my usps box came in with a goody 3 ox beetles

[crashergs]

when i opened it im saying to myself ahh these things are not impressive at all, but when i unraveled them from some paper towels im like whoaaa, these guys are beautiful, the guy i bought them from gave me a freebie, an extra female! so 1 male and 2 females too bad it takes them almost a year for the larvae to give me the next generation, im really going to have to appreciate these guys. heres some pics

anyone have or know of caresheets on the ox beetle?

 

[beetleman]

they like fairly deep moist semi moist substrate,places to hide under(corkbark)they will burrow into the soil,they like fresh apples,bananas,peach,sweet liquids.i had them years back really awesome beetles,hope this helps.

 

[crashergs]

what about for breeding? i see they like hardwood compost? where can i get that type of compost ? id really like to have these guys for a longggg time

 

[beetleman]

most garden shops should have that,i never bred them,but i'll tell ya this when i used to go collecting i would find the grubs under boards and stuff and they were half buried in the sandy soil. so they lay their eggs in the substrate.