I like to pick names from media series. All my DFBs are named after Simpsons characters, mantises are Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, assassin bugs from Bob's Burgers, etc. What are you watching/reading right now? :)
Just a correction, I was mistaken in my ID and this is a similar species of rhino beetle but not a triceratops beetle. I've since caught a male a few days ago. He was stuck on his back on my patio and I thought he was dead. I had nothing better right then so I fed him some grape jelly and he...
This beetle crawled in front of the receptionist's desk at my workplace last week so I scooped it up and think I have IDed it as a triceratops beetle. I gave it a blob of apple pulp mixed with fish food flakes and it ate on it for awhile, then I put it in a solo container of rotting hardwood...
I have a tank with two smooth death-feigning beetles, among a few other compatible beetle species. Every time I've looked in on them for the past few days, the male is following the female and she's trying to get away. The only time he's ever been able to get up on her is when she stops to eat...
Well I'm really glad to hear this-- as long as it doesn't seem to be a symptom of bad health or cage conditions, it's actually pretty cute. I got this video of it, does this look like the same thing?
I'm using bagged potting soil right now. The store kept it in soil with no other substrate...
Hi,
I recently got an ivory millipede, I have other arthropods but first time keeping a millipede. I checked on it today and watched it for awhile. It seemed to be grooming itself but then it started flailing the upper 1/4 of its body and sort of wiped its dorsal side back and forth across the...
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