It was super cute how they just dived straight into the banana, then again with the jelly. But I am wondering whether it is normal to just feed non stop? One of them has literally had head in the jelly all evening/night/day. Well, it seems that way anyway, I haven't watched constantly but when I come back they are. And did the same when I had banana in there. No idea ages or anything. Only that they are both male. They are in separate terraniums btw. Just feels like they haven't moved in 24 except for around the jelly and further in 😂

Hi guys, one of my beetles has had his wings stuck underneath him for a few days now, we help him put them back under his shell a few times but he can’t fully close it in anymore. And every time we help him, it just happens again. He has been burrowing, eating and moving so other than the wings he seems healthy. Any advice on what we should do? Should we keep helping him putting it back or leave it? And will it affect him in any way?

New Eleodes armata finally hardened enough to go into the desert tank, but I'm confused about sexing. My other large eleodes spec, Eleodes spinipes macrura, are super easy to sex. The armata, however, are tricky.

Apparently there's a way to sex where you try to expose the aedeagus (beetle baby maker) by gently pushing on the head. I'm super scared to try this on my armata, as I don't want to hurt it. Maybe I'll try on my superworm beetles.

Based on body shape and size, I'd assume male, but I don't really have anything to reference.

Does anyone have any clue? I have another adult that just eclosed and 2 prepupal larvae, and I'd really like to breed them.

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the part above his butt is black

and his legs are black??? are the legs dead(idk if u say it like this)

Looks like he’s spreading his scent maybe? Anyone know ?

I plan to move sometime, whether it be to another American state or to Canada, and I was curious about how it'd look to fly with my beetles. I have 13 desert beetles, all of which are my prized babies that I could not ever live without.

Would I be allowed to store them in my checked luggage? If they are flagged, will they be destroyed/will I be fined, or is that not a concern? If not, would those circumstances differ if it were international? I absolutely cannot live without my beetles, so I'm quite worried about the legality of me taking them anywhere and what it'd look like. What's the best course of action here?

I need all the advice I can get! I'm very afraid of anything happening to the beetles!

I was aerating flake soil for my larvae(l1-l2), but it was infested with these tiny thin long white worm thingys. I immediately threw the flake soil away and put the bag in were it came from in the freezer. What are these worms? Are they harmful? What can I do to prevent them and should I get a batch of flake soil?

hi, i have an enclosure for my sun beetles that keeps growing mould. i have tried to prevent it by getting springtails and isopods but nothing has changed. is there anything i can do or change to stop this ?? i use a mix of coco fibre and another type of substrate for reference. i also spray the enclosure often to keep humidity levels up. any advice would be appreciated!

Hello i have been looking for the giraffe stag beetle or the dynastes hercules hercules. I cant find them anywhere and no one replied to me on other forums. Please help thank you

is there any websites that ships beetles to portugal? i am especially looking to get a rhinoceros beetle, the red one in the image.
Or if someone have those in their home and is interested in selling it to me!

I recently got into the hobby of keeping beetles as pets, specifically the goliath beetle. Last month I bought 2 larvae, one is already L3 and has grown 12 grams but the other is still L2 and has not grown a single gram so I don’t know what to do. I keep both of them in peat and feed them koi pellets and gammarus. I thought that maybe I could put the smaller one on some warmer place, so that it would fasten its metabolism but i’m not sure if that’s a good idea, but at this point I might just try that. So if someone had simillar experience in the past or has any idea for what could be the problem I would be thankful.

My Wife bought one for my son and he lost it at some point during the day out.🙃

I am in need of a female rhino beetle if anyone would like to trade for a male. My last female just died before I could breed them. This species is the Taiwanese rhino beetle. Might be willing to buy one if anyone is selling.

My grub molted today! (Penny for scale)

I found him in some wood we had lying around the house and I saw this big ass longhorn larvae and had to use my flake soil I got. I’m new to beetle keeping but I’ve been interested for a while, does anyone recognize what species of longhorn it is? Or what stage it’s in?
Just when I think he’s gonna pupate he molts again and I just wanna have an idea.

The first cut is the deepest.

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

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?