I live in Florida and it’s been raining every day so my grass had been longer. When I mowed on the edge of my driveway (you see in the video where I mean) a bunch of sand exploded from under the mower and I see this little bug poke out of this hole I JUST mowed on and scurried backwards. I’m thinking wtf haha. So over the next week I’m trying to figure out what it might be. From the look of the head I had thought it could be a beetle (you can see where this is going) I started to notice more mounds of sand (about 5ish now) and I saw it a couple times at night but was unable to picture or video it since as soon as I take my eyes off it I lose it. Here’s the only video I’ve been able to get! I believe it’s an ox beetle and can only assume it’s a female since she must be laying her eggs for the season or something. I wasn’t able to find a good reference photo between males and females other than seeing other kinds of rhinoceros beetles. I did have some grapes that I gave her as a welcome present. From what I read they’re not pests so I shouldn’t do anything to get rid of her as her stay is brief! Anywho I’m tired of googling and meta ai giving me answers for something like this. I’d love to pick the brains of some beetle lovers to figure out and welcome my new neighbor!

Check out the shine on this little guy! Sir Cabbage’s girlfriend Onion definitely knows how to steal the spotlight.

and has hair already lol

I've never seen this before and couldnt find anything similar on Google! At first I thought it was just the rain droplets on its back making the patterns look warped, but no those are the actual patterns it has! Sorry I couldn't keep the camera still with how much I had to zoom in. I'll put some still pictures in the comments (would've put the pics in the post itself but then i wouldn't have been able to include the video). Is this rare??? Regardless, its absolutely beautiful!!!

Hello! Im planning to get a Japanese rhinoceros beetle l3 one male one female, and I have zero experience of taking care of a beetle larvae. I did have 4 pet beetles before but they were adults(i uploaded some pics of them).
I did watch some tutorials on YouTube and the guy said that you should add some dead leaf or wood pieces to the soil, sth like that.

Can you guys pls offer me some advice? Maybe about the humidity, temperature, the soil, when they will emerge into an adult beetle and do u need to dig them up yourself, soil depth… (also do need to give some beetle jelly to the larvae?)

my beetle sadly passed away yesterday, and i’m trying to get him shipped to an artist to be pinned and framed. what is the safest way to package and ship him so he doesn’t rot or get damaged? he is a blue death feigning beetle. thank you for the advice!