How to Raise Dynastes Tityus?

Feeding: Adult male and female Dynastes tityus feed on rotten apples, orange slices, overripe bananas, and similar fruits. Orange slices are preferred. Wild-collected adults can live up to three months on this diet. Adults that are raised from larva can live up to a year if raised on this diet.

How do you keep Hercules beetles?

To keep eastern hercules beetle, place the adult beetle in a 1.5 gal (5 L) tank filled with 3-4” (7.5-10 cm) of soil/peat moss mixture and some tree branches or tree barks. Feed the beetle with cut fruits or beetle jelly. Keep the tank moist by misting regularly using a garden sprayer.

What do female Hercules beetles eat?

Hercules beetles are herbivores. Specifically, they eat fruit, and the larvae eat rotting wood.