PRIONINAE Drawer

[karan]

Hello, This time I want to show you my first Prioninae drawer, at the moment the PSEUDOMEGGES MARMORATUS fill the gap of the callipogon female that I have in preparation.
As well as I will exchange the Pascoei banners for an A WE SO ME  Callipogon Barbatus couple.

Hope you like it.

MACRODONTIA CERVICORNIS male 140mm

MACRODONTIA CERVICORNIS female 112mm

TITANUS GIGANTEUS 120mm

CTENOSCELIS COEUS 76mm

CALLIPOGON ARMILLATUS 102mm

THITHOES MACULATUS FRONTALIS 75mm / 64mm

PSEUDOMEGGES MARMORATUS 88mm

PSALIDOGNATHUS ANTONKOZLOVI 65mm

PSALIDOGNATHUS FRIENDI

[wollastoni]

I love these giants, congrats ! And thank you for sharing !

[karan]

Thank you, it encourages me to continue doing so.

[mothman27]

Very impressive! I make me want to spent more time on my beetle collection. 

[trehopr1]

Karan, here are a few of my "takes" or versions of some of the species (or similar ones) which you have.


 Callipogon armillatus








Psalidognathus friendli (all purple version) female...

It seems that you and I have similar taste in the preparation of our Macrodontia (males). I got my inspiration from a picture taken of a live specimen; it is in an insect book from the late 1960's. Below, is the photo which I studied for comparison purposes as I like all my beetles in a lifelike or at least appealing position.



Hope you like the pictures...

Nice work by the way on your specimens !

[karan]

Wov you have very serious specimens, and I think I will reposition my macrodontia to copy the position of your macrodontia jaws.

And this female is awesome, i love the Psalidognathus, an incredible species, and I usually spend time making the mouth pieces perfect.

Thank you for sharing trehopr.

[ren]

You have a lovely collection of wonderful weird bugs!