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Rental space for breeding and caring stag beetles ?>

Rental space for breeding and caring stag beetles

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Rental space for breeding and caring stag beetles are provided by some shops. The rental space here means a monthly rent service for a tiny space to put cases for adult insects or bottles for larva. You may doubt who spend their money to rent a tiny space for stag beetles, but there is certainly a demand for it. As an example, you can see pictures in the below link. ランバージャック（Tokyo） Their rent fee is size dependent: 4,500 Yen/Month, W900×D450×H600 (mm)…

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The history of stag beetle price bubble in Japan ?>

The history of stag beetle price bubble in Japan

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Recently the price of Dorcus hopei binodulosus (the most famous stag beetle species in Japan, the one in the picture) is several thousand yen, but it was incredibly higher around 1999.  The price raised over one million yen for a large-sized male Dorcus hopei binodulosus. Probably the most extreme case would be 10 million yen for one male (It is unclear whether somebody actually bought him, ref.1).  This post will try to analyze which factor heated up and down this…

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