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<blockquote data-quote="minard734" data-source="post: 196379" data-attributes="member: 5888"><p>If you guys wanna keep lucanus adults... I suggest you do this:</p><p></p><p>Put in 1 inch of ground up substrate made of decayed oak or another hardwood (and make sure it is cleaned either by cooking, boiling, or freezing). THEN insert a log that is a good 4 inches long or MORE... make sure it's 2-5 inches wide. AND make sure it's hardwood, preferably oak. After you do this fill the cage with a few more inches of substrate... at least cover 3/4 of the log you put in but REALLY the best idea is to bury it with an inch of substrate over the top of the log even. Then feed them banana. TADA!!! This is for females to lay eggs btw... the submerged log.</p><p></p><p>NOw for lavae... make a cup full of substrate with a screen lid ruberbanded to it. TADAAAAA!!!</p><p></p><p>For elaphus... after it is a BIG and ready L3... put clay in the bottom for a pupal cell.. Not necessary for LC though. just LE.</p><p></p><p>And no, no saturnid moths. But I'd love to get some.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="minard734, post: 196379, member: 5888"] If you guys wanna keep lucanus adults... I suggest you do this: Put in 1 inch of ground up substrate made of decayed oak or another hardwood (and make sure it is cleaned either by cooking, boiling, or freezing). THEN insert a log that is a good 4 inches long or MORE... make sure it's 2-5 inches wide. AND make sure it's hardwood, preferably oak. After you do this fill the cage with a few more inches of substrate... at least cover 3/4 of the log you put in but REALLY the best idea is to bury it with an inch of substrate over the top of the log even. Then feed them banana. TADA!!! This is for females to lay eggs btw... the submerged log. NOw for lavae... make a cup full of substrate with a screen lid ruberbanded to it. TADAAAAA!!! For elaphus... after it is a BIG and ready L3... put clay in the bottom for a pupal cell.. Not necessary for LC though. just LE. And no, no saturnid moths. But I'd love to get some. [/QUOTE]
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