family: RUTELIDAE
genus: PELIDNOTA Macleay 1817
species: virescens Burmeister, 1844
origin: Mexico
wild imago size: 25-27 mm
breeding difficulty: medium to difficult, larvae were fed on mixture with high content of rotten and semi-rotten wood, they build cocoons
like cetoniinae, but their structure is fragile and itīs better not to disturb or replace pupa during this stage, pupation was very long - around 6 month.
Freshly hatched adults were strong and vital, they were mating, but no ovipositon was achieved.
Pelidnota virescens
family: CETONIIDAE
subfamily: TRICHIINAE
genus: INCALA Thomson 1857
species: maculipennis (?) Moser, 1916
origin: Tanzania, Rubeho Mt., near Kilosa I/2011 P. Malec leg. (ex larvae)
wild imago size: 20 mm
breeding difficulty: medium, very similiar larval and pupal habits as previous species, adult beetles however oviposit soon after mating.
Beetles donīt accept any food and are probably with nocturnal activity.
