

The mycelium bottle, a technical breakthrough to raise stag beetles

Amateurs who breed stag beetles have much interest on how to raise bigger adult insects. How to raise bigger adult insects means how to raise bigger larva because the size of the adult insect is determined by the size of larva and never changes once he/she becomes adult. As you can imagine, this is due to exoskeleton of stag beetles. Many trials have been made to raise bigger larva. As I posted on “How to breed larva“, breeding using flake wood or…

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A stag beetle shop ?>

A stag beetle shop

I took a photos of a stag beetle shop where I visit often. The shop provides almost all items for caring and breeding stag beetles. Foreign stag beetles and woods for laying eggs. Woods for laying eggs. Woods with holes to put jellies.  Many types of jellies.  Micellium bottles in a refrigerator. Foreign stag beetles.

Japanese paintings with stag beetles and rhinoceros beetles ?>

Japanese paintings with stag beetles and rhinoceros beetles

Tokyo National Museum shares digital images of its historical art resources.  Stag beetles and rhinoceros beetles are in Edo (1603~1867) or Meiji era (1868~1912) paintings. Source: Tokyo National Museum Web Archives The pictures were uploaded in compliance with terms and conditions provided by Tokyo National Museum. “博物館虫譜_甲” by 関根雲停 and others – Meiji-era “博物館虫譜_甲” by 関根雲停 and others – Meiji-era “博物館虫譜_甲” by 関根雲停 and others – Meiji-era “博物館虫譜_甲” by 関根雲停 and others – Meiji-era “博物館虫譜_甲” by 関根雲停 and others – Meiji-era “草花魚貝虫類写生図” by 狩野常信…

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