Keeping of domestic insects. Staphylinus caesareus, etc.

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Vladimirrr, 25.05.2007 0:36

Once again I caught such an insect (in the photo). In the corresponding section, they suggested that this is Staphylinus caesareus. Well, I have some questions that do not fit into the "classification" section, so I decided to post a new topic here. I would be grateful if someone would tell me something about this insect, even if not quite in the subject of my questions...
First, a lyrical digression... I confess that I caught the first bug to feed it to the lizard, but not only did it not become its victim, but it also managed to drag a bloodworm out of its tray! For such ingenuity, the beetle was placed in a separate container. I recently moved in another one of the same size. There were fears that they would devour each other, but no aggression... I fed them today a small flour crunch with tweezers-each one in the mouth. Well, etc.
Questions.
What do these beetles ' eggs look like? It would be great to see a photo somewhere-a thread on the network, or at least a description. And in general, any Russian-language information would be good to read. I found a lot of photos, but all on non-Russian sites, and even then very stingy comments...
How to distinguish a male from a female?
Which of the genus of these beetles is the largest?
Can they bite through human skin? It is important!
Well, the question is not about the beetle, but just out of curiosity-Who keeps what domestic insects?

This post was edited by Vladimirrr - 25.05.2007 00: 37

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18.06.2007 9:50, omar

So, I decided to settle in Calosoma investigator. The first impression is that the hunter is bloodthirsty, but rather awkward. Now I understand why they mostly eat caterpillars - they just can't catch other insects. The beetle only responds to moving prey when it just stupidly bumps into an insect, and it already starts to run away, and the hunter just begins to understand that it is prey. Large and strong scoops, when he is very lucky to grab it, wraps his paws around and rolls head over heels on the bank with the prey, while the butterfly struggles and tries to throw it off. As an experiment, I threw a bear - I tore it up, but I didn't eat it, which means that the poison of bears is effective against these beetles.

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21.06.2007 9:10, alex017

I would like to know one thing: why do grasshoppers (such as those in the photo on the left) begin to "fall apart"when maintaining a house? First, their hind jumping legs fall off, then the wings at the edges become full of holes and begin to climb and shorten from this, then the whiskers may break, parts of the remaining paws(starting from the claws) may fall off. As a result, by late autumn, a sort of stumpy person remains-a disabled person who can barely move.
In nature, I observed the same phenomenon, only to such an extent it did not reach.
Probably the cold weather came earlier and the insects died.
The grasshopper on the right lives in nature longer than the one on the left, because sometimes it climbs very tall trees (I know about this, because even after severe frosts they can be heard).
And if you manage to get it-it's all intact. But it's the same story at home