#eastern Hercules beetle

[onenicebugperday]

Hi! I hope you’re having a good day! Earlier last year in the Spring (or Summer) I was in a plaza shopping with my best friend and I found this beetle!

idk if you identify them or not all I know is that I think this might be some sort of stag-

it was a big boy! Prolly one of my favorite Animal Crossing coded finds <3

Usually I require a location to ID any bug but this fella is pretty distinct. It's a male eastern Hercules beetle, which is a type of rhinoceros beetle rather than a stag beetle. Stag beetles mostly have big pincers for mandibles rather than horns like rhinoceros beetles.

[sorrcha]

eastern hercules beetle

[mossyvida]

Gay Eastern Hercules beetles!!!

This painting is up for sale in my ko-fi rn <3

[pigeon-feet]

all fourteen children are now L3 . their food bill is immense

[tanuki-ticks]

A day you see a beetle in flight is a most splendid day!!

Self-portait piece of my sona, because I haven't properly drawn them for a sizeable minute :3

[little-beetle-bug]

✨Beetle Color Wheel✨

[aardvarkarty]

Been working on some pixel art skills

[thedisablednaturalist]

Rescued from the Safeway parking lot

Could not remove her from my person, did not want to break her legs

So I brought her home and she is now happily burrowing in my terrarium

Literally drove home with a beetle on my arm

Eastern Hercules Beetle (female) Dynastes tityus

[darksoulsstirfry]

buddy got a new house

[23rdhunter]

Eastern Hercules beetle

[mandrakebrew]

I met a new friend today! An eastern Hercules beetle!

[onenicebugperday]

@lifeisa-struggle-man submitted: Some cute creatures from southeastern usa 💜💜 love the blog! Have a great day☺️

I love them all but wow that is the most perfect luna moth I've ever seen

[daemonmage]

I have an Eastern Hercules Beetle named Terry. He fell on someone outside a restaurant and my dad saved him. He’s pretty cool.

[mossyvida]

Eastern Hercules Beetle 🌟

acrylic painting on a wooden canvas

[pigeon-feet]

how can one man be full of so many smells

[frogluvr29]

I don’t normally make my own posts here but today is sad, my beetle is dying, and I want to vent :( He rolled himself over into his back at some point, and by the time I found him yesterday morning he was weak and I knew he would probably die. I don’t know how long he was rolled over, it could have been an hour or it could have been overnight. I’m just crushed because he was a Christmas present last year, and I spent an entire calendar year caring for him as a grub and feeding him and waiting for him to grow up into a big beetle. He only emerged as an adult ~3 months ago, and he spent the first two in a dormant period (which is normal). He only came out of it this past month and I’m so sad that he died so quickly, it feels like he only just got here. I only just started seeing him actively moving around the enclosure and doing his thing. I only got to witness him eat a couple times. I spent so many months caring for him and loving him and waiting excitedly for him to grow up and now he’s almost gone 😭 He’s really weak and slow right now and I know it’ll be over soon. I have him set up comfortably until it happens, but I’m so angry and sad and I didn’t mean to let it get to me this much but I can’t stop crying and thinking about what I could have done differently, how I could have set the terrarium up so he wouldn’t get stuck on his back, how I should have checked him more often, etc… this is my first time having pet beetles (I have two, him and a female who is doing fine) and I did my research and tried to do everything right but I still made mistakes. I should have given him more branches so he could right himself. I know you live and you learn but I feel so, so horrible about it. He was my baby and I was so proud of him and I showed him to everyone who came over :( My other beetle is only interested in burrowing so I never get to see her, but he would march around on top of the soil doing his little beetle thing. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone, pour one out for Michel for me. He was an eastern Hercules beetle and he was loved