Dysnastes Beetles...

[Beardo]

A while ago a friend gave me 4 Dynastes beetle grubs...I forget what species....well, I hadn't checked on them in a while so I decided to dig them up and see how they'd progressed....the last time I did this they were in the pupal stage...much to my surprise I found 3 fully formed adult beetles and one in the last pupal stage before becoming adult...it looks like I have one male and 2 females so far....they are a bit sluggish and they seem to have recently metamorphised (especially the male, whose wing cases are pretty soft).....does anyone have any experience with these? I honestly have no idea what to do with them now lol....do they eat? Can I get them to breed? Any info or advice would be greatly appreciated! Here are some pictures:

the male:

the females:

 

[dtknow]

Their is an article in www.chameleonnews.com one of their magazines somewhere.

 

[Beardo]

The link did not work.

 

[aggie08]

Good lookin critters. Big!

 

[Scolopendra55]

Their D.tityus The adults will eat soft fruit (peaches and well ripened apples work great). Their pretty easy to raise as long as you have some good rotten oak mulch. Here is a care sheet for them: http://www.naturalworlds.org/scarabaeidae/species/Dynastes_tityus.htm
Hope that helps

 

[Beardo]

Thanks! That helps alot.

 

[dtknow]

should work now.

 

[Curry]

You should definetly try to breed them, that would be cool. Then you can give me some!

 

[ShadowBlade]

Yeah um.. the best way to raise them is to uh... send them to me and I'll um...
Whatever, like any Dynastes beetle will eat soft fruit, or watered down real maple syrup. Do you know how to raise the grubs? You will end up with small males if you don't do it right. I don't mean small as in, a 1/4 shorter, I mean, almost no horns and an inch shorter!