Beetlesforlife3 Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 My biggest noob mistake was about 1 and half years ago when I was just getting into beetle keeping and well I was on a farm in the mountains and found about 80 or so stag beetle grubs and at the time I didn't know to much about keeping them so I had them on eco-earth and some wood it's in the soil and well I dont have a single stag beetle 😔 So what are noob mistakes you guys have made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 Dropped like 5 larvae containers off my shelf while moving it, I was dumb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Menagerie Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 I think it was about five years ago at least, but I once a Luna moth in my area. It was floating in a river, so I rescued it and brought it home. I was looking at it and somehow, even though I knew very little about arthropods, I noticed it had no mouth parts. I assumed it had lost them. Since I had heard Lepidoptera (although I did not know that order name) taste with their feet, I spent the rest of the night trying to make it happy while it died. Looking back, I practically drowned the poor thing in all sorts of sugary liquids. I later found out that Luna moths do not feed as adults, only live a week, and (minus the river trip) was living normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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