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If you go on Facebook, discord, IG, etc., you will see that the hobby is not only thriving, but bigger than it's been in decades. Definitely just an issue of social media overtaking forums lately. A LOT of exotic beetle species in the US hobby now too, like a crazy amount.

Prionus californicus "Kepros Mountain, ID" L1 larvae available! Large and heavy US native longhorn beetles, rearing should be the same as for other Prionids, just plain sawdust kept slightly humid. Offering groups of 10 L1 larvae for $50, if anyone's interested feel free to PM.

Here are the species that I currently have for sale, please read all of the Terms & Conditions at the bottom of the page before ordering! Minimum $25 order! Email to order! ALL inverts offered are Captive Bred or Born, unless specifically stated otherwise. Cockroaches: Aglaopteryx gemma...

Here are the species that I currently have for sale, please read all of the Terms & Conditions at the bottom of the page before ordering! Minimum $25 order! Email to order! ALL species offered are Captive Bred or Born, unless specifically stated otherwise. Alphitobius diaperinus (Lesser...

Moving across the country around February, need to greatly reduce the numbers/sell off some of my colonies before then. Would like these gone within the next week or two, before the holiday shipping rush. Some of these groups can split in half BTW if you don't want the bulk numbers. Shipping's...

One of the largest US darklings, quite bulky and also very easy to rear and forgiving compared to their more finicky relative, Eleodes spinipes ventricosa. Lovely species, males are relatively skinny and have noticeable elytral extensions (mucros), whereas females are pretty rotund. :D...

Very cute little species that's fairly easy to breed. They need a sand substrate, larvae prefer digging through dry substrate, usually near the surface, but create their pupal cells in moist, compressed substrate. I've been able to breed these for a couple generations now, pretty hardy and long...

Here are the species that I currently have for sale, please read all of the Terms & Conditions at the bottom before ordering! For more species and my fully updated invertebrate availability, check out my website here. Minimum $25 order...

Alaus cf. lusciosus "Dallas/Fort Worth, TX". Another HUGE click beetle, not quite as large as A.zunianus, but almost! I got two females from @Peter Clausen, which will hopefully produce lots of offspring for me! :) Alaus lusciosus are often referred to as the "Texas Eyed Elater". As the...

Jesse Greene at Shapes In Nature collected an adult female of this species in @Peter Clausen's yard in Sonoita AZ, who then bestowed her upon me for hopeful captive breeding! :D I am incredibly impressed at the sheer size on this gal, she's about 56 mms long, and THICC as heck! Seriously, this...

Eleodes debilis, another species from Fort Stockton TX. This species belongs to the monotypic subgenus Omegeleodes, that's right, this little species has a whole subgenus all to itself! 🙂 I was having difficulty identifying this one, at first I thought they were E.carbonaria, but just in case I...

Eleodes obscura glabriuscula from Fort Stockton, TX, this is the dominant subspecies of E.obscura in that area. I've worked with (but failed to breed) the subspecies present here in ID, E.o.sulcipennis, however as I learned early this year, the large larvae need a winter diapause to continue...

Here are the species that I currently have for sale, please read all of the Terms & Conditions before ordering! Minimum $25   Cockroaches:   Aglaopteryx gemma "Key Largo, FL" (Little Gem Roach) This small but beautiful Ectobiid hails from the southeastern US...

Yet another US native Pyrophorini species in my collection, and just like all the other US species in culture, @Lucanus is the proud collector, this stock comes from George West, TX. I only have CB larvae ATM, will be several months until I start getting adults, but I figured I'd share pics of...

One of our smallest US native Pyrophorini, but they still glow brightly nonetheless! @Lucanus collected these from Ocala FL last year, and sent me 9 CB larvae, which I've been rearing up for months now. One of them just pupated, so I should be seeing an adult in person soon, hopefully I'll be...

Despite the scientific and common names, these beauties are native to the US, namely Florida, and they are actually the largest US Pyrophorini species, (though still put to shame by Pyrophorus noctilucus), with large adults being a little over an inch long. This strain comes from Miami, FL...

Here are the beetles that I currently have for sale, please read all of the Terms & Conditions before ordering! Minimum $30 order!   Eleodes hispilabris "South TX Race" (Darkling Beetle) This is a very widespread and easy to breed desert darkling beetle species, with many "races"...

I was sent larvae of a certain Tenebrionid species, but much to my surprise, today the first one eclosed, and it was not of that species, but is actually a Cryptoglossa muricata... Has anyone else ever reared a larva from this genus to maturity before?  It pupated shortly after I received it...

10 Eleodes obscura sulcipennis (Chunky darkling beetle) Large larvae: $20 + shipping 10 Eleodes rileyi (Riley's darkling beetle) Mixed larvae: $20 + shipping Full List Here TOS: Minimum order $20 not including shipping. USA (lower 48) shipping only. Paypal only. I ship via USPS...

Another micro Tenebrionid in my area, also with a red and bluish color scheme, much more common than Conibius though, and averages larger and broader at 5-7 mm in length. This species is very easy to breed as well, and fast growing too.