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I have but i wasnt asleep though.

I dont understand why i cant delete this but whatever.

Male and female.

Cameras just dont capture this species all that well The metallic-violet legs complement the green very well.

Much larger than gloriosa, which it often occurs alongside. Very intense metallic iridescence, shifts colors when viewed from different angles. Oak leaves of any kind are acceptable

Larger specimen is the female, smaller is a male

females thestalus can be easily distinguished from the similar sized and shaped Strategus cessus

2026 Monsoon

Strongly assosciated with Ash trees, range extends as far south as guatamala.

once they're out of the shed they are okay, it's during the actual molting itself they are in danger, because they can be trapped in their shed if startled during molting.

Their natural behavior is to crawl up to the burrow entrance, she might actually be hungry and trying to orient toward the 'entrance'. It's the air-flow causing it. It tells them that's the way out.

Lol i would be too intimidated to mess with the burrow like that, they have a nasty bite.

late-season larvae overwinter as pupae, i meant. lol derp.

I wouldnt put any isopoda other than dwarf whites with tarantulas. porcellio, armadillidium, oniscus and porcelionides all are known to attack molting insects, especially porcellio. Only the dwarves and a few others are safe with other inverts.

I doubt its a form of aposematism. most of their main predators still successfully eat them despite the hairs, mammals included. i honestly believe it's just uniform scales/hairs causing incidental interference.