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- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Copyright
- © 1977 Société entomologique de France
- ISSN
- 2168-6351
- eISSN
- 0037-9271
- DOI
- 10.1080/21686351.1977.12278661
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Summary Observations of the hercules beetle are made in nature, in 1969 and 1970: the number of Insects is higher in july and december. The total rainfall of a month have an effect on the total number of observed Insects two months after; the number of flights is higher when the moon is present. It appears that beetles caught during their flight are young and unmated: flights are mating flights. In the laboratory, the best conditions of larval and adult breeding are defined. Twenty larvaes in a plastic box of 30 litres on a medium composed of rotten wood and cow-dung give 13 adults borned during the 15th month. The young beetle stays 4 to 6 weeks inside the medium, then eats during 1,5 to 2 months, mates, and the female lays its eggs two weeks after. Mating occurs very late in the vitellogenesis.
Journal
Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ) – Taylor & Francis
Published: Oct 31, 1977
Keywords: biologie; élevage; Coleoptera; Dynastinae; Dynastes h. hercules; Guadeloupe