Keeping of Coleoptera larvae

I read on the Internet-the Chinese breed lucanide, dinasiid, mainly Dynastes Hercules. They wrote that it is better to keep them in the ground + the leaves of that tree (rotted) leaves 3 2 of the earth.. sort of.. you can also add peat 1 whole..

To Sealor
, it is better to take more dust and bury pieces of wood in it. But not the fact that it will be possible to bring to imago, the development cycle is 5-6 years!, and judging by its size, it is no more than two. And how accurate is a stag beetle? There may also be other types of lamelliferous and horned animals in the dust.
To RippeR
Hollows are not difficult to grow, first of all, the development cycle is not as long as that of antlers, and secondly, there are fewer problems with food. A rash of overripe leaves and sometimes, a little bit of earth with sand.

In principle, I could have mixed it up, but in addition to the widespread and very different larvae of the bronze aurata, Drocus parallelopideus and deer are usually found in rotten oak trunks. Moreover, in the same "piece of wood" I found a cocoon of a deer beetle. Well, the timing of development - well, I'll wait.. And if it is kept in a room, without wintering and at a temperature of approx. 27C?

Oak trunks may contain hermit wax, Gnorimus river wax, grim bronze (marble), Fiber bronze, etc.

Yes, I very often inspect oak stumps and fallen trees, hollows, etc.Then I bring the larvae found home. Sometimes I don't have time to look at the larvae in the forest, but at home I'm tired too, and I throw the larvae into the insectarium with an automatic machine. So I had 7 larvae, I don't remember where I collected them. This picture was taken more than six months ago. I placed them in a separate insectarium, filled them with oak dust mixed with oak leaves, and added a few pieces of solid oak. The larvae grow. I tried giving bananas, but they don't react. The larvae of Cetonischema aeruginosa already climb out of the ground and climb on a stump for bananas, although more in the dark, but for them bananas are like a drug, and these do not react to bananas. By the way, when the larvae were placed in the insectarium, they were smaller than the larvae of Cetonischema aeruginosa, so I did not pay attention to them.

Pictures:
  the larva.jpg — (55.31к) 11.05.2006 — 25.05.2006

In antlers, the anal opening has the form of a longitudinal slit, while in the stag beetle, there are two bare oval spots on the sides of it. In lamellar sawyers, the anal opening is three-rayed or transverse. Unfortunately, the angle of the photo does not allow you to see the end of the abdomen...