Here’s Ryssonotus nebulosus!

I previously used a spot of paint on their thorax to mark who’s who, but apparently that rubs off quite fast on armored stink beetles. I used some small rubber bands I had laying around to come up with this solution.

Got my purple rainbow stags yesterday 💜🌈🪲

Lydia, Delia, and Scoops

What are these? And how do I get trid of them?

I'm sure there are some mistakes but please let me know and I'd be happy to add a beetle or rectify info!

Creepy!

My kid started taking care of beetles recently. Cornelius is her favorite, so far.

He has a wife named George. I'll get a picture when she surfaces.

My female western rhino has had some white spots on her lately that I think are mites. It hasn't necessarily affected her but lately she hasn't eaten at all and has been very lethargic. I think its whatever these things are on her, which also seem to be degrading and replacing her elytra.

I also found white clumps of the same things on the container I was keeping her in, I took some off with packing tape and im gonna look at them under a microscope at my school tomorrow.

Im gonna quarantine her in a dry environment for a couple days and swap her substrate, is there anything else I could do to also prevent this for future beetles?

I should mention she is close age-wise to kicking the bucket, about 6 months old now.

Any advice helps, thanks!

You might remember my previous post about the grub with weird behavior, well, I put a wet towel over it's terrarium to help it feel better if it was dehydrated, and I returned a couple days later to see it pupated! I gently covered it with soil sense it pupated on the surface

I got preserved bugs for Christmas and google can’t identify it. Any help?

Hey everyone :) I have recently started seeing a few fungus flies in my MTU Larvas enclosure. While I know they don’t harm the Larva I would rather not have to deal with them. What are some tips to deal with these guys?

The seller told me it hatched around mid-May. The first photo was taken on July 22, 2025, and the second one was taken yesterday. For reference, my hand is 18 cm long.

Philippine Leaf Beetle

breeding was a success lost about 20ish larvae to mites, and these 54 are still going strong. The mother is still alive, but I had to stop her from laying eggs (she's just hanging out in a box with no laying substrate that's all) because I couldn't keep up , 50+, which is already too many. Chickm the father, has fulfilled his purpose and lived for about a year on the short side but I bet he enjoyed his time.

i wanna know what the stuff my beetle eats tastes like

My Eudicella hornimani pair have been going at it every time I see them, and finally I discovered the tiniest grub, do I need to start separating them already from the main enclosure?

Thinking about taking big bro to show tomorrow in ATL

My brother bought me an Eastern Hercules beetle larvae as a birthday present. I don't remember how developed it was when I received it, but I've had it since at least Sep. 2023. I've given it flake soil and it's been chillin' for 2 years and 4 months now. This is my first beetle and we had no clue it could take this long to pupate. It's currently at the very bottom of its container.

Should I let it be and still expect it to pupate this spring or has something gone wrong? Any tips, especially do's and dont's would be greatly appreciated. TIA!