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Ordered two of these beauties from Bugs In Cyberspace - a color variation called Hellburnt. Instead of being all black, these little guys have pale orange/brown markings! This one is very well camouflaged on his cholla!

Not the greatest picture, but this is the latest addition to my coffee-table menagerie. A tiny baby bark scorpion who is just barely off of mama's back. Little guy almost got my toes last night in the dark on the kitchen floor! He has been relocated to a small box and is awaiting some...

At about 3am last night I was checking on my tanks before I went to sleep ... and then sleep was not had until about 5am because MY RHINO ROACHES ARE HAVING BABIES. I saw two little nymphs scurrying around, and there are probably more. I didn't want to disturb them too much, so I put the lid...

My tiny group of cactus longhorns have been getting busy, and tonight I found three eggs in the substrate! Sorry for the awful photo but you can at least see the little things. They're like little green seed pods, with dents in them. I've been told they will puff up and hatch when watered, so...

It figures, I spent tons of time trying to find these guys with no luck (finally did get a few found by other people) and today I found this cactus longhorn crawling along my patio door! It's currently in my desert tank with its buddies. :)

After a lot of luckless searching for these beetles, someone who found one in their yard contacted me and I went to pick it up. Please meet my first cactus longhorn beetle! It's bigger than I was expecting, and very curious and docile. I was attempting to take some photos of it with my decent...

Got a pair of these today - one is a bit smaller than the other, so I think there's a male and a female, although I'm not certain. I was a little worried they might nip me with those big jaws, but they seem very docile. 

Picked up a pair of ox beetles from piggy145. Awesome seller and the beetles were in great condition. Will definitely be buying more bugs in the future. Thanks!

A friend of mine found a pair of Pasimachus beetles in an Arizona canyon and snagged them for me. I can't get over how pretty they are! I have them in a sand/coir mix with some cork bark. They've been busy mating and chowing down on mealworms. The one I photographed is missing a mandible but...

Picked up a sweet little Halloween crab yesterday. He's very shy and hasn't even tried to pinch me. Currently he's in a small tank with coir sub, cork bark and moss, a dish of fresh water and a smaller dish of salt water. I'll be hooking him up with a chunk of cuttlebone today, and I've been...

I got two luna moths and two regal moths from Nathan a while ago (thanks!), and the first luna moth emerged yesterday, a few weeks after being liberated from overwintering in the refrigerator. She (I think) is perfect and so fuzzy and cute I can hardly stand it. I'm glad I thought to cover up...

Does anyone have any experience or information on raising Derobrachus germinatus / palo verde beetle larvae? I have two and have been unable to find much information on caring for the grubs. I've found anecdotal reports that they can be raised on apple slices, but mine don't seem to show much...

My D. tityus pair has been burrowed under the substrate for months now, and I finally got impatient enough to dig them up for a photo shoot. The male in particular is stunning. The female has a duller color but hopefully she will be a good breeder and I'll get some eggs from them! I haven't been...

My male M. punctulatus eclosed this morning. I've been keeping an eye on him all day and he appears to be doing really well. Once he turns entirely black I'll be putting him into his tank, although I imagine he'll just dig down and hide for a while longer instead of eating. I think the female...

I had to remove two of my M. punctulatus pupae from their containers -- one had mites and the other one had mold working its way into the cell. I removed the mites and the mold doesn't seem to have harmed the pupa, but this is the first time I've had to remove pupae from their cells so I'd love...

Not the greatest photo from my phone but I was too excited to get the good photos off of my other camera. This is the first of my C. gloriosa to emerge! I knew it was on its way because the pupal cell was full of dirt, and a few hours later there it was sitting at the top of the container. I've...

I purchased a spider beetle starter colony and am very happy with the transaction! The beetles were shipped quickly and packaged very well, and there were tons of them! Highly recommended!

Has anyone kept cactus beetles (Moneilema gigas)? I know I can find them in my area, but providing a proper environment would be the tricky part, as any larvae would need a rooted prickly pear cactus to feed on, which would probably not grow too well in an enclosed glass terrarium. Maybe with a...

Hoping someone has some insight on breeding these guys - I had my first batch of eggs hatch and had 11 L1 larvae that I put into a 16oz deli container with appropriate leaflitter substrate. I added some more substrate today and was only able to locate four larvae, one of which is about twice as...

I'll be driving through Texas this summer, and I would love to track down some of these beetles. From everything I can find online, they're mostly found around the Austin area, with College Station mentioned as a good location. Oak and pecan trees are mentioned as prime habitat. Anybody here...