Beetle Care

  • Raising Bumble Flower Beetles

    The Bumble Flower beetle (Euphoria inda) is a small, fuzzy, mottled brown beetle native to North America. They can be found across most states, but are most commonly found along the Eastern seaboard and Midwest of the United States. In nature, this diurnal species of beetle buzzes among flowers during the warm summer months to…

  • Raising Eastern Hercules Beetles

    The Eastern Hercules beetle (Dynastes tityus) is one of the largest species of beetles native to North America, most commonly found in the Southeast region of the United States. These showy rhino beetles are known for their golden-yellow to olive green elytra, mottled spots, and lengthy cephalic and thoracic horns on males. They are a…

  • Feeding Beetles and Beetle Jelly

    The most common types of beetles kept as pets are predominantly sap and fruit feeders as adults. In the wild they feed on rotten fallen fruit, or will scrape at tree bark in order to reach the sap of living wood beneath. In captivity, they are very easy to keep fed, though hungry beetles are…

  • Making Flake Soil

    Flake soil is an all-purpose food and substrate commonly used for raising beetles in captivity; valued for its ease and speed of production. All our captive-born-and-bred beetles use this as their food source during larval stages.