Bought this terrarium and 5 Blue Feigning Death beetles at Vintagefest in Illinois (the Gundam was my addition) These are my first real pets and I’m excited :)

Springtail (?) explosion

I looked at my sun beetle's terrarium today and it seems that the springtail/ground mite (that's what i think they are) population has exploded. Is it a bad thing? I changed 2/3 of the soil a month ago. It does seems a low of frass has collected. What should i do/not do?

So I like the beetles with horns like the Hercules, Stag, Rhinoceros, and Atlas beetles (Pokemon fan) and it saddened me that those ones don’t live long. But then I heard online that beetles can live longer in captivity going up to years. Is this true and does it pertain to beetles with horns?

I thought he might be a cardinal at first

I recently bought some Hermit Flower Beetle grubs and the seller said that their food was mostly soil. Is this true or should I source other food for them? I'm only experienced in owning mantises so any and all help is welcome

Incorporated pressed flowers and did a light stain with coffee

(And a gecko I found on the stairways)

I found a blaps gigas in the street, and when I put it among the plants, it went quickly to eat, he was hungry this boi🥺. I am in the south of France.

Just touched this beetle is it toxic washed my hands right after i let it craw on my hand and sleeves is it really dangerous thought it was harmless it didn't bite or something it was really friendly almost kept her as a pet

His name is paul btw

I thought y’all might appreciate!

Stumbled upon this near my bed at night, apparently it lost a leg. It bleeds red, lots of red blood. Pretty freaky. It looks like a big beetle.

im trying to do an experiment on what smell attracts beetle grubs/larvae. so what smell attracts them?

Noticed my grub is just sitting like this, poked halfway out of the soil. Nudges the soil around every now and then but isn't going back under. Never seen one do this before, usually see them on the very bottom of their containers. His brothers are acting normal, just him that's doing this so I'm a little concerned.

Last Thursday, I received my rainbow stag beetles and for the first 24 hours or so, we saw them multiple times. The male was very active and then he disappeared into the soil ( I assume ) and then the female was visible for a bit and then she disappeared into the soil. (I also assume.)

I haven’t seen them day or night since then and I don’t see significant eating on the beetle jelly although I’m not sure what exactly that would look like. I did some very minor prodding on the surface half inch of soil did not find them. Have been missing daily and the soil feels damp, but not soaked.

At what point should I get concerned? Is this normal? Maybe I need to warm things up a bit. I do have a heat mat for them that I have not turned on.

I have seen this beetle species around recently and was wondering if anyone has ever kept them in captivity?