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Pyrophorini (Bioluminescent click beetles), Pyrophorus, Ignelater, Deilelater, etc.
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<blockquote data-quote="Hisserdude" data-source="post: 198417" data-attributes="member: 4652"><p>Thought I'd make a thread to show off some of my <strong>bioluminescent</strong> click beetles, all in the subfamily Pyrophorini. So far I have three of the five US native species (all three collected by @Lucanus95 ), and of course the giant <em>Pyrophorus noctilucus</em> (which are now fairly well established in the US hobby).</p><p></p><p>First off I'll show off my most recent additions, <em>Ignelater havaniensis</em>, the largest US native Pyrophorini species, large adults can get a little over an inch long. I received adults about a month ago and now have probably 100 larvae, at least! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> So far they seem just as easy to breed as other members of this subfamily, and I hope to help establish and circulate them in the US hobby! This species, unlike any of the other cultured Pyrophorini, displays noticeable sexual dimorphism as adults, with males being more slender in build with longer antennae, whereas the females have slightly shorter antennae and are broader in shape. Also unlike any of the other US natives, <em>I.havaniensis</em> have pointed extensions to the tips of their elytra, which makes them easy to tell apart from the smaller <em>Deilelater</em> species which might have overlapping ranges with them.</p><p></p><p>Here's an adult male:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VKsgTJHVO80/YJy01qpEF7I/AAAAAAAARgM/iY9ndxqpo6IEtvabhV4O1eU_Xaq_vCY0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1860/IgnelaterhavaniensisMale%25231.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 488px" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8S1ytCLJGAw/YJy02_3yapI/AAAAAAAARgc/A8LCJN6uWM09NeiYHuROIqPw1Ib2BRIngCLcBGAsYHQ/s1698/IgnelaterhavaniensisMale%25237.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 558px" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3QVh2iUjyhY/YJy01fIP2WI/AAAAAAAARgE/xREL9rY46JQLFki-mTHWz6gIwfDPhJ3dACLcBGAsYHQ/s498/IgnelaterhavaniensisMale%25233.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 438px" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VjZnYfm7iiU/YJy1DCCdMvI/AAAAAAAARgo/vIl6CWuXuRoWydnh43zAd1CdNbdi59jYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1602/IgnelaterhavaniensisMale%25239.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 466px" /></p><p></p><p>And now an adult female:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UwQ9SaZZxAQ/YJy1ZAcs95I/AAAAAAAARhA/I1anlQFzwwUtS3Uje0jgFOOEbyswiyNhACLcBGAsYHQ/s2024/IgnelaterhavaniensisFemale%25232.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 594px" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EfwqyCF-eVk/YJy1ZxlVnQI/AAAAAAAARhI/6GR_8i5Byeg7zM23HHy4rBGDLB6qAP9AQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1903/IgnelaterhavaniensisFemale%25234.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 591px" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2JjDzPyE0g/YJy1afyEdzI/AAAAAAAARhU/NVxdWfjxG0EVILw0w55EwDhsVhGrcrLtwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1468/IgnelaterhavaniensisFemale%25237.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 587px" /></p><p></p><p>And here is an adult male doing his thing, glowing quite brightly from his two pronotum spots!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9kB3gnrLIKo/YJy1xbbX6JI/AAAAAAAARhw/cexAvKm1P1ICl9EU5vCjWdLhN4YPEBWjACLcBGAsYHQ/s1849/IgnelaterhavaniensisGlow%25231.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 592px" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2d-iaoRJStw/YJy1yJdOBYI/AAAAAAAARh8/0ihwgiiAYtsgS8QFCXT7rCdlSElfT7zdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1956/IgnelaterhavaniensisGlow%25234.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 594px" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gl-5QiLQM_c/YLhikgpcAKI/AAAAAAAARw0/_7VWxx_rsks13V3ZA4ilHdMkvS39nkc3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1661/IgnelaterGlow%25239.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 592px" /></p><p></p><p>Here's a tiny L1 larva, click beetles go through many molts, and not even a set number of molts, not like scarabs that only have three instars:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lk02JApMRIk/YLhjJWUVpDI/AAAAAAAARxM/HziVGhka0NI6Dbe59iePKN8dw9jNVzWQACLcBGAsYHQ/s522/IgnelaterLarva%25232.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sO4FdOk5aag/YLhjJbefciI/AAAAAAAARxI/y-Fp9zNw0DY6QUausul4XdR8dQLj76_nwCLcBGAsYHQ/s582/IgnelaterLarva%25231.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 508px" /></p><p></p><p>And lastly, here is a size comparison between my largest <em>Pyrophorus noctilucus</em> adult (left) and my largest <em>Ignelater havaniensis</em> adult (right):</p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AicV3B1NeIE/YJy2as0mgLI/AAAAAAAARig/4FWMAHHNMEs6Mh5eJR8uutNh1fiXrH7CwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1728/PyrophorusVSIgnelater%25233.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 429px" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HS9smVs0X-A/YJy2b-QaXVI/AAAAAAAARik/VO0rWqzim306ahfh402QvSm2SeO-e3AGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1844/PyrophorusVSIgnelater%25234.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 428px" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hisserdude, post: 198417, member: 4652"] Thought I'd make a thread to show off some of my [B]bioluminescent[/B] click beetles, all in the subfamily Pyrophorini. So far I have three of the five US native species (all three collected by @Lucanus95 ), and of course the giant [I]Pyrophorus noctilucus[/I] (which are now fairly well established in the US hobby). First off I'll show off my most recent additions, [I]Ignelater havaniensis[/I], the largest US native Pyrophorini species, large adults can get a little over an inch long. I received adults about a month ago and now have probably 100 larvae, at least! :D So far they seem just as easy to breed as other members of this subfamily, and I hope to help establish and circulate them in the US hobby! This species, unlike any of the other cultured Pyrophorini, displays noticeable sexual dimorphism as adults, with males being more slender in build with longer antennae, whereas the females have slightly shorter antennae and are broader in shape. Also unlike any of the other US natives, [I]I.havaniensis[/I] have pointed extensions to the tips of their elytra, which makes them easy to tell apart from the smaller [I]Deilelater[/I] species which might have overlapping ranges with them. Here's an adult male: [IMG width="488px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VKsgTJHVO80/YJy01qpEF7I/AAAAAAAARgM/iY9ndxqpo6IEtvabhV4O1eU_Xaq_vCY0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1860/IgnelaterhavaniensisMale%25231.JPG[/IMG] [IMG width="558px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8S1ytCLJGAw/YJy02_3yapI/AAAAAAAARgc/A8LCJN6uWM09NeiYHuROIqPw1Ib2BRIngCLcBGAsYHQ/s1698/IgnelaterhavaniensisMale%25237.JPG[/IMG] [IMG width="438px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3QVh2iUjyhY/YJy01fIP2WI/AAAAAAAARgE/xREL9rY46JQLFki-mTHWz6gIwfDPhJ3dACLcBGAsYHQ/s498/IgnelaterhavaniensisMale%25233.JPG[/IMG] [IMG width="466px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VjZnYfm7iiU/YJy1DCCdMvI/AAAAAAAARgo/vIl6CWuXuRoWydnh43zAd1CdNbdi59jYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1602/IgnelaterhavaniensisMale%25239.JPG[/IMG] And now an adult female: [IMG width="594px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UwQ9SaZZxAQ/YJy1ZAcs95I/AAAAAAAARhA/I1anlQFzwwUtS3Uje0jgFOOEbyswiyNhACLcBGAsYHQ/s2024/IgnelaterhavaniensisFemale%25232.JPG[/IMG] [IMG width="591px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EfwqyCF-eVk/YJy1ZxlVnQI/AAAAAAAARhI/6GR_8i5Byeg7zM23HHy4rBGDLB6qAP9AQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1903/IgnelaterhavaniensisFemale%25234.JPG[/IMG] [IMG width="587px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2JjDzPyE0g/YJy1afyEdzI/AAAAAAAARhU/NVxdWfjxG0EVILw0w55EwDhsVhGrcrLtwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1468/IgnelaterhavaniensisFemale%25237.JPG[/IMG] And here is an adult male doing his thing, glowing quite brightly from his two pronotum spots! [IMG width="592px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9kB3gnrLIKo/YJy1xbbX6JI/AAAAAAAARhw/cexAvKm1P1ICl9EU5vCjWdLhN4YPEBWjACLcBGAsYHQ/s1849/IgnelaterhavaniensisGlow%25231.JPG[/IMG] [IMG width="594px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2d-iaoRJStw/YJy1yJdOBYI/AAAAAAAARh8/0ihwgiiAYtsgS8QFCXT7rCdlSElfT7zdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1956/IgnelaterhavaniensisGlow%25234.JPG[/IMG] [IMG width="592px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gl-5QiLQM_c/YLhikgpcAKI/AAAAAAAARw0/_7VWxx_rsks13V3ZA4ilHdMkvS39nkc3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1661/IgnelaterGlow%25239.JPG[/IMG] Here's a tiny L1 larva, click beetles go through many molts, and not even a set number of molts, not like scarabs that only have three instars: [IMG]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lk02JApMRIk/YLhjJWUVpDI/AAAAAAAARxM/HziVGhka0NI6Dbe59iePKN8dw9jNVzWQACLcBGAsYHQ/s522/IgnelaterLarva%25232.JPG[/IMG] [IMG width="508px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sO4FdOk5aag/YLhjJbefciI/AAAAAAAARxI/y-Fp9zNw0DY6QUausul4XdR8dQLj76_nwCLcBGAsYHQ/s582/IgnelaterLarva%25231.JPG[/IMG] And lastly, here is a size comparison between my largest [I]Pyrophorus noctilucus[/I] adult (left) and my largest [I]Ignelater havaniensis[/I] adult (right): [IMG width="429px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AicV3B1NeIE/YJy2as0mgLI/AAAAAAAARig/4FWMAHHNMEs6Mh5eJR8uutNh1fiXrH7CwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1728/PyrophorusVSIgnelater%25233.JPG[/IMG] [IMG width="428px"]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HS9smVs0X-A/YJy2b-QaXVI/AAAAAAAARik/VO0rWqzim306ahfh402QvSm2SeO-e3AGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1844/PyrophorusVSIgnelater%25234.JPG[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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