Stag beetle in the house

The bad news is that beetles taken out of the cocoon ahead of time are usually not residents, and this is exactly what happened in your case. And to put the toothpaste back in the tube before spring, I don't even know what to offer. Is it actively crawling?

he - yes, quite so, if in the light. she keeps trying to bury herself in the trash she came with. dry leaves of all sorts, sawdust and so on. according to my mother-in-law, I understood that there were no cocoons. maybe, on the contrary, they are going to hide for the winter?

A stag beetle in the ground? Maybe a rhinoceros beetle?

A stag beetle in the ground? Maybe a rhinoceros beetle?

No, you're not confusing anything . I was once brought a male stag beetle that was dug up from the ground in late October.

Well, in general, yes, I read that they also winter in the ground, I didn't know Rhinos can also be dug out of the ground at this time, they live not only in dung heaps but also near rotten stumps.

Yes, Pan Hierophis, probably saw this beetle once in a hundred years, and then crooked, there is no need to listen to him. That's right: deer beetle larvae develop most often below ground level, feeding on rotten oak roots. Here they also pupate in cocoons of packed soil and their own excrement. The beetle also sits in them for a long time-it gets stronger and overwinters. And in the spring or early summer comes to the surface. In this case, they must have dug somewhere under an oak tree and destroyed the cocoon with the still immature beetle. Since it's trying to dig in, you can probably try to return everything "back". Bourgeois in case of premature destruction of beetle cocoons usually make their substitute from foam for ekibans such as these:



Only the size relative to the size of the body is better a little smaller and the cover is made of the same material. The material is sold in flower shops, I don't remember exactly what it's called. At the bottom of the container they have some wet sawdust, but it is better to take a coconut substrate, there you can control the humidity by color. However, I do not know at all what it should be for our deer, I suspect the average-the color of milk chocolate. In our case, the container will have to be put in the refrigerator. And hope. Or immediately kill the beetle and add it to the collection, the population will not decrease from one instance.

This post was edited by ENO-06.10.2017 22: 37

Tinplate)) Interestingly, and what, already an adult beetle is proposed to wrap up in such garbage, and bury it in the ground? ))
All that really remains is to keep them at home, which in general is interesting and probably not difficult, but here, by the way, Alex could tell you something, he definitely kept rhinos, maybe he also kept deer.
Although deer seem to be more freedom-loving, and love to fly.
Nixter probably put his deer right on the pin, Inokenty hardly kept the deer, so just wait for Alex )

I kept it, kept it. Only they don't live long. And we can say that they don't like flying at all compared to bronzes. However, this specimen is most likely still immature, not to mention flying, it will not be able to eat. It won't be too much for him to lie down in the cradle. And God willing, and in diapause will be able to drive.

in general, do you think it's hopeless?

But didn't the beetle itself tell you the solution?
He is trying to bury himself, take him to a deserted quiet place without dogs, cats and other evil spirits and let him calmly dig into the loose soil. There he will spend the winter.
I didn't keep any deer. And rhinos - for years (about a year and a little longer live without mating).

Or die. But it will be fashionable to believe that you have overwintered. They do not overwinter in nature outside the cocoons. If the beetle came out and saw the white light, then in his brain it could already be postponed that spring has come. xz. what will happen with the option described by Alex, especially if it warms up. Hardly anyone has conducted such an experiment.

Most likely, this experiment is performed constantly. Bugs come out by themselves, making mistakes. Or who helps.
Are there any other options? Is that in the same soil in the refrigerator until the season storage

Such cases are unknown. Normally, beetles always remain in cocoons until May or June. There are options, one of which I described above. With this method, at least it will be known for certain whether the bug survived or not, and not out of sight - out of mind, as you suggest.

This post was edited by ENO - 10.10.2017 23: 42

No, well, really - the beetle came out, decided that it was spring. He can really arrange a spring? Warm there, light, flies do not bite, oak twigs, acorns of all kinds, honey water (as in the Internet write) at least get drunk...

What for? There are still no female whiskers. It's better to starve right away.

There are some thoughts that, by analogy with the rhino, it will live much longer without females

What's the use?

None.
What was the use of taking him home?