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africaone
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breeding Nigidius Apr 15, 2015 23:56:29 GMT -8

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Post by africaone on Apr 15, 2015 23:56:29 GMT -8

thanks Peter

I have a lot of African Nigidius and Figulus in collection and I never smell any unpleasant odor like for usual carnivorous beetles and I never heard (In Africa) about (or found myself) any species in traps baited with fish, food, meat, dead animals or insects, etc.

s'il n'y pas de solution c'est qu'il n'y a pas de problème ! akuna matata ....

bichos
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breeding Nigidius Apr 16, 2015 1:42:15 GMT -8

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Post by bichos on Apr 16, 2015 1:42:15 GMT -8

Apr 15, 2015 23:56:29 GMT -8 africaone said:

thanks Peter

I have a lot of African Nigidius and Figulus in collection and I never smell any unpleasant odor like for usual carnivorous beetles and I never heard (In Africa) about (or found myself) any species in traps baited with fish, food, meat, dead animals or insects, etc.

I was thinking more in terms of; predation upon other wood boring larvae. So it would make them opportunistic canibals. However, I have no real basis upon which to make such assumptions sorry.

It seems therefore that a taste for collecting beetles is some indication of future success in life!--Charles Darwin