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I found a pair of these last year miles apart. This is the male. The female is completely black and has normal antennae. Both have good sized mandibles and were around 20mm. I haven't searched much for identification information but I've never seen this beetle before ever. Anybody familiar with...

This will be the ultimate expression of the complete guide to breeding beetles series. The book is a compilation in large format and full color. The text includes updates to the rhinoceros, flower, stag, jewel, dung, darkling sections and a new chapter on less commonly kept groups like diving...

Here are some thumbnails. I did not adjust the images except to resize and both were taken by the same camera a few minutes apart. The left is normal coloration and the right is the odd coloration. The are the same stock but the normal yellow were started about ten months earlier (stragglers...

Also known as the crazy guy who feeds dog food to his grubs (believe it or not the worldwide beetle community thought it was a crazy idea in the mid 90s) I'm never content to stop experimenting. I tried yeast supplementation over the last year or two and the final results with Dynastes tityus...

I am looking for dead or live native dung beetles and possibly images to fill out the graphics on a guide. Many of the Onthophagus should still be active this time of year in warm areas of the US.

Invertebrates for Exhibition, Insects, Arachnids, and Other Invertebrates Suitable for Display in Classrooms, Museums, and Insect Zoos The longest chapter is on beetles. This text includes display and husbandry details for various invertebrates commonly employed in invertebrate education...

Anybody interested in these? I should be getting a few adults soon.

Next to a quarter.

The mother was very pretty with a lot of purple and pink. I picked her up at a local pet shop so she might be Procambarus alleni but I don't know.

The Complete Guide to Rearing Darkling Beetles Chapters on keeping adults, mealworms, pupation, substrate, etc. B/W photos throughout. Species information on mealworm beetles including Eleodes, Asbolus, Prionotheca, Tenebrio and other darkling beetles. Color photos back cover, 2 color plates...

Title says it all.

I don't think I posted this little guy before. I found him crawling on me at the end of may. He looks more metallic in life but is very tiny.

This is a female glowworm beetle. The male looks more like a beetle and has huge comb antennae. The glowworms glow anytime you turn the lights off (and when the lights are on but you can't see it). The glow lines look like they'd be between the segments but there is a line of glowing tissue near...

I was sent a few photos of this handsome Cotinis nitida (green June beetle) for identification. Chicago is somewhat far north for this one.

I located a few Amblycheila (Manticora) cylindriformis. I wasn't sure I'd ever see one again since they are rather uncommon. This species can live two or more years in captivity and makes an amazing pet but I don't think there has been any success in captive breeding due to difficulty in getting...