NOTES ON CAPTIVE HOUSING AND GENERAL HUSBANDRY OF SELECTED LUCANID BEETLE LARVAE

摘要

To accurately document the life history of Coleoptera, it is often necessary to augment field observations with laboratory-based research. Through trial and error, over a period of 13 years, we have successfully reared, or captive bred, a range of beetles including species of Lucanidae (stag beetles), Carabidae (ground beetles), Buprestidae (jewel beetles), Cerambycidae (longicorn beetles) and Curculionidae (weevils).