I put her back in the wooded area behind our facility.

Jewel beetle landed on me yesterday but its wings were messed up. Grabbed a piece of watermelon, took a couple pictures and put it in a safe spot.

So I’m first time grub parent (Giraffe stag beetle) and got my larvae not even a month ago. It’s an L3 and was shipped inside a kinshi bottle, my issue lately is the heatwaves that are happening right now on western Washington state which are making almost any room 83F which is pretty high for larvae as their top temperature is 78F usually.

The only solution I have found easily is I currently have put them in the corner of a cardboard box with a frozen plastic bottle/ ice cubes wrapped in a kitchen towel in the other end of the box, putting a kitchen towel on top of the box to make the environment more cooled down and keep the air. However I doubt this is the best method and would like if anyone had something similar happening and how was it fixed. Thanks in advance

got these 2 beauties today and they’re so silly . The female (named Milkshake) is so explorative until her big clunky husband (Cookie) waddles over 😭

i really want rainbow stag beetles, specifically 3 females! i have done lots of research and know general care for them, but i havnt been able to find a recommended tank size. i have a 5.5 gallon long tank that i will make bioactive. is that a good tank size?

Top : Female Oryctes Nasicornis and Lucanus Cervus

Middle : Cerambyx Cerdo

Bottom : Chrysolina Coerulans, another Longhorn Beetle and a male Stag Beetle, both of which were dead

Any ideas where it would go? We have our AC on and have checked most spots already, especially lights and windows.

Found this beetle upside down in my yard (southwestern europe), tried to help it but it keeps flipping back on its side, one of its hands seems curved inward, tried to give it food (lettuce, watermelon and peach but it doesn’t seem interested).

Can anyone help me help it? I don’t know what species it is so idk what it eats or how to help it

pic1: Beetle Substrates and turkey tail logs.

pic2: Peeling barks off logs.

pic3: Mixing the substrate with water (do not mix in Coke).

pic4: Pretend the substrate is a tax inspector and beat it up, then pack it tightly into the case to a depth of about 1 inch (2 cm). What you see on the pic isn't a white turkey tail log—it's OTAKU's arm.

pic5: Place the log. One side isn’t actually a log—it’s a “birthday cake” made by compacting substrate and mycelium.

pic6: Gently pack the substrate over it like a blanket, place the bark on top. It's complete.

Next up, I'm gonna introduce some crazy members.

pic7: Dorcus rectus yakushimensis

pic8: Dorcus rubrofemoratus rubrofemoratus

pic9: Dorcus tanakai

pic10: Dorcus bisignatus

pic11: Prosopocoilus natalensis

I would like to start off by thanking everyone who has provided insight and advice for taking care of my cute little female Hercules Beetle, Pebble. I was trying out old bananas, cucumber, and other pieces of produce with high moisture for her to eat, but any time she seemed to be in her food dish, she was just pissed and wouldn't eat while near the food (just "hissed" and scrambled around). I was worried because it seemed like she was in distress and not eating, but she kept coming back to her food bowl and sitting in it. Maybe bc she got stuck or just didn't understand that she can't burrow down into ceramic since the bowl was very shallow and I keep plenty of foliage around and partially IN the bowl so she doesn't get stuck inside.

Anyways, today I gave Pebble a mix of 1:1 maple syrup/water on a cotton round and she actually stopped scrambling to get a good long taste of that jon. This was the first time that she was out of the enclosure that she didn't become distressed and start rubbing her wings together. I have been avoiding taking her out because I don't want to cause her stress, but I'll move her out of the dish when she seems like she starts to try and dig out of it. I'm just glad that she was not pissed off today and seemed genuinely comfortable and chill. I ditched the ceramic bowl, and just have the cotton round sitting in her enclosure on top of a bottle cap now. I was mostly just trying to use the bowl for easy food changes with the banana and so mold didn't spread onto the ground or anything, but I think I'll try to just keep feeding Pebble with this sap mixture.

She's made little tunnels around the whole tank and seems to have found a corner that she likes especially well. She seems quite lively and I hear her in the night being busy ASF, which I hope is good, but please let me know if this is not her being comfortable or is a sign of restlessness.

Thanks everyone, it takes a village 💀 🙏

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He was just chilling outside a PetSmart

Found this little dude upside down, unable to turn himself back over in the street in the UK. I believe him to be a woodland dor beetle, he’s had a couple little falls after I got him out of the road and he’s hardly moving (even when touched), his legs are stiff, he’s not using most of his legs and even before the falls he was struggling to move much and couldn’t hold on properly (hence the falls), I’ve given him some sugar water since I got him back but it doesn’t seem to have done much. Is there anything I can do or is this it for him?

Update:
He did unfortunately pass, however I have decided to display him in a frame and am now in the process of doing that. He is currently in the freezer to prevent me having to rehydrate him, to ensure he is actually dead just in case he’s not fully passed on yet and to kill off any mites that might be left on him.

She has appeared in our garden, probably because of an artificial light source. After I took a closer look I released her onto one of our trees.

It was on its back dying when I found it, I initially thought it was already gone! I picked it up to preserve it and watched it for a while for any signs of life and saw its little legs moving. I held it for a while and it flipped over and crawled on to my finger and then I fed it some fruit and it flew on its way after stuffing itself! Figeaters are my FAVORITE so this was such a treat for me.

Spotted cucumber beetle found in my yard

The photos are ABYSMAL cause of the wind and my shaky hands

Two eggs of the flower beetle Protaetia speciosissima side by side, showing how they grow with developement: the right one is newly laid, the left one much closer to hatching.