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Post by bichos on Mar 5, 2013 3:16:48 GMT -8
A young woman found this specimen crawling out of a plant while sitting at a cafe at North Queensland, Kuranda  It's the reddest male I have ever seen  and yes she released it  Attachments:
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Post by nosorog on Mar 5, 2013 7:55:13 GMT -8
WOW
Magnificent color. Hopefully it will make a sub-population of red P. muelleri and you can catch some later.
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Post by bichos on Apr 15, 2013 5:11:05 GMT -8
Thanks I hope they will make many red babies. Color forms seem to be a genetic traits, passed on to offspring.
So its a real possibility.
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Post by coleopterra on May 22, 2013 3:59:43 GMT -8
Stunning. Japanese breeders as well obtained completely blue and green "rainbow stags". The color difference appear to be related to temperature during the metamorphosis, particularly red is commonly observed in color variants of other lucanid species (E.g. in Cyclommatus). Here the link to the article, includes some information on biology: www.naturesface.com.au/2011/01/rainbow-stag-beetle-phalacrognathus-muelleri/Good that she took a photo before releasing it. Best regards, Robert www.coleop-terra.com/ |
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Post by bichos on May 22, 2013 5:45:06 GMT -8
My mistake, it came out of her "pants" not the bush  Oh, I was hoping to read about the effects of temperature on the color of adult muelleri. |
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and yes she released it 
