Dynastes grantii Adult Pair

Description

This listing is for fresh, wild caught adult beetles. $50 per pair (2 beetles). You will receive one male and one female Dynastes grantii. Limit 1 pair per household.

There is NO LIVE GUARANTEE on these beetles because they are wild caught, in short supply and they have limited adult lifespans anyway. Present “age” is unknown. They ship live. No live guarantee on arrival. No exceptions. They have a high dead stock value as well, and so I ship them to you merely as a novelty and for many people a “once in a lifetime” opportunity. Buyer beware. All that said, these are very fresh and the females may live a month or two longer and should drop eggs for you (note: I sell the larvae for $20 each and so this is a potential investment opportunity for you to take a short cut to being a beetle breeder).

Note: The specimen in the photo is a major male [70 mm] and is larger than presently available specimens. That said, as of I’m currently offering medium-large pairs. Males have nice horn structure/length. I’m not taking the time to measure them, sorry.

This is the longest, most impressive rhino beetle in the United States. Dynastes grantii has the longer top horn that collectors prize in the even larger South American Hercules beetles. Our native US D. grantii are no slouchers though, topping out at around 3 inches for males. Average specimens range in at closer to 2 inches (males) and do not have the major male horn structure that the specimen in the photo has. Females do not have horns.

I only offer these for a few weeks each year, at most. Females lay eggs rather easily in decent substrate. Eggs take a few months to hatch at room temperature. Even though your adult beetle’s life span will be 2 months at most (males shorter than females), they are still one of the most impressive pet bugs you will probably ever keep in the US hobby.

Adult beetles feed on apple, banana or watered down brown sugar or maple syrup. We sell beetle jellies too, which are convenient because they don’t rot like fresh fruit or dry up like sugar water.

Give the beetles something to hold onto on the surface of the substrate, like bark or branches, etc.

The video below compares the yellower Dynastes tityus to the longer, olive-colored Dynastes grantii.

 No Live Guarantee is mentioned three times on this page!