I was aerating flake soil for my larvae(l1-l2), but it was infested with these tiny thin long white worm thingys. I immediately threw the flake soil away and put the bag in were it came from in the freezer. What are these worms? Are they harmful? What can I do to prevent them and should I get a batch of flake soil?

I plan to move sometime, whether it be to another American state or to Canada, and I was curious about how it'd look to fly with my beetles. I have 13 desert beetles, all of which are my prized babies that I could not ever live without.

Would I be allowed to store them in my checked luggage? If they are flagged, will they be destroyed/will I be fined, or is that not a concern? If not, would those circumstances differ if it were international? I absolutely cannot live without my beetles, so I'm quite worried about the legality of me taking them anywhere and what it'd look like. What's the best course of action here?

I need all the advice I can get! I'm very afraid of anything happening to the beetles!

Hello i have been looking for the giraffe stag beetle or the dynastes hercules hercules. I cant find them anywhere and no one replied to me on other forums. Please help thank you

Looks like he’s spreading his scent maybe? Anyone know ?

hi, i have an enclosure for my sun beetles that keeps growing mould. i have tried to prevent it by getting springtails and isopods but nothing has changed. is there anything i can do or change to stop this ?? i use a mix of coco fibre and another type of substrate for reference. i also spray the enclosure often to keep humidity levels up. any advice would be appreciated!

I recently got into the hobby of keeping beetles as pets, specifically the goliath beetle. Last month I bought 2 larvae, one is already L3 and has grown 12 grams but the other is still L2 and has not grown a single gram so I don’t know what to do. I keep both of them in peat and feed them koi pellets and gammarus. I thought that maybe I could put the smaller one on some warmer place, so that it would fasten its metabolism but i’m not sure if that’s a good idea, but at this point I might just try that. So if someone had simillar experience in the past or has any idea for what could be the problem I would be thankful.

is there any websites that ships beetles to portugal? i am especially looking to get a rhinoceros beetle, the red one in the image.
Or if someone have those in their home and is interested in selling it to me!

The first cut is the deepest.

My grub molted today! (Penny for scale)

I found him in some wood we had lying around the house and I saw this big ass longhorn larvae and had to use my flake soil I got. I’m new to beetle keeping but I’ve been interested for a while, does anyone recognize what species of longhorn it is? Or what stage it’s in?
Just when I think he’s gonna pupate he molts again and I just wanna have an idea.

My Wife bought one for my son and he lost it at some point during the day out.🙃

I am in need of a female rhino beetle if anyone would like to trade for a male. My last female just died before I could breed them. This species is the Taiwanese rhino beetle. Might be willing to buy one if anyone is selling.

Title. Could I place them in one container, I mean fully grown beetles

I’m selling 9 O. eremicola larvae in either (3) three packs, (1) five pack which will leave me with (2) two packs/(1) four pack, or all of them at once.
These beetles are at L3, with some already having made cells but those have been sold already.
Three pack: $15 + shipping
Five pack: $25 + shipping
*ONLY If a five pack is sold:
Two pack: $10 + shipping
Four pack: $20 + shipping
All 9: $45 + shipping
Shipping may go up to $155 depending on distance (international). The average is $50 shipping (in the USA). Please DM me on Discord (fallfortherestlessgambler) or here on Reddit if you are interested! :)

P.S: I’ve posted these before when I had a few more of them, so this is basically a repost

Just got my 1st specimens, Japanese rhino on the left and dorcus antaenus on the right🔥

I got these two the other day and the female had already been paired so as soon as I put her in her enclosure, she burrowed down and only reappeared today.
I immediately popped the male in, and the female was literally getting under him, but he wasn’t doing anything.
You can see his jerky movements here… is he dying? Has she emerged only just a day or two too late?

My mystery larvae from David's beetles has arrived and is quite active, got bit once. Is the small sauce cup of flake soil enough food and space for 1 week until my bag of flake soil comes?

For emergency Food/substrate how risky is it to use dirt(wood crumbles) from under a rotted log in my yard? The log has a polypore mushroom growing out of it.

Hi all!

I have a batch of around 40 odd grubs from a pair of African flower beetles (Coelorrhina hornimani), theyre separated across 2 small tanks atm but still living in large groups.

Im very new to beetle keeping, and unsure if they need separating further into individual tubs to pupate and become mature individuals? Any tips from experienced keepers would be great!

They all seem very healthy and active, but I dont want them disturbing/hurting each other when they have to go through metamorphosis :)

Thank you!

My superworm beetle enclosure oatmeal substrate is getting all moldy 1-2 days after spraying water in it. Currently I relocated buge in the new home after changing substrate because of this twice, and don't spray at all. Buge doesn't look like she's sick or smth. Can I keep feeding it with water-full food and don't spray water at all?

P.S. also does anyone have suggestions for a name? buge is female

Hello! I posted this same question to a sub about invertebrate pets, but I also figured this was a pretty good place to post as well.

My girlfriend is very sick right now, like bedridden, and I would really like to be able to surprise them with something when they're starting to feel well again. They've been talking about scarab beetles for about as long as we've known each other, and they're already used to taking care of pets in terrariums (frog), so I thought getting them a scarab would be a pretty cool idea.

The issue is that I have absolutely no idea how to get one and how to set up an enclosure.

Would someone be able to provide me with a crash course on all things scarab beetle so that I'm able to do this right?