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I'm not much of a beetle person, but how can you not love darklings? Eleodes acuticauda acuticauda Eleodes acuticauda laticollis Apparently they're trying it "cockroach style." Zophobas morio I've been selectively breeding these for size the last few years. Eleodes obscurus...

I found these in the compost bin of a local community gardening project. They are massive. I may have seen an adult 2 years ago and if I recall correctly they are just as impressive. I hope to collect more (I have 2 still alive, 2 others died possibly due to collection-related injuries ): ) If...

Does this look like a pair? I'm guessing the one on the right is a male because he's slimmer and has a more prominent mucro, whereas the one on the left is larger and much more round.

So in the middle of class the other day I was pondering how I could keep these little guys without the odor that comes with their food (dead stuff lol). Eureka, I found it- A specially-made container with an attached, sealed chamber above the opening/vent hole filled with activated carbon. You...

I've been keeping these for the past year. They work great in my roach colonies as clean-up crews. In some cases they outbreed the roaches...

My friend found this in a rotting log in close proximity to some Cryptocercus sp. wood roaches. Any ideas what it is? Care suggestions?

I may be getting a few of these soon; What is their care like? Should I provide a sandy or mulchy substrate? Will the larvae need special food or can I use grains?

After checking on my Osmoderma larvae for the first time in 2 weeks I found one in a pupation chamber (I didn't open it as I read somewhere that after damaging the chamber they rarely finish pupating) and I know there are probably 2 more. My question is, can I remove these chambers and put them...

I got some adults 2 months back (all of which have passed on now) and I just checked the substrate today to find 4 larvae! (there could be more, I only checked the loose part.) My question is; I have both rotting wood and root vegetables in there (yams, potatoes, just added some carrot.) The...

My Osmoderma were doing fairly poorly (I lost one to unknown causes; it may have starved unfortunately) on the wood I had been giving them, so I decided to go out a'searchin' for wood. I went to an area about 2 miles from my house that has a good stag beetle population, however the areas I could...

My female D. tityus is driving me crazy. No matter what I give her (brown sugar water, moist cane sugar chunks, banana pieces, peaches, etc) the dish always ends up tipped, flipped, or buried; Solid items get knocked all around and the sugar gets mixed up in the substrate. Is there an easier...

The female I acquired has chewed up some rotting wood and packed it loosely about an inch below the substrate. I know that this is how the lay their eggs, but when I checked her old container before I re-homed her I couldn't find any eggs. Could she just be getting it ready? Will she lay hours...

I have someone who should be sending me a wild-caught D. tityus female. Is it safe to assume that she has already mated?

I've noticed that the various beetles I find are generally found in a somewhat powdery but moist, red wood. I'm concerned because with the other woods I've offered even my Osmoderma they seem to do a lot of chewing but little eating. Is there a way to make rotten wood of palatable quality? I've...

I've collected about 15 adult pleasing fungus beetles (not sure what species as of yet) and was wondering if anyone has had success breeding them on anything but shelf fungi (such as commonly available store-bought mushrooms as a substitute.)

Collected these out of a chunk of wood about 16" wide and 24" tall. There were quite a few of them. They're about as big as a dime. The "consistency" of the wood we found them in: The larvae:

Sometime this week (once we get a cloudy night so the moon isn't shining) my friends and I are gonna put some lights out on my other friend's property to attract stags. She has a pool and she says she finds them in it sometimes (they must see the moon's reflection in it and fly towards it) so...

These were both found in Michigan. The female was found in a friend's house and the male was found outside another friend's house about 5 miles away. Are they the same species? Does the female look like she's physically capable of breeding/ has eggs? (She looks a little "old n' ragged" to me)

I collected 4 Osmoderma sp. from a rotting log yesterday. (The first log we found had them in it and every single other one in the entire forest had NOTHING) I saw a picture on bugguide of them happily on about 1/4" of substrate munching on dog food. I'm paranoid because I don't want to kill...