A keeper's journal of rhinoceros, stag, and flower beetles — documenting the specimens, the breeding projects, and everything learned along the way.
Beetle keeping sits somewhere between aquarium-keeping and orchid-growing — patient, detail-driven, and deeply rewarding.
Exotic beetles are among the most spectacular animals you can keep at home. A male Hercules beetle can span the length of your hand; a rainbow stag shifts colour as it turns in the light. Most of the work happens unseen — months of a larva feeding quietly in rich substrate before a brief, brilliant adult life. This site documents that whole arc, specimen by specimen.
A handful of current favourites — the full gallery has the rest.
The giant of the collection — a docile, long-horned heavyweight.
Metallic, multicoloured, and a steady breeder in captivity.
Active, day-flying, and endlessly photogenic.
Always happy to talk beetles — whether you're starting your first enclosure or looking to swap captive-bred stock.
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