Lovingly named Tank (male), and FIAT 500e (female)

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!!!

and has hair already lol

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

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!

I’ve lived in Shenzhen for years, and this is the first stag beetle I’ve ever seen here. It flew to our office entrance and was approximately 8.5–10 cm long, excluding the antennae.
Could anyone help identify the species? I’m especially curious whether it is native to southern China or possibly an escaped exotic pet.

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The red-femured milkweed beetle (Tetraopes femoratus) is a longhorn beetle species recognized by its reddish legs, white-ringed antennae, and specialized diet on milkweed plants.

This insect is distinguished from similar species by its unique physical traits. It features partially red or reddish-orange femurs, whereas the closely related common milkweed beetle has completely black legs. Its black antennae are broken up by bright white or gray rings.

Like other members of its genus, its compound eyes are completely divided by the antennal base, giving it a distinct "four-eyed" appearance. The rest of its body is a striking red-orange color accented by tiny black spots, typically measuring between 8 and 19 mm in length.Native to western North America and parts of the Midwest, these beetles spend their entire life cycles intricately tied to host plants like the showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa).

While adult beetles openly consume the plant's leaves, stems, and flowers, their larvae burrow underground to feed exclusively on the root systems.

By consuming the milkweed, they absorb cardiac glycosides from the plant's sap, making them highly toxic to predators. Their bright coloration serves as an aposematic warning to birds and other animals that they are poisonous.

Saw a cool video on clints reptiles about them found out that I already basically have everything I need for 1. Saw them on morph market last night. How are they? I heard they apperently live pretty long.

I'm in southern utah and we normally only have stink bugs as our large beetles, but this one seems different. It'd wider. Does anyone know what it is?

Hello! Pretty straight forward predicament here but I have a very charismatic male rhino beetle that I have acquired and placed in a 5 gallon enclosure. Currently, he is attempting to fly inside the enclosure quite a bit and trying to escape. My question is what have you done in the past when this happens? Im afraid of him hurting himself or getting out and getting lost. Thanks in advance!

Beetle BFS & Naming System

BFS System

BFS stands for Beauty, Fortitude, and Size. Each aspect is scored out of 5 stars maximum by averaging its characteristics.

Beauty: Symmetry, horn curvature

Fortitude: Horn triangularity, horn thickness, body thickness, thorax thickness

Size: Body length, horn length, body width, horn width

Top 7 Male Titles

- Pulchra — Beauty

- Fortis — Fortitude

- Magnus — Size

- Virtus — Beauty + Fortitude

- Speciosus — Beauty + Size

- Grandis — Fortitude + Size

- Dominus — Beauty + Fortitude + Size; best overall

Secundus

Males with good BFS scores but not enough for the Top 7 receive the closest title followed by S, meaning Secundus, e.g. Magnus S.

Infirmus

For males with potentially good genetics whose appearance was affected by failed emergence, developmental, or environmental problems, making their traits unreliable to judge.

Culpa

Males that don't meet the required standard are named Culpa A, Culpa B, Culpa C, etc. Culpa A is the lowest-ranked; later letters represent better Culpa beetles. They may be sold cheaply, given away, or kept, but generally aren't bred.

Generations & Pedigree

A later beetle receiving the same title uses Roman numerals:

Magnus → Magnus II → Magnus III → Magnus IV

For bred beetles, a suffix records the father's identifier and sex:

- Son = male offspring

- d = female offspring/daughter

Example:

Magnus II Msson means the beetle is the second beetle named Magnus, while Msson records its paternal lineage.

The structure is:

[Title] [Roman numeral if applicable] [Paternal suffix]

Purchased Beetles

Bought beetles are named according to their BFS results and receive SB as their last initials.

Examples: Magnus SB, Fortis SB, Dominus SB.

Female Naming

A complete female naming system has not been created yet. Females can have individual names and pedigree codes but currently have no equivalent BFS title system.

Summarized by Ai (the ideas are all mine)

anyone selling beetle larvae in europe, and willing to ship to denmark?
im mostly looking for stag beetles of any kind, but i also have an interest in rhino beetles.
please dm me!

wanted to share my latest beetle (weevil) sculptures

Found this tiny beetle outside my bedroom and since it's been raining heavily outside for the past few days, I decided to whip up a place for it to stay in.

I have no idea what I'm doing aside from a few google searches. What kind of beetle is it and what can I do better?