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What are your opinions on this? I'm relatively new to rearing beetles, but I had excellent success with my first batch of D. tityus using rotted Red and White Oak I gathered from the woods. Besides the compost and leaves I did use some other additives. I'd like to try fermenting clean oak saw...

I have some captive reared females for sale. They are in the 52-54mm. range length wise and are in diapause. The oldest are about a month old. The photo shows two of them next to a 55mm wild male. I'm asking $25.00 each plus $8.00 for standard first class shipping. USA orders only please...

This one eclosed from a 21.6 gram pupa. He measured in at 65 mm. I have two large females out as well. I haven't measured them yet.

Is it normal to have more females than males? I have 14 female pupae plus two adult females that already eclosed. So far I have only 9 male pupae! Is this normal? I still have a few more to pupate so I'm hoping they will be males. Enough females already!!!

The photos attached are the largest so far. Only a few more to pupate and I can't imagine them getting any larger. I've got twenty some pupae so far. The males average 24.5 grams and the females 22.5 grams. The photo in my first post here that shows the two pupae next to an adult, the adult is...

I've been keeping and breeding bugs for many years, but I'm new to beetles. I'm working with D. tityus right now. I collected adults in southern Maryland at lights last year and this year. Last year's larvae are pupating(two females out)and this year's are just hatching from eggs.