I got these two the other day and the female had already been paired so as soon as I put her in her enclosure, she burrowed down and only reappeared today.
I immediately popped the male in, and the female was literally getting under him, but he wasn’t doing anything.
You can see his jerky movements here… is he dying? Has she emerged only just a day or two too late?

Finally got to hold this giant beetle!

I’m selling 9 O. eremicola larvae in either (3) three packs, (1) five pack which will leave me with (2) two packs/(1) four pack, or all of them at once.
These beetles are at L3, with some already having made cells but those have been sold already.
Three pack: $15 + shipping
Five pack: $25 + shipping
*ONLY If a five pack is sold:
Two pack: $10 + shipping
Four pack: $20 + shipping
All 9: $45 + shipping
Shipping may go up to $155 depending on distance (international). The average is $50 shipping (in the USA). Please DM me on Discord (fallfortherestlessgambler) or here on Reddit if you are interested! :)

P.S: I’ve posted these before when I had a few more of them, so this is basically a repost

Just got my 1st specimens, Japanese rhino on the left and dorcus antaenus on the right🔥

My mystery larvae from David's beetles has arrived and is quite active, got bit once. Is the small sauce cup of flake soil enough food and space for 1 week until my bag of flake soil comes?

For emergency Food/substrate how risky is it to use dirt(wood crumbles) from under a rotted log in my yard? The log has a polypore mushroom growing out of it.

Rainbow stag horn pupating :) love her so much

Hi all!

I have a batch of around 40 odd grubs from a pair of African flower beetles (Coelorrhina hornimani), theyre separated across 2 small tanks atm but still living in large groups.

Im very new to beetle keeping, and unsure if they need separating further into individual tubs to pupate and become mature individuals? Any tips from experienced keepers would be great!

They all seem very healthy and active, but I dont want them disturbing/hurting each other when they have to go through metamorphosis :)

Thank you!

Probably not rare but beautiful to look at

My superworm beetle enclosure oatmeal substrate is getting all moldy 1-2 days after spraying water in it. Currently I relocated buge in the new home after changing substrate because of this twice, and don't spray at all. Buge doesn't look like she's sick or smth. Can I keep feeding it with water-full food and don't spray water at all?

P.S. also does anyone have suggestions for a name? buge is female

Hi! first time sharing here. These are some of my favorite beetles from my current collection of adults
1-4: P.muelleri male & female, Pikal variant (shiny thorax)
5: H.parryi
WD and currently in the process of breeding my own WF line
6-7: P.astacoides castaneus
recently eclosed WF1 red stag I've raised since egg, he came out bigger than his WD dad!

Hello! I posted this same question to a sub about invertebrate pets, but I also figured this was a pretty good place to post as well.

My girlfriend is very sick right now, like bedridden, and I would really like to be able to surprise them with something when they're starting to feel well again. They've been talking about scarab beetles for about as long as we've known each other, and they're already used to taking care of pets in terrariums (frog), so I thought getting them a scarab would be a pretty cool idea.

The issue is that I have absolutely no idea how to get one and how to set up an enclosure.

Would someone be able to provide me with a crash course on all things scarab beetle so that I'm able to do this right?

Been picking magnolia seeds as i am planning on growing some this upcoming spring. Today, i found a little passenger hiding in between the pods parts. I think he looks quite daper. Colorado potato beetle possibly. I haven't seen one of these before.

about once a week my larva (dynastes hyllus) hangs out at or close to the surface of its substrate. it buries back down after a while (usually within an hour or two, earlier if i happen to disturb it) and only comes back up about a week later. the larva is otherwise healthy and gaining weight. it's in a 1 liter container.

i have a second larva of this species in the same substrate in an equally sized container and it doesn't exhibit this behaviour.

does anyone know what's up? is this normal or should i change anything about the enclosure or substrate?

Title pretty much says it all. I loved insects when I was little, developed a fear of many of them as a slightly older child, but now that I'm an adult I've looped back around and am over my fear of the majority of the classes people would generally consider "bugs". I'm now fascinated by beetles and find them pretty adorable, and I want to try keeping a rhino beetle as a pet eventually... but I still am irrationally petrified of grubs (and other worm shaped creatures but that's not relevant to beetle keeping). I know this is dumb because they're literally just baby beetles... harmless, helpless, mostly just squirming and growing very similarly to any other sleepy baby, but something about this shape of creature sets off a primal fear response in me. This is coming from someone who finds way more visually intimidating and potentially pain inducing invertebrates cute.

I understand I could just purchase an adult beetle, but I would like to have my pet for the longest amount of time possible, and I also feel like the bond that'd come from raising it from a larva would be next level.

Does anyone have any tips on how to get over this, or any facts/photos you could share that you think would help? Has anyone dealt with the same? If so, how did you get over it?

My purple metallic stag beetle, Kronen. And my Rainbow stag beetle, Eudico

1st picture is of my male metallic stag beetle (Cyclommatus metallifer)

Second is for my female rainbow stag beetle (Phalacrognathus muelleri)

Both enclosures contain only one beetle each.

Both enclosures are 12" by 7", contain coco coir which i mist once every two days, and some stuff to climb on. My room stays at a consistent, warm temperature.

My rainbow stag keeps flying into her walls but as far as i can tell, shes perfectly fine doing that for some reason.

But am i doing good?

New section?