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If yor sub is too moist can a black spot develop?

I was just feeding my beetles when I noticed a large bess beetle ( Odontotaenius disjunctus ) bullying another bess beetle real bad. I also found another that was dead and his thorax was broken from the abdomen like it was attacked even some legs were broken off even the Electra. I thought these...

I was wondering what everyone's goals for 2014 is for collecting, and rearing? My goal is to find Dynastes tiytus in Florida, and try to rear them.

I was curious on people's thoughts or answers on how you think different oak trees that you find dead died.

I have larvae that were in a rotting cypress. I collected rotted cypress to use as sub, but It is a limited supply and I was thinking of mixing in oak in small quantities at first not to shock them. Has anyone here done this? Or has a recommendation of how long I should take to get them switched...

I was wondering if anyone knows if I can use traeger oak pellets instead of sawdust for growing kinshi? The traeger oak pellets when wet smell different from wet sawdust. I am planning to grow turkey tail and oyster mushroom kinshi . Is there anything besides bread flour that I need to add to...

The author Jonathan Lai, that wrote For the love of rhinocerous and stag beetles Second edition, is coming out with his new book within a month!

I was dissecting a dead female D. Granti and found 6 eggs that seem fully developed . If they live this could be a good way of saving eggs out of a dead female!

The U.S.D.A. Is preparing for a shutdown.

Insect Diets Science and Technology by Allen Carson Cohen This book is pretty advanced, not an easy read. It explains methods of developing and modifying insect diets, analyzes microbe/insect interactions in the rearing setting. Explores insect feeding and biology, and the structure of their...

Why are there so many members with 0 posts? The same few people contribute to the forum.

I think beetle birthdays would be better than the member birthdays, I don't even remember my friends birthdays. What do you think?

I'm looking for the book for the love of rhinocerous and stag beetles second edition. I don't care if it is used, Just pm me the price you are looking for.

I was wondering, does anyone know about using live beetles outside to attract more of the same species? I know that entomologists buy pheromones of beetle species to attract that species to their traps. I tried once but now I have 6 phalaris vagus, which may be enough.

What is the minimum size container for rearing just 1 pair of Dynastes granti, can I go lower than 10 gallon?

I am looking for some of the white lactic acid beetle jelly. Does anyone have some they would be willing to sell? A place that carries it would be good as well.

I have been keeping 3 Phileurus valgus, 1 Phileurus truncatus and a Strategus splendens. I also went in the woods and busted open some soft decayed oak and have 6 large larva. I was feeding them ground up decayed oak that was heat treated and moistened mixed with some treated dirt as well. I...