Trapped 4 new ponds but only one had the goods. Luckily for me it was the larger, rarer, more gold trimmed variety. Male again, still at zero females

Hello all! Last year, I bought myself a few rainbow dung beetles (Phaneus vindex and P. difformis) in the hope to breed them, but I was not so lucky. Anyway, another chance to buy some of these guys has once again come along, and I was wondering if anybody knows how to breed them properly. Thanks in advance!

In Central Texas. Bit friend numerous times with a painful bite.

What is your favorite Beetle and why ? :)

I think this group can fully appreciate its beauty :)

I live in Shenzhen, China (Longgang, specifically). One of my managers just mentioned that we are due for a beetle outbreak of some sort:

"附近山林中恰好这种黑金龟子（甲壳虫）孵化期结束（虫卵期两到三年左右），现在面临着这种甲壳虫爆发期。"

"The black scarab beetles have just finished their incubation period (egg stage is about two to three years) in the nearby mountains and are now facing an outbreak of this beetle."

I was hoping someone here would be able to ID this beetle with this information. I survived the cicada apocalypse of 2021 (Brood X) in Indiana and want to know what to expect with these buggers.

They were kind enough to include this picture:

What beetle is this?

Found this in my backyard. My insect identification app said this is the insect it is. I’m in Las Vegas which doesn’t seem like this type of beetle would be normal. Any idea what it could be?

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I have a dorcus titanus platymelus and in a week I’m going to visit my grandparents for a week. What should I do to my enclosure to make sure that when I come back it’s ok? Thank you in advance.

What size and decoration/plants would you recommend?

so sorry for all the posts x( i was wondering if anyone has any good websites or places to buy things like logs and stuff for the inside of the tank? i cant seem to find anything besides fish stuff

This is the final answer I need to figure out their home situation. I have confirmed I cannot keep my dorcus Antaeus and the two rhinos together. The only thing I need to know if I can keep the two rhinos together. Do the ability to co-exist depend on the sex if the beetles? I need to know if I am buy one or two new terrariums 😭😭

Trying to get some Blue-Purple Metallifer Stag beetles. Ordered from Richard's Inverts a while back (UK to California) and had customs confiscate them. Lucanidae are perfectly legal here too. Since then I've found a few Yahoo Japan auctions for them and I'm going to use a proxy to get them over here. Any tips to ensure i get them? What's the best label/title for customs?

ive seen that coco coir soil is best for eastern Hercules beetles but ive seen in other places that
sphagnum moss soil is also good ? this is the first insect and animal im buying completely on my own so if anyone has a checklist or something of everything i need it would be much appreciated ^^

If anyone can help with giving me a full run down on all important information I should know about this species please list it here.

I found this brown fungus thing in my beetles enclosure is it fine for it to be in there and what is it?