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Hi all, My buddy found a female Lucanus capreolus and I really want to collect eggs from it.  What setups do most people use for egg collection??

I was feeding my D.grantii the other night and one of them had it's head at the surface when I opened the tub.  I looked at it and a black liquid started being up from it's mouth.  Is this a deterrent? Kinda freaked me out tbh

Hey all, I was reading through some older threads and saw @AlexW posted this link to an older beetle breeding book.  Heavy on the science side but it might have info for some more unusually kept families of beetles.  Also, it seems like it's public domain and I couldn't find anywhere to buy...

Hi all, I wanted to ask what level of moisture I should have in my egg hatching container?  I was following the ultimate guide to breeding beetles, which calls for a layer of crushed oak leaves between the eggs and the substrate, but I don't believe it specified the humidity level. Since my...

Hi all, This is my first time breeding beetles, so I'm still learning.  Earlier this year I had a Chrysina gloriosa get apparently eaten by mites after it emerged.  So I saw a ton of mites in my D.tityus pupal chamber containers and it looked like they had emerged in the chambers so I took them...

Hi all! I was looking for authentic kinshi bottles, I could only find them on one ebay listing in the US so I couldn't really compare prices ($33 for 4 bottles). Does anyone know if these can be ordered anywhere or imported for cheaper?  Just want to know if I'd be paying a fair price or...

Hi all, I have some Chrysina gloriosa that I think are starting to pupate-- I only think that cause there is a racetrack around the top of their circular enclosure where presumably the grub was wandering. Should I leave them alone till I see beetles or can I inspect to see if I can find pupa...

Hi all, One of the most beautiful beetles where I live (imo) is Geotrupes splendidus (Splendid Earth Boring Beetle). I set four pitfall traps baited with a mixture of my and fermented molasses/banana goo.  So far they've come up empty each time I've checked so I wanted to see if anyone has...

Found these golden ground beetles tonight.  I live in Maine so we typically don't get many shiny beetles so I thought these were pretty cool! I released them back into their nest (were probably 15 or 20 of them in an old compost bin)

Hey all, I usually lurk on any forum i'm part of but what the heck, here's my intro.  I live in Maine and work in a genotyping lab focusing on lab automation (not SUPER techy but I like to tinker).  Got 5 L2 Dynastes tityus grubs off Bugs in Cyberspace and have a few of Orin McMonigle's books...