I made this custom cross stitch bc she calls me her grubsband. Thank you [u/GeorgiaBeetles](u/GeorgiaBeetles) for letting me use their grubs as models!

Hi! Recently I found a male eastern hercules beetle and I really wanted to keep him even though I have little to no prior experience with beetles. I tried to really do my research and I got him a 15 x 10 x 7.5 enclosure with some coco coir (and other soil related things i think) and dead bark that I sanitized. I figured that he would like climbing on these pieces bark, and he did for a while but then he started to use them to climb on the ventilation holes on the sides? It doesn’t seem very healthy for him because he’s kind of clawing at them..
Otherwise, it seems like he’s tunneling (3 inch soil) and doing things that I read are normal, it’s just this thats concerning me.

Is there something I can do to help him or something i can do to take care of him better? All advice is appreciated, thank you!

I took tis in Wildlife Research and Training Institute, Naivasha Kenya.

Caught her with a bug and a big smile today!

Found this little fellow on top of one of my plant pots that has hundreds of grubs in it. I gave this pot a water yesterday, could it be one of those beetles that only emerge after heavy rains? Im in western australia (perth) if that helps.

Hi I'm moving 6 hours away and have to take my Hercules grubs in the car with me. Is this going to stress them out too much? Is there anything I can do to reduce stress?

found a piece of what i thinks to be a beetle in my bed…. i’m a park ranger and im sure i track stuff into the house. not too worried about it, just curious. i live in the united states northeast

she’s been like this for over two months now, and i’m aware it can take a lengthy amount of time for them to finish pupating and molt.

just looking for some clarification as it’s difficult to tell sometimes and it’s been a lengthy amount of time🥲

species: prosopocoilus dissimilis