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Refreshed the substrate tonight. I hope they are doing okay. Used a bit of my own substrate in the mix tonight.

Sorry, my pic was too big for my first post. I resized it. Here is one of my Dhh :-D

Sorry, my pic was too big for the first post. I resized it, so here's the pic of my Dhh :-D

Here's one of my Dhh larva :-D

Here's another......

Just moved my 2 pairs to a large bin. A big thanks to Peter C for getting me some substrate. I am hoping it will work. I am amazed at how big they have gotten since the end of Sept. Not sure if they are L3 yet as they should get much larger. Hopefully they will all do good living together, and...

Any suggestions on the smallest enclosure to rear the largest Dhh beetles? I have 2 sexed larva pair and the substrate is VERY expensive and hard to get in my location. I was planning on rearing them in 3 enclosures. One pair together, and the other pair seperately. The enclosures (tubs) are...

Totally jumping the gun but just wondering what you all thought about using my old Chameleon cage as an enclosure for adult Dynastes Hercules Hercules. 2 sides are glass and 2 sides are screen. I would have to line the screen sides with plastic to prevent substrate from spilling out, but it has...

Hey guys, I am attempting to make my own wood substrate for Dynastes. The pictures are of what I have so far. This is Cherry wood (actually smoking chips) that I bought from the store. When I started they were totally white. I did 10 parts wood chips to 1 part bottled water and 1 part wheat...

I have heard of Dog food supplements for Dynastes larva. Can I and could I use high quality dry cat food instead? This dry cat food (Instinct) has a 50% protein content. Would I need to crush it up? Would I just lay it on top of the soil. I do know that it will mold fairly quick so I don't think...

Cool, thanks guys! This is what I have each of them in.....is the container size okay?

Would this be an L1 ? OR L2?

Just wondering of anyone knows if a 50/50 Oak wood to Mulberry leaf compost will work for Dynastes Larva? I do not have any access to oak leaves, so wondering if anyone knows if Mulberry leaves will work. I did some research and Mulberry is a hardwood tree. Thanks!