Arizona Elephant Beetle Male

Description

Megasoma punctulatum (males only) on Bugguide.net is the US cousin to the giant Elephant Beetles that range from Mexico to South America. The specimen in the photo was from our first captive generation a few years ago and measures 40 millimeters. None of the ones sold through this listing will be super major males like that, sorry. Size varies and if you order multiples we will endeavor to give you various sizes but none of them will look like the captive-bred ones since these are wild caught males and the one in the photo is the largest captive-bred one we’ve ever produced.

MALES only available, as titled. They are adults with short lifespans but you’ve never seen one of these before and  from one of the coolest genera of beetles on Earth!

We offer them sweet liquids like watered down maple syrup or sweet, non-citrus fruit juices, or jelly, etc.

We do plan to make larvae available again this fall/winter as we are retaining the few females we found for breeding.

W̶i̶t̶h̶ a̶c̶c̶e̶s̶s̶ t̶o̶ a̶ q̶u̶a̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ s̶u̶b̶s̶t̶r̶a̶t̶e̶ o̶n̶ a̶ c̶o̶n̶s̶i̶s̶t̶e̶n̶t̶ b̶a̶s̶i̶s̶ t̶h̶i̶s̶ d̶e̶s̶e̶r̶t̶ s̶p̶e̶c̶i̶e̶s̶ h̶a̶s̶ t̶h̶e̶ p̶o̶t̶e̶n̶t̶i̶a̶l̶ t̶o̶ g̶r̶o̶w̶ m̶u̶c̶h̶ l̶a̶r̶g̶e̶r̶ i̶n̶ c̶a̶p̶t̶i̶v̶i̶t̶y̶. C̶a̶r̶e̶ f̶o̶r̶ t̶h̶e̶m̶ i̶s̶ t̶h̶e̶ s̶a̶m̶e̶ a̶s̶ w̶i̶t̶h̶ o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ r̶h̶i̶n̶o̶ b̶e̶e̶t̶l̶e̶ l̶a̶r̶v̶a̶e̶ (̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ D̶y̶n̶a̶s̶t̶e̶s̶)̶. T̶h̶e̶y̶ f̶e̶e̶d̶ o̶n̶ d̶e̶c̶a̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ w̶o̶o̶d̶ f̶r̶o̶m̶ h̶a̶r̶d̶w̶o̶o̶d̶ t̶r̶e̶e̶s̶. W̶e̶ s̶e̶l̶l̶ b̶o̶t̶h̶ a̶ h̶a̶r̶d̶w̶o̶o̶d̶ s̶u̶b̶s̶t̶r̶a̶t̶e̶ p̶r̶o̶d̶u̶c̶t̶, a̶n̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶n̶ a̶l̶s̶o̶ a̶ d̶e̶c̶o̶ c̶u̶b̶e̶ c̶a̶g̶e̶ f̶o̶r̶ b̶e̶e̶t̶l̶e̶ l̶a̶r̶v̶a̶e̶ i̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ r̶e̶l̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ i̶t̶e̶m̶s̶ s̶e̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ b̶e̶l̶o̶w̶.