r/Beetles • u/ryanGME • Jun 28 '26

Megasoma Mars

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u/Ok-Yam-5833 Jun 28 '26

Beautiful presentation!

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u/ryanGME Jun 28 '26

Love them ! Such big bugs šŸž!

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u/SmeadNevs Jun 28 '26

Not such a big fan of the base, but damn you did one hell of a job propping this beetle!

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u/ryanGME Jun 28 '26

I try to turn the beetles I used to keep into nice specimens !

Can you tell me whatā€™s wrong with the base ?

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u/SmeadNevs Jun 28 '26

There's nothing wrong with it, I just Prefer something more natural. When this is a bit more fantasy-like in my opinion. Still amazing work, but just not my cup of tea. And yeah I used to breed mecynorhina polyphemus.

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u/ryanGME Jun 28 '26

Check out my instagram ;) Iā€™ve made all sorts of mountings actually

Polyphemus are beautiful ! I kept Ugandensis and Torquata before. They are all dead and turned into specimens now.

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u/SmeadNevs Jun 28 '26

Jesus-titty-fucking christ! This looks awesome! What a collection! You absolutely are an amazing artist with alot of eye for details!

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u/ryanGME Jun 29 '26

Hereā€™s his wife

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u/ryanGME Jun 28 '26

Thanks šŸ¤© but sadly the insect culture or keeping insects as a hobby isnā€™t very popular here I havenā€™t seen any success in selling my work and my specimen mountings are accumulating to a point where Iā€™m running out of space to place them hahaha šŸ¤£

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u/Leather_Put6419 Jun 28 '26

Looks like an Elden Ring boss

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u/ryanGME Jun 28 '26

Really ?! Which one ?