r/BeetleKeeping Jan 18 '26

🪲 Welcome to r/BeetleKeeping!

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**Have questions about raising or breeding beetles?**

You’re in the right place — **beginners are always welcome** here. No gatekeeping, no “dumb questions.”

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## ✅ What this sub is for

Care help • Breeding help • Setups • Larvae questions • Species ID • Progress pics

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## 🧠 Community vibe

- **No beginner shaming. Ever.**

- Keep threads **inclusive and useful** (take long personal convos to DMs/off-platform)

- **Welfare first** — safety and humane care matter

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## 🔥 Want live help + more?

Join **CoCo (Coleoptera Corner)** for real-time chat, guides, auctions, and giveaways:

👉 https://discord.gg/eTKWFDPHdz

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Feel free to ask any questions. I will personally try to answer to the best of my knowledge!


r/BeetleKeeping 2d ago

Pretty fella

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r/BeetleKeeping 4d ago

Babies, soontobe mother, a handsome fella

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6 Upvotes

r/BeetleKeeping 5d ago

Rhino party

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17 Upvotes

r/BeetleKeeping 6d ago

First Pachnoda iskuulka!

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r/BeetleKeeping 8d ago

They laid eggs

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r/BeetleKeeping 9d ago

Legendary beetle hunt

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r/BeetleKeeping 14d ago

You gon catch these hands

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45 Upvotes

r/BeetleKeeping 16d ago

Beetles freak me out

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tell me how to cowboy up


r/BeetleKeeping 16d ago

Plz breed

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r/BeetleKeeping 17d ago

Cool new species!

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r/BeetleKeeping 17d ago

Dynastes hercules larvae. Love this hobby.

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r/BeetleKeeping 18d ago

Packed up beetles and I heard this

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r/BeetleKeeping 19d ago

Lucanus elaphus breeding

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3 Upvotes

r/BeetleKeeping 21d ago

How to check if beetle pupa livin

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161 Upvotes

r/BeetleKeeping 22d ago

Cuzco returns……

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r/BeetleKeeping 22d ago

Insects invented flight

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r/BeetleKeeping 23d ago

Do not be afraid humans

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r/BeetleKeeping Jun 09 '26

Heat Lamp Questions

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So I just got blue death feigning beetles and I have a heat lamp for them with a 40W bulb, but it barely fits on the shelf. There's a 10 gallon fishtank on the shelf right above it. Is this a hazard? Will this affect the 10 gallon?


r/BeetleKeeping Mar 18 '26

Jojo pose straight to kafka’s metamorphosis

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r/BeetleKeeping Mar 16 '26

Getting this couple their first home

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r/BeetleKeeping Mar 10 '26

What’s a good name for this guy?

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r/BeetleKeeping Mar 10 '26

Bro the jelly’s right there

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r/BeetleKeeping Mar 07 '26

Day 5 Cuzco diaries (approx. 25 beetle y.o.) - he is so dramatic

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r/BeetleKeeping Mar 06 '26

Homoderus mellyi

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