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That's awesome. I'm glad they had more to offer than my experience. The one here is at the end of May and I plan to go again.

I went to Repticon in Texas at the end of last year. There was a table of tarantulas and some millipedes, but not much else. It was still a neat experience though. I took my Ox beetle, and he received a lot of attention, (he even peed on an iguana lol) but there wasn't anything there like him. I really wish beetles were a bigger hobby in the US.

A guy dumped some dirt on the property and I found these guys in it. The dirt had some sand and St. Augustine grass in it. I think it was scraped off his lawn. Anyway, I found these guys running through it. They play dead when you pick them up, but soon start running. They are really small, maybe a 1/2 a centimeter long. They look like June beetles to me, just tiny. Sorry for all the ID requests. I do actually look on the net first, I just can't always find anything. The closest I could get to these is a cigarette beetle, but I don't think that's these. The antenna don't look quite right, at least to me. Sorry for the blurry photos, they were the best I could get with my camera.

I still haven't been able to find anything on them. My cousin is taking care of the 3 we found, and they are eating rotten oak really well. I guess we'll see in time.

Does anyone know what this is/turns in to? I've found about 3 under the bark of rotting oak trees eating the wood. I've searched online and can only find this picture posted on bugguide.net, but not identified. Thanks.

I think I'd like to be certain of what I was eating... but that's just me

The tree was on the ground. It was firm, but wet and soft enough that I could pull the layers of wood apart by hand. The other half of the tree was almost mush.

I recently found 3 of these on some rotting oak logs. Does anyone have any advice on trying keep a small colony of them? Sorry for the blurry photos, it's hard to get my camera to take clear pictures that close up.

I found both of these in a rotten oak log. The big one is over 2 inches long. I was wondering if anyone is familiar enough with longhorns to guess at a species. Does anyone know the best way to keep them? Right now I just have them in some of the rotten wood I found them in. From reading online, it seems a lot of species need live or fresh wood, but these were in really wet rotting wood, so I'm a bit confused on that.

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Thank again for the replies. They've helped a bunch. I did find the other larvae just in dirt, but I read that horsefly larvae is sometimes layed in moist dirt. I'm not sure though. If they make it, I'll update with what they turn into.

Thanks for the replies. After some searching, I think the 2 white things are horsefly larvae. I'm pretty sure the wireworms are eyed click beetles. I haven't been able to identify the black beetles. I don't think they are dung beetles. They don't have the scoop shaped heads. I found these 2 beetles earlier today under some wood.

I went on another grub hunt and found these:

I had some fungus from the dog food I tried to give them. Would that hurt them?