Cotinis nitida Breeding Success!

[Beedrill]

In late Early August, I captured about 20 local Cotinus nitida Green June Beetles in hopes of raising a colony of them. I followed basic care guidelines for most other small scarabs and flower beetles, and yesterday I found my first Grubs! They are already about 1cm so I assume that they've actually been in there a while, but where too small to notice. I was able to find about 13 grubs, so I assume there is a pretty good population of them deep in the substrate.
They are interesting in that they crawl upside down at all times. It's really quite cute. I'll upload some pictures.

 

[Beedrill]

Grubs:




One of three surviving adults:

 

[chanda]

Hey, congratulations! It's such a great feeling when you discover that first batch of grubs!

 

[Beedrill]

Now for the hard part: Waiting a whole year for them to mature.