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    Eleodes larva for sale

    Hi everyone I went through all of my Eleodes tanks and found all the larva. Many went into the pupation tote but the rest are here for sale. I have: 6 Eleodes laticollis larva 12 Eleodes subnitens And this group of mixed Eleodes larva. Which could be laticollis, subnitens, acuticauda, or...
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    My Eleodes are pupating communally

    Hi everyone, I have, multiple times now, found pupa in my Eleodes tanks. In both my Eleodes subnitens and Eleodes goryi tanks I have found multiple pupa and a few pre pupa in their own pupal cells. There has been one right up again the glass in my goryi tank for quite some time now, I have...
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    Emerging adults, they are all deformed and dead

    Hi everyone Every single one of my Eleodes acuticauda are emerging as adults severly deformed and dead shortly afterwards. Their elytra are not fused, their legs are not formed correctly, they are bent over, just deformed. One emerged last night, but this one is still alive today, not the...
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    Beautiful Bugs

    Hi everyone Got some lovely velvet blue shrimp today from a wonderful new friend Thanks once again! Will get you some Eleodes once it warms up some
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    Eleodes pupa!

    I finally got some obscurus pupa
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    What to do with all these Eleodes Larva!?!?

    Hi everyone. My original plan was to put all my Eleodes larva into plastic sterilite totes of substrate with carrots burried in it. The larva in those set ups are still tiny and there doesn't seem to be as many as I remembered. But the younger larva in with the adults are already an inch long...
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    The Tillandsia Forums is now open!

    Hi everyone As many of you know I have been working on my own website about air plants, well now it is open! Home page: http://thetillandsiaforums.com/ gallery: http://thetillandsiaforums.com/gallery/ Forums: http://thetillandsiaforums.com/forums/ Chat...
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    What are these?

    A friend of mine is wondering what these are and what they may eat, I may be getting some so I would like to know also https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=226684784037961&set=a.226684754037964.58002.100000893239657&type=3&theater...
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    Eleodes prepupa larva getting darker in coloration or spots?

    Hi everyone I have quite a few Eleodes prepupa/larva separated in their own chambers in my incubator. It is a five gallon aquarium with wet coconut coir in the bottom. The tempurature is around 70+ and the humidity is around 80%. They kind of flattened out and got stiff like expected. But...
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    wood/leafs alternative for larva?

    Hi everyone Just wondering if anyone knows of, or has looked into alternative feeding methods for wood and leaf loving larva/grubs like harlequin beetles, dynastes, Lucanus, and the like that feed on wood and leaf? Its kind of a DIY thing, but my grandparents feed their fishing worms coffee...
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    New Facebook page!

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beetleforumnet/184231481713926?ref=ts&fref=ts Just created a couple minutes ago Let me know what you all would like on it and I will do my best. The cover photo was going to be the sites banner, but I couldn't make it fit so I had to use the beginning photo...
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    Facebook page?

    Hi everyone Does this site have a facebook page? If not maybe we should I could make one if it is wanted. I noticed the mantid forum had one and figured our beetles need one to
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    Larva I found under a log

    I am thinking some sort of native Michigan darkling or click beetles.
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    Beetle recommendations?

    Hi everyone I have almost no access to wood, and so I am a bit limited on what beetles I can keep. I would love to keep the larger beetles like Dynastes but I cannot get enough wood for them. Right now I am mainly keeping Eleodes, and then a few cultures of things like bean weevils, spider...
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    When is it safe to look for larva in stags?

    Hi everyone My female Lucanus capreolus have both been dead for a while now, and I was wondering when it would be safe to dig through the wood to look for larva? So I am wanting to find any larva or eggs that are in there so I know how many I have, and if I have any I may send them/trade/sell...
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    Eleodes goryi in their new tank

    Just got these from Inle
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    Beetle dancing, Eleodes goryi edition

    lol, egg laying to the music
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    Inle

    Great beetles and larva received from Inle! Perfectly healthy Eleodes goryi and larva
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    Acanthoscelides obtectus

    Got them from titanus I am starting six colonies from the ones he sent me
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    Titanus

    Did a trade with Titanus Got way more beetles than I was expecting Should have multiple nice colonies going
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