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Are beetles any danger to tarantulas?
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<blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 114770" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>Question wasn't whether your T's will eat them, they'll eat most insects <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> it was whether the beetles were harmful. and that depends totally on the beetle. meal worm and super worms pupate into darkling beetles, part of the stink bug family, and they will eat a molting T, but are probably harmless to an active T. The stink cloud they produce as a defensive may or may not be harmful, so why chance it? plus the beetles aren't very nutritious, mostly inedible exoskeleton with not much gooey bits to eat. you're much better off feeding roaches or worms <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kormath, post: 114770, member: 4199"] Question wasn't whether your T's will eat them, they'll eat most insects ;) it was whether the beetles were harmful. and that depends totally on the beetle. meal worm and super worms pupate into darkling beetles, part of the stink bug family, and they will eat a molting T, but are probably harmless to an active T. The stink cloud they produce as a defensive may or may not be harmful, so why chance it? plus the beetles aren't very nutritious, mostly inedible exoskeleton with not much gooey bits to eat. you're much better off feeding roaches or worms ;) [/QUOTE]
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