TRILOBITES in the JUNGLEARIUM!!!
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junglearium
trilobite
platerodrilus ruficollis 
Животные
They eat on freshly decomposed wood and fungi! I experimented with tnem while i was in indonesia on holiday. Hope this helps. 😊
That's awesome! I was feeling bad for them, thinking how they'd all starve to death. Hopefully Petko sees your comment!
that’s so cool, I love being reminded that we’re still learning new shit every day
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The one definitely seemed like she was having a taste of the wood so hopefully they'll find something yummy!
What kind of fungi do they eat? I would love to have some but with the minimal knowledge around I’m not confident I could provide them with a suitable environment:( they’re my favourite beetles
For the water pool maybe add a small lily plant with small pads or some Dwarf water lettuce, that way there's more ways to get out of the water if needed.
Great idea! I bet it would look beautiful!
Fabulous idea!
Neoteny is the term for looking like their larval stage in adulthood
Dream: they live perfect, have all resources to survive
Reality: killed by feral ants 😂
It never ceases to amaze me how different insects can look as larvae compared to their adult form. Their size, shape, coloration, everything can be so totally different, it's crazy!
These females are famous for looking like larvae their whole lives, so basically the opposite of what you described! 😂
Yeah, knowledge about them is slim, but they also have another scientific name with a tiny bit of available information:
"Possible food items for Duliticola hoiseni include fungi and slime molds, as well as the juices secreted by rotting plant matter. Another theory posits that the trilobite beetle feeds on microorganisms living within the rotten wood juice. This theory is supported by the fact that several microorganisms were found in plentiful numbers in both the juices of the wood and the intestinal tract of several beetle specimens."
So, don't clean anything in the Junglearium and you might get lucky.
Wow, these ladies are so fascinating! From their unique looks to their tiny heads and the suction cup and the way they move. Amazing shots with the macro too!
Aww, too bad they are not suitable for captivity yet. They are fabulous ❤ If they survive in your enclosure you should definitely contact researchers, so they can examine what they ate 🙏🙏🙏
Neotenous is the word you were looking for when referring to a species that retains juvenile characteristics as an adult. Also your comment about not knowing what they eat cot me curious, so I went looking and it seems like the closest thing to a consensus I could find was that they seem to drink the juices that ooze from rotted wood and they have been observed eating slime molds.
They are amazing creatures! Needs intrepid entymologists ( or keen respectful enthusiast with macro lense) to follow them diligently in their natural habitat until it is determined and identified what they are eating. Otherwise they are at great risk of disappearing through human collection, since they dont yet survive long in captivity.
Yeah, it seems pretty irresponsible to get these tbh. All of them just slowly starve to death in captivity
They look very primitive which is awesome!
Female beetles remaining in their larval form are known as Larviform females. There's a few other species who do the same such as Glow worms.
My goodness! My husband actually watched this video with me (and he normally complains about my “bug channels”) absolutely amazing. What fascinating little ladies. 🤞 for many many babies ❤️
My husband doesn't get my fascination with them either, but at least he pretends to be interested when I share what I think are amazing bug/spider facts! 😂
Maybe they're frugivorous? Their spines remind me of rambutan and lychee fruit, which I think grow in their native range. They'd look just like a rotten spot on one of those. And they climb up when exploring, so they might be adapted to identify a fruit tree they can live under. Just a hunch.
Amazing! I hope they find what they need in your junglearium :D
They look so cool, and I'm very curous about what they could be eating. Maybe add some gecko-food (like Pangea) here and there to give them a source for fruit?
Also, that mystery plant, I have it as well (no clue what it is tho xD) and it grows quite tall so it's better in background/midground. You can easily propagate it by just pinching off parts of it and replanting them.
Side-note, I actually managed to breed and keep alive a species of tree snails that were previously also not captive-bred and they are thriving for me :D (Lignus solimanus)
Well done! Make sure you communicate that to other experts!
@@taleandclawrock2606 Thank you!
Good to see you still so passionate and excited about the Hobby! Keep up the work!
@10:00 was not expecting the camera inside the junglearium pointed back at you. Good stuff dude!
Great vid and lovely to be introduced to new, seldomely seen bugs although not sure how ethical it is for sellers to be selling something they dont know what to feed. Hopefully your amazing enclosure will contain something for them to munch.
if theyre maybe eating rotting wood and all that could it be an idea to have a bit of wood with one end submerged in the water to see if maybe that gives rise to something that needs that wetness which they eat
Trilobite people!
Look like trilobite, act like people
TRILOBITE PEOPLE!
Those are literally the cutest little creatures I've ever seen. I love them! Not sure if you're done planting yet, but there are lots of types of prayer plant that would love it in there. And they're super cute cause they close up their leaves at night. Check out Maranta red or lemon lime, or Calathea roseopicta (can be fussy but would be fine in the Junglearium), Calathea ornata is beautiful too. I think they're all beautiful. I have 9 different species. They're troptical and like warmth, humidity, and do well with artificial lighting.
Amazing little prehistoric critters! Very nice!!!
And their butt suckers are totally insane!
I really hope they make it! The annoying thing is that even if the trilobites start eating, it will be very hard to determine what they’re eating, so there’s only so much we’ll be able to learn as a hobby.
lol i thought that fungus stuff was some sort of wip of expanding foam or something like a spiders web or maybe cotton wool
ive never seen anything like that before its kinda amazing
The Junglearium will give the best captive chance of them eating something, hope they do.
UV reactive marker or stickers would be neat. You could flash a black light inside and find their marks on their carapace.
They look amazing and the fact there are things we don't know about them only make them more fascinating
I love how even in the timelapse they are still pretty slow xD
Two things to say. Firstly, your camera work is outstanding as always (amazes me every time how good you are) and secondly, I just love seeing you so excited about something, good luck with these, I really hope the largest one is pregnant! 😁
Your videos are such an inspiration! Thank you!
Keep it up 👍
I love your videos!! Great job!! Lot of hard work and dedication !!
VERY nice shots from the 15 min mark. Those are very interesting creatures. I hope we see more of them and hope you figure out a good food source for them. Taste test timelapse? Take one and put it in a big enclosure. Attach as many potential food sources as you can find all around the sides of the enclosure but slight off the ground. See which one she puts the most effort into checking out and eating. That was she is not just walking around like normal and just walking over what is in front of her. Maybe she will go to the same offering over and over and there ya go.. Food source.
it fascinates me that every time i think I've seen every animal more or less something else I've never heard of pops up
such crazy animals, never seen before. interesting. hope they will live in junglearium and find something to eat!
Sadly no one has ever figured out how to breed these in captivity or even get them to survive for very long at all, even if they seem to try to eat. They get poached from the wild only to die quickly, and it's likely they have a hyper sensitive gut biome that doesn't survive transportation.
Those Look so BADASS Man! 10/10 I'd have a whole tank of those! You're So cool :D you have such a great channel, And I love ur big blue legged tarantula he's/she's gorgeous 😍 I love any bright colored spiders!
They are so cool! It was awesome seeing your joy from it as well!
I wonder if they are like some other insects/flies that don’t actually eat at all after they mature. They only reproduce and then die. Maybe that’s why nobody knows what they eat. Super cool critters though!!!
They've been observed in the wild feeding on decomposing wood, fungi, and slime mold, so they definitely eat! They live in pristine rainforests, though, and there seems to be something in their wild food source that they just aren't getting in captivity. Which is too bad, cuz they're borderline endangered in the wild and it would be amazing for conservation if they could be kept and bred in captivity
@@shaunacorrigan9372 yeah hopefully they can figure out what they are missing in captivity and start breeding them. It could also be temp or humidity that makes them not eat in captivity too. Maybe nobody has been able to match the conditions they thrive in and the stress of not being kept properly is causing it.
We definitely need updates on if there are babies and or if they pass away and how long it took them to pass away
I remember seeing these in a video years ago, I had in my head that they were thought to have been extinct and then recently rediscovered, glad to know I was wrong, they are amazing creatures. I’m excited to see how they do in your care
Trilobites are extinct. these are trilobite beetles... confusing :D
@@werttinen yeah I know
These are so cool! I also wonder if your prediction of pregnancy might be right, especially since she's the only one that seems interested in hiding
the black spots are eyes and the orange nodules are probably a sensory organ. Might differ from antennae in their functionality but are probably along the same idea.
I really need more of this, love from italy
Great addition to your junglearium! Maybe you can add some rice fish to your water feature or another species that doesn't require a heater (danio, etc.).
PETKO this was an awesome video!!! The bugs are so strange and that's what makes them so interesting. Good luck w them I hope you get babies so they can multiply
Holy shit they look just like those little flying things from lost planet that's so cool
They have cute little black eyes...the orange things are the antenna...little sniffers...im surprised how small the head is compared to the rest of the body..but my first thought is they look similar to ladybug larvae.
Wow these are amazing. I have never heard of or seen anything like them before. I hope they find food, that will be so awesome.
Have you solved the issue with ants within the junglearium?
We don't want to loose any more critters and or creepy crawlers to them
When I saw the thumbnail and title I got confused that some species of trilobites still existed nowadays :) . They look pretty interesting. Hopefully, the ladies will find appropriate food in the junglearium and have a relatively long life there. And I hope they will be out a lot so you can always spot them. Good luck!
Neoteny is the retention of juvenile features in adulthood, and sexual dimorphism is where the sexes have differences that exceed normal variation. Polymorphism is where the species has distinct morphs within each sex, like ants that have standard, submajor, major, and supermajor morphs [along with queens and males].
These are so cool! I really hope they survive, such incredible animals
these used to be my dream animal! I stopped wanting to get them as pets because I thought they would be to difficult to obtain haha, its very cool seeing you have some, it inspired me to learn more about them again.
I love your enthusiasm waah, and the trilobites are really amazinnng
Love your videos DD!
Awesome Video Dark Den🙂
crazy new additions........ hopefully they can find something to eat!
Unreal, trult fascinating animals. It would be crazy if true trilobites were ever to be brought back.
DANG! Those are cool! Never seen those before! Hopefully they'll last a long while! :D
Great video! keep us posted
😍😍 just wow…thank you for sharing my friend 😊
They are incredible creatures, and beautiful form/colour ❤
Im not to fond of bugs, beetles and insects but these girl are supercool to look at. I hope they live long and that the biggest is pregnant.
Dark den 101: let's take animal without knowledge what to feed them or will they starve to death. Yeah. Seems legit.
From the first moment i saw these i have wanted to have a few. they are awesome!
Hello Petko 🙋🏾♀️ All the way from NYC, U.S.A.❤
Hi Petko.
I'm glad that the size of the t-shirt turned out to be good.
Get some Triopsids eggs for the Junglearium pool, you can buy the eggs online and posted to you, Triopsids also very trilobite like.
Wow!!! Those girls are so awesome!!!
amazing little bug-gers XD do we know for sure that they eat in this stage? maybe they're like some moths where the adult form isn't capable of eating and is just meant to breed and die.
Best of luck with this incredible species!
Great vid Petko ..
thanks for sharing, one of the most unique things to come across in a while. Have to ask, would one just study the heck out their natural habitat or at least replicate their habitat to increase chance of survival in captivity instead of the keepers idea of a their built habitat?
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The term for this is Neoteny, when a critter keeps one or more juvenile characteristics.
They are awesome! 😍
You should view Jack's world of wildlife, he found these in the wild and did a video of them
I had no idea this species existed! Awesome! Ty sir!
Absolutely super cool. Awesome. I really hope the big one is pregnant. 😊
they look so hypnotic when they move😮
Awesome video.
Trilobites look weirdly cool. I love em.
Super cool critters!
One of these was put in Chekhov's ear in Wrath of Khan
Finally, someone else who recognises them for what they really are!
Great video
Dude, SO COOL!
They almost look and move like giant ladybird larvae (but slower). In which have and use that sticky pad/suction pad at the end of thier abdomen to anchor themselves to whatever they are climbing on for extra grip and stability.
Awesome footage this are so exciting abc i like them
They are so cool and beautiful.
Wow they look like they are out of time, very cool looking
Hello great video information Petcko
hope to see future update on them !!!, . i thin having some material from their natural habitat will help, like asking someone from indonesia to post some jungle pick wood leave ,gravel,,i know it sound SILLY,, but U need that LOCAL moole and micob
I've never seen such a prehistoric looking animal before, so thanks for sharing! I hope they find something to eat! Should we worry about the red ants? If your ants are anything like the red ones we have in Michigan, it will be a massacre. Good luck!
This is just a crazy theory, interesting that the biggest one kept going after spider's web like what if their diet is spiderweb? Maybe it's only from certain species or hopefully any web can do.
coolness factor 1001%
Thank you for this beautiful discovery, they are too cute
Wow they look prehistoric ❤️
Definetly one of the most Interesting creatures
Neat creature. hope you can keep them alive. theyre so cool.
Very cool😍😍
I've never seen these before, they're SO COOL! One more cool bug to add to my "gotta get it" list!😅 Edit: Ok, so maybe I'll be adding them to my "wish I could keep them but will have to settle for admiring from afar" list instead🤷♀️