Looking for large beetles!!
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id anyone has any trusted breeders or websites that would be amazing
dorcus
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I have never ordered from him, but I found someone selling Hercules and elephant larvae and he also has some stags. https://davidsbeetles.com/products/dynastes-hercules-hercules I am soon breeding my rainbow stags, so if you want any, DM me.
@dorcus, California might allow domestic lucanidae, but foreign lucanidae are illegal on a federal level.
The laws are pretty simple: don't import any foreign insects (unless you have a permit).
Even if the beetles themselves aren't a plant pest whose to say they don't have foreign microorganisms (entomopathogenic fungi, mites, bacteria) on them that could wreak havoc on our native beetle species??
There are plenty of people who do import illegally, but those same people are usually the reasons we have such strict import laws, since what is a "safe" species to keep is so subjective
The laws are pretty simple: don't import any foreign insects (unless you have a permit).
Even if the beetles themselves aren't a plant pest whose to say they don't have foreign microorganisms (entomopathogenic fungi, mites, bacteria) on them that could wreak havoc on our native beetle species??
There are plenty of people who do import illegally, but those same people are usually the reasons we have such strict import laws, since what is a "safe" species to keep is so subjective
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They are illegal in California. You would have to get a PPQ526 permit to keep them legally. And yes they are "plant pest" because they feed off of decaying wood which is plant material according to APHIS. (I don't really agree with decaying wood being plant material but the law says so)
I agree. It’s easier to legally own a monkey then exotic stags, flower, and rhino beetles.
