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Lastly, we have Deilelater cf. atlanticus, one of our smallest US native Pyrophorini, but they still glow brightly nonetheless! These were collected from Ocala FL last year by @Lucanus95 (Alan Jeon), and he sent me 9 CB larvae, which I've been rearing up for months now. One of them just pupated, so I should be seeing an adult in person soon, hopefully I'll be able to breed these easily!Some pictures of a small larva:And now here is a pupa, under normal lighting and then in the dark, so you can see it glowing.And that's it! The last two US natives I have yet to obtain are Vesperelater arizonicus (only found in far southern AZ), and Deilelater ustulatus (only found in FL, uncommonly seen compared to D.atlanticus and D.physoderus). Would love to keep those species as well, so here's hoping I can source some this year.
Lastly, we have Deilelater cf. atlanticus, one of our smallest US native Pyrophorini, but they still glow brightly nonetheless! These were collected from Ocala FL last year by @Lucanus95 (Alan Jeon), and he sent me 9 CB larvae, which I've been rearing up for months now. One of them just pupated, so I should be seeing an adult in person soon, hopefully I'll be able to breed these easily!
Some pictures of a small larva:
And now here is a pupa, under normal lighting and then in the dark, so you can see it glowing.
And that's it! The last two US natives I have yet to obtain are Vesperelater arizonicus (only found in far southern AZ), and Deilelater ustulatus (only found in FL, uncommonly seen compared to D.atlanticus and D.physoderus). Would love to keep those species as well, so here's hoping I can source some this year.