charx53 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 Hello all! I was curious if anyone knew about laws about owning beetles as pets. Is owning, mating, and selling them illegal? Particularly rhino and stag beetles. I am not really sure where to find those laws or who exactly to contact to ask. Thank you ahead of time! Quote
Hisserdude Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 Hello, welcome to the forum! Keeping, breeding and selling any exotic species of beetle is highly illegal in the US unfortunately, you will just have to make do with the natives. Luckily we actually have some really cool native species such as Dynastes tityus, D.grantii, Lucanus elaphus, etc., that are perfectly legal to keep and sell. Hope this helps! Quote
charx53 Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Posted October 27, 2016 Specifically allomyrina dichotoma, dynastes granti, dynastes hercules, dynastes hyllus? Quote
Hisserdude Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 A.dichotoma and D.hyllus are illegal to keep, the other two are OK though. Quote
Ratmosphere Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 Hey dude! I'm from CT as well. Welcome to the forum. Quote
charx53 Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Posted October 27, 2016 Hey thanks!! Very helpful, I appreciate it! Quote
charx53 Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Posted October 27, 2016 A.dichotoma and D.hyllus are illegal to keep, the other two are OK though. So how do you find this information out about those laws? I assume it's for environmental reasons so we can only have the beetles native to our area, basically? Quote
charx53 Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Posted October 27, 2016 http://www.entohub.com/us-insect-regulations Actually this website is very helpful about some of those things regarding law. Quote
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