satchellwk
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Hello,
I have collected many invertebrate pets in the past year or so, but in recent months I have had a growing interest in beetles. Therefore, I decided to join this forum, and I thought I should at least show what I have at this moment.
First, I started with aquatic beetles,
I have a 10-gallon aquarium that I'm currently housing all my aquatic insects in, and it contains:
Acilius sp. Predacious diving beetles:
Whirligig beetle:
and a Hydrophillis sp. Giant water scavenger beetle (I had another, for I found them in the process of mating but it expectantly died)
Despite not seeing any signs of a successful egg laying of the scavengers, I did collect a larvae, which I am keeping separately, and providing land of which to pupate on:
(I took it out of its enclosure for the pic)
Next, I have a group of five of my local Alaetrinus minimus darklings, which are very energetic and interesting beetles.
They mate every night, so I hope they will produce larvae; they would require the same care as larvae as, say, mealworms?
Finally, I have been getting interested in dung beetles. I have collected 5 very small individuals, but I do not know what species.
I really hope to find some more impressive species, particularly P. vindex, but I'm not 100% sure how to find them, without finding a cattle or horse ranch and ask nicely to dig through their manure.
Anyway, that's my collection as of now. It's really small, but I hope to expand it in the future.
Thanks for looking!
I have collected many invertebrate pets in the past year or so, but in recent months I have had a growing interest in beetles. Therefore, I decided to join this forum, and I thought I should at least show what I have at this moment.
First, I started with aquatic beetles,
I have a 10-gallon aquarium that I'm currently housing all my aquatic insects in, and it contains:
Acilius sp. Predacious diving beetles:

Whirligig beetle:

and a Hydrophillis sp. Giant water scavenger beetle (I had another, for I found them in the process of mating but it expectantly died)

Despite not seeing any signs of a successful egg laying of the scavengers, I did collect a larvae, which I am keeping separately, and providing land of which to pupate on:

(I took it out of its enclosure for the pic)
Next, I have a group of five of my local Alaetrinus minimus darklings, which are very energetic and interesting beetles.

They mate every night, so I hope they will produce larvae; they would require the same care as larvae as, say, mealworms?
Finally, I have been getting interested in dung beetles. I have collected 5 very small individuals, but I do not know what species.

I really hope to find some more impressive species, particularly P. vindex, but I'm not 100% sure how to find them, without finding a cattle or horse ranch and ask nicely to dig through their manure.
Anyway, that's my collection as of now. It's really small, but I hope to expand it in the future.
Thanks for looking!
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