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breeding Sagra buqueti, breeding Thai frog beetles, Chrysomelidae, Frog Beetle, Sagra buqueti, Sagra femorate, Thai Frog Beetles
10 x Thai Frog beetle cocoons
I’m so pleased that my Thai frog beetle cocoons finally arrived last week.
But not so pleased I couldn’t find a book on captive breeding this difficult species though (surprised and nervous when Petr of www.Flower-Beetles.com informed me that the Sagra buqueti can be troublesome).
And…then delighted to have found snippets of beneficial (I hope!) info on the BugNation site after doing a search. This email to Petr, about my new found advice, I have pasted below. Just in case any other budding beetle breeders want to have a go with the elusive frog beetle. 😉
I’m wondering if my particular frog beetles are Sagra femorate
(Chrysomelidae)…? I think the Sagra Buqueti are from Malaysia.
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Petr, no such luck on finding ANYTHING worthwhile on captive breeding of the Sagra buqueti on Amazon…
However!, found this link –
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It seems Berlin Zoo had success in breeding them.
” Hello all,
try it with sweet potato.
The zoo from Berlin has good experience (Insectarium)
The adults feed on the leafes,
and the larvas at the roots.
Put the potatos in the ground. look for good humidity and around 28 degrees.
They will grow up to more then 50cm.
It looks like a jungle in a tank
Jumnos ”
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Apparently, in the wild they eat kudzu – whatever that is!!
So…I better get growing Sweet Potatoes!
S.
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L I N K S
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ch2m-nitu/thaie.htm Thai insect stamps, including the Frog beetle.
http://www.thaibugs.com/?page_id=664
http://www.thaibugs.com/?page_id=282 A collection of lovely photos of the
Chrysomelidae
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i love flower beetles's blog 
Hi,
This information maybe useful to me, thanks “iloveflowerbeetles”.
It’s been tough to reach breeding information on the internet.
Best regards
Hi Emilio, thanks for commenting 🙂 I am glad you may find this info useful. I agree – there is NOT much advice regarding beetle captive breeding / welfare on the net.
Your web site showing your work looks interesting. I would like to breed British ladybirds and LaceWings to help populate our gardens and keep down the ‘pest’ population.
Do you keep beetles for pets?
Kind regards
Stephanie Faith / i love flower beetles blog
Hi Stephanie,
thanks for answering. Currently we’re working in two differents work streams: Biologic control (including bumble bee pollinitation) of agro pests and exotic insects for collectors.
I have a huge list of demanded insects, and I have to decide which ones are better to start with. Flower beetles look like one of the best, they are full coloured, there’re many families and are not very expensive to keep and breed.
Best regards,
Emilio G.
Hi Emilio, really? a huge list of insects? What are the favourite ones? The Pachnoda Sinuata, sun beetle, is a great beginner beetle. Quite hardy creatures and you can feed them bits of banana or beetle jelly. Mine have laid many eggs already!
All the best with your biological control work.
Stephanie
Hello Stephanie do you have alive frogbeetles to offer? Or do you know a person who can offer this beautifull specie?
I have a lot of sweet potato in my garden 🙂
regards:
Patrick
Hi Patrick, it’s always nice to hear from someone who is interested in taking up the pet beetle hobby 🙂 I don’t personally have any young ~ yet ~ but you could try the person I bought them off. I had to pre~order mine and had to wait more than half a year! but it was well worth the wait…I’m now sorting out new pics as I write 😉 That’s a huge plus`being able to grow your own sweet potatoes for them to eat ~ essential for the young ~ I’ve had no success myself; my 2 small sweet potatoes died…I’ve now ordered some KUDZU seeds as that is what they eat in the wild. Of course, the adults also eat banana, beetle jelly etc.
Here’s that link ~ http://www.lba.uk.com/Frog-Beetle-Sagra-fermonta_AQT4C.aspx
Let me know how you get on 🙂
All the best ~
Stephanie