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It looks to be a light white, pinkish tint. I saved it and am going to see what emerges!

So, a week or so ago I moved my D. tityus male in with my females that were hibernating still. The females have surfaced, or at least one of them has, but has not eaten. The male didn't seem to have any issues eating prior to moving him. However, now he doesn't seem to be touching his food or...

I am in search of a taxidermy dermestid beetle colony to buy. Or if anyone knows of anywhere selling any for a good price...please let me know!! Thanks! -Charlie

So I am pretty sure that on 4/21, or earlier, my two male Allomyrina dichotoma made pupal cells and may have pupated. I am wanting to disturb them and check and take photos if they are indeed pupa. Any suggestions about doing so or would this be advised against? If I was to do so, how should I...

Found in CT. These two are mating.

This thing will not stay still so very difficult to take a photo, but I'll post a couple that I got. This first pic you can see it has those unique spots on the abdomen, it is grey/white? I got the under side. Any idea on species?

So far I think it is Euryderus grossus.. It is about 10mm. Any other idea of what type of beetle this is? Found in Connecticut.

So, I went to check on my larvae as usual and found that one of them were on the floor. How this happened was I had just a breathable fiber closer material over the container and she chewed through it. This is my Allomyrina dichotoma larva, who is supposed to be pupating soon. I am almost...

This is my favorite larva out of all the ones I have because it seems to have a segment deformity. It just recently molted to an L3. It's cute and I named it Crinkle.

It looks like a tick almost but little pinchers at the end. Penny for reference on size. Found in my bathroom in Connecticut. I think pseudscorpion..how cool..never found one before..Thought I'd share!

Is rotted birch good for rhino beetle larvae? Still on the hunt. How does this look? Do you think this contains enough cellulose for the rhino beetle larvae to eat?

Wow, ignore the post title and let us pretend it says "why is he doing this?" Anyways..He is just hanging out at the top of the container. Is there a reason for this?

I have some logs in my D. tityus enclosure and found that they are growing mold. Is this detrimental to the beetle's health? I figure I could heat-treat them again to kill the mold, but does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

I was checking on my beetle larvae and on the inside crawling along the sides (of only some) are a lot of small little white worm-like things. Does anyone have any idea what these might be? I will have to change out the substrate, but was wondering if anyone had a clue...or if they're...

When gathering rotted hardwood for my beetles, I aim to get the parts of wood that I can physically crumble in my hands into a soil-like composite. However, I've two different logs I gathered from and one is dark, dark and completely able to be crumbled. The other one is rotted as well as it's...

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I may have to completely change substrate out with new rotted wood I recently gathered. When do L3 Allomyrina Dichotoma stop eating prior to building pupal cell? I found that one had surfaced..not sure why. It lost over 5g since last weighing and...

My friend found this in her house and I'm having difficulty identifying it. These are the only pictures I have and she says it's more yellow/white with red legs? And possibly white spots on underside? Although the photo looks a bit green/blye. Found in Connecticut. Any ideas exactly the...

He is 63mm.

How many inches of substrate is it necessary to have in order for allomyrina dichotoma to pupate? I feel they should have pupated already. Could this be due to weather (as it is cold)? Not enough substrate depth? I know length of my container is enough, but I'm second guessing the depth now...

I purchased two female Dynastes tityus beetles from Nathan. They arrived in just two days and in wonderful condition. They are my first beetles to care for and I'm excited for the experience. Thank you, Nathan, for the great service!