I am upset. I found 2 L3 larvae on a golf course in southern Maryland in a tree stump that was ground up by a stump grinder last February (I don't know how they managed to survive) They then pupated this summer and I assumed they would overwinter and hatch in the spring 2024. However, they...
So I found 2 3rd instar dynastes tityus grubs inside of a stump we were grinding at work last February 2023. I fed/housed the beetles and now they are pupae. However the terrarium I kept them in looked flooded on the bottom. (I did add too much water at the time). I thought "oh I drowned them"...