The snow and ice is finally gone so I've started bug hunting. Last year I had fun trapping giant diving beetles( dytiscus verticalis) in diy beetle traps and keeping them in an aquarium.

I'm too far north for stag or rhino beetles, but we do have osmoderma/ flower beetles. Have any of you guys ever trapped those? What worked as bait? What did the trap look like?

I can share my diving beetle trap design if anyone wants to know.

I think my larva us about to pupate. But it's lying on top of the soil. Does that mean it failed to building a chamber? Should I rather put him on floral foam instead? Thanks for the help! :)

I would say I'm pretty new to beetles and I got a Dorcus Aceh larvae for myself weeks ago (currently in L2 stage).I saw that lots of people been using Kinshi or the mushroom fungus thingly to raise their larvaes, Then I wonder is Kinshi really a necessary factor for stag beetle larvae? Do I have to find some of those fungus for my stag beetle or just flake soil is enough? Thank you very much!

Would anyone know if these two would be ok to live together please?

Hello! I am considering purchasing beetle larvae (Most likely either some kind of flower beetle or Rhino beetle)

Where do I get flake soil, and what is fermenration? I don't have consistent access to Rotting wood to make some.

Hi! I’m planning on getting 4 beetles (2 blue death feigning and 2 black smooth death feigning) but the only thing I’m not sure on is their diet. I’m not sure how often/how much to feed them. I know they eat veggies, fruits, dead insects, fish food, cat and dog food etc. How often should I give them protein and how much? How often should I feed them fruits and veggies and how much? I don’t want to do anything wrong, so I’m really worried. Any feedback is greatly appreciated, thank you so much :)

It has legs

Please I'm desperate, I'm in the US.

Hi all, I've unexpectedly found 5 baby silk worms (I bred them but thought that the eggs didn't hatch, then moved the wood they were on into my snail tank) - would they be able to live with my BDFB? i can't see why not but I want other opinions, they didn't really explore much in their own viv so I imagine they will stay in one area.

My poor king worm beetle, what could cause her insides to come out, if that's what happened? I've had them for years but this is a first.

I euthanized her, poor thing :(

Has anybody used/fed these dried crickets to their animals? I gave 1 too my blue death feigning beetles yesterday afternoon as a bit of protein between their usual fresh peeled carrot or apple they dove straight onto the crickets and begin eating them which to me was a goos sight. It brings me great sadness to wake up this afternoon to find one completely unresponsive and presumed dead on the feeding bowl next to the cricket hes not playing dead ive picked him up and tested his responses and theres absolutely nothing, currently observing him in isolation but still 0 movements. No tank parameters have changed only the crickets have been added.

https://gallegoszoologicalsupply.com/

My rainbow stag emerged from her pupa and has been dormant in her synthetic chamber for 3 and a half weeks, is it ok to move her into her enclosure and feed her yet or too soon? (It's in a plastic Tupperware so she can't leave on her own)

Hello beetle lovers,

Any of you out there would know of some amazing examples of beetles showing a lot of variation in the color, shape and distribution of elytra patterns (other than ladybugs/ladybirds)? I'd be particularly interested in species present in Europe.

How can I get rid of mites? I read suggestions such as letting the soil dry out for a couple days to kill the mites, and it didn’t work. I changed the soil, and I tried picking them off. It doesn’t seem like there’s too many but I’m sure it’s uncomfortable. What else can I do?

Can anyone recommend places or sellers to buy rhino and stag beetle specimen OTHERTHAN eBay and Esty? I already got rare RED Phalacrognathus Mulleri but I need few more beetles to make gifts.

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More specifically, I'm intersted in Dorcus Alcides, Phalacrognathus Mulleri, Dynastes granti, Lamprima adolphinae, Prosopocoilus giraffa, Dorcus titanus palawanicus, or Chalcosoma chiron. I could buy 4x more Phalacrognathus Mulleri but they are so expensive which I cant afford it. It would be cool tho.

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Any suggestions?

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My soil was hot for 2 weeks and then only had small pockets of heat. I waited until the heat was pretty much non-existent before I put another bag of flour in. The color and smell weren't right. My mix is hot again.

I've been mixing it everyday. Does this seem normal for Florida? People have been saying it takes months…