Hello. I have a few of those bugs and 1 of them everyday (he borrows at night) he acts activelly. I'd say even he sprints across the tank for quite a few hours and trys to get out. Doesnt seem to be eating as well. Does anyone know why?
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Eudicella nyasica
Unexpected
Jun 02, 2006 08:27 PM
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lizardman
Jun 04, 2006 09:07 PM
Maybe it's your temps or humidity or food....it says on a few websites that their main preference is bananas, then ripe peaches, then apples. This is a tropical fruit beetle, so if it was my insect, I'd experiment with various fruits &/or combinations.
Also, this species maybe territorial; typically w/ the males. You may have to separate, him??
goodluck
Unexpected
Jun 04, 2006 09:18 PM
they dont seem to be territorial. The place where I bought them had about 20 in living in one tank quite happily. One of the beatles (and grubs) are happy with the apple. Although of cause I will try banana. Thanks for your help. For some reason this behavior only occurs during the day. During night they are nice and calm.
lizardman
Jun 04, 2006 10:14 PM
If the problem is happening during the day (light) time of day, I would suggest that you provide more hiding shelters or possibly deepen the substrate. Hopefully, you're providing a mulch type of substrate. Beetles tend to like composted bark &/or leaves. No cedar/pine or other aromatic resiniferous trees.
If they were my beetles, I'd try fruit: bark/woood/leaves. Secondly, I'd go to an inert mulch, such as aspen or fir.
Goodluck
lizardman
Jun 04, 2006 10:16 PM
*Also, if the place of purchase had no problem keeping them, you should ask them about their care.*
Unexpected
Jun 13, 2006 10:52 AM
Mkay. They seem to be well now. Any advice on breeding em? I cannot really find anything useful on the web. :- Hope you guys can help.
Unexpected
Jun 04, 2006 10:58 PM
Yes that's the type of sustrate I use. The gurbs are happy are are borrowed most of the time, surficing not more for a couple of saconds a week (from what i can tell anyway) The tank is standing in the darkest corner of my flat possible and I also covered the tank with books just in case I'm out and the curtains suddenly let too much light through. Dont really see what the problem is. is it possible that they would like to fly for a bit or something like that? 
