Beetles

[Denny Dee]

Decided to post a few pics of my beetles. Will post one at a time in case anyone has an interest and would like more information. Thanks.

 

[Denny Dee]

Cryptoflassa variolosa - Iron Clad Beetles

 

[Denny Dee]

Asbolus verrucosus - Blue Death Feigning Beetles

 

[Denny Dee]

Odontotaenius disjunctus - Bess Beetle

 

[Entity]

Awesome denny! i like the bess beetles! man i gotta get some more inverts....lol still hunting. looking at roaches now. hissers and pepper roaches.

 

[MassExodus]

Denny do any of these have decent life spans? Excellent pics btw. And I've been seeing some giant, predatory beetles on YouTube, really interesting. I'm moving to beetles after I satisfy my roach and Amblypygi fascination. I have some kind of rhinoceros beetle making perfectly round holes at the edge of my house, ill probably start with those. Big fellas, too.

 

[MassExodus]

Awesome denny! i like the bess beetles! man i gotta get some more inverts....lol still hunting. looking at roaches now. hissers and pepper roaches.

Pepper roaches look interesting, and theres a lot of people on the roach forum who swear by them. Let me know how they are, would you Entity?

 

[Entity]

Pepper roaches look interesting, and theres a lot of people on the roach forum who swear by them. Let me know how they are, would you Entity?

will do @MassExodus! if i get a good colony going ill be sure u get some!

 

[MassExodus]

will do @MassExodus! if i get a good colony going ill be sure u get some!

Hey I edited the roach post about the javanica..im having issues with my windows phone..go figure, lol, but it has a great camera...

 

[Denny Dee]

Awesome denny! i like the bess beetles! man i gotta get some more inverts....lol still hunting. looking at roaches now. hissers and pepper roaches.

I am still not allowed roaches in the house. Otherwise I am sure I would have a species or two.

 

[Denny Dee]

Denny do any of these have decent life spans? Excellent pics btw. And I've been seeing some giant, predatory beetles on YouTube, really interesting. I'm moving to beetles after I satisfy my roach and Amblypygi fascination. I have some kind of rhinoceros beetle making perfectly round holes at the edge of my house, ill probably start with those. Big fellas, too.

Thanks. Not my specialty for sure! The adults are fairly long lived given proper conditions. Diet is hardwood. They are communal as well so the more the merrier.

 

[Kymura]

Asbolus verrucosus - Blue Death Feigning Beetles!
I've been eyeballing these, supposedly they can coexist peacefully in a scorp tank? I was considering setting up a nice little display

Any info you can share on them would be great, don't have much faith in random net information

 

[Denny Dee]

Asbolus verrucosus - Blue Death Feigning Beetles!
I've been eyeballing these, supposedly they can coexist peacefully in a scorp tank? I was considering setting up a nice little display

Any info you can share on them would be great, don't have much faith in random net information

Very hardy critters. Set up the enclosure like a desert T. I feed them beetle jellies and an occasional treat of dead crickets. Make sure they have water available. I actually use water crystals like I use for my crickets as it lasts a bit longer. All of them hang out together. Very social. I have seen videos of them living in the scorpion burrows but have not tried it. Good method to clean the burrow but make sure the scorpions are well fed (never trust a hungry scorpion!). If you end up trying, please update us as I would be interested in trying it if I knew for sure it was safe for them.

 

[Entity]

I am still not allowed roaches in the house. Otherwise I am sure I would have a species or two.

funny u can have deadly poisonous but not harmless noninvasive roaches. lol little ironic.

 

[Kymura]

Very hardy critters. Set up the enclosure like a desert T. I feed them beetle jellies and an occasional treat of dead crickets. Make sure they have water available. I actually use water crystals like I use for my crickets as it lasts a bit longer. All of them hang out together. Very social. I have seen videos of them living in the scorpion burrows but have not tried it. Good method to clean the burrow but make sure the scorpions are well fed (never trust a hungry scorpion!). If you end up trying, please update us as I would be interested in trying it if I knew for sure it was safe for them.

Oh well fed isn't an issue, I have to force myself not to overfeed. ^^ if I get the tank done I very well may get a few, and if anything tries to eat them then I'll move them

 

[Denny Dee]

Sounds like a perfect habitat for these guys. Will devour dead crickets that is for sure.

 

[Hisserdude]

Nice collection, you can never go wrong with a few darklings!

 

[Entity]

Whats up @Hisserdude nice to see ya on here! welcome!

 

[Hisserdude]

Whats up @Hisserdude nice to see ya on here! welcome!

Not much, thanks! Lots of familiar faces here!

 

[Denny Dee]

Nice collection, you can never go wrong with a few darklings!

Absolutely. I currently have some wooly darkliing beetles (Eleodes osculans) Low maintenance and very entertaining.