Beetles as pets

>>1068209
>tfw forgetting the jade beetle larva in the fridge

They died, but my worm farm is outstanding.

>>1068254
>june beetle

fixed

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>>1068209
No beetles but have one of cecropia caterpillars for your thread.
I would like to have a beetle like that picture.

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>>1068270

>>1068209
>>>/an/ has an invert general

>>1068270
Why is he covered in android emojis?

>>1068209
PNW here, picked up some species of ground beetle near a lake as a pet when I was a kid. It lasted for four years on bread and the occasional snail/slug. Wasn't nearly as large as the beetle in your image, but it sufficed. Slow moving, solid grip on anything it stood/hung on, and had little (if any) ability to bite. Brought it with me on road trips and to school all the time. There's lots of different kinds of ground beetle though, and most of them are the diametric opposite of what I just described.

I had a Mexican Beetle for a while.
They require a lot of care, and easily overheat in hot weather.

>>1068209
The only beetles you might be able to get reliably here in the states would either be the Western or Eastern Hercules Beetles. But they're hardly impressive compared to other inverts you could be picking up here.

>>1069273
I should clarify the only Dynastinae beetles*, tiger beetles would be interesting to raise, and would be much easier to collect in the wild and raise.

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I had a Darkling beetle for a few years that I caught in eastern washington on an entomology field trip. They make great pets, very water efficient and just eat vegetables. You don't even need a water dish in their environment since they get enough from their food. They're east to handle since they move really slow.