Would you catch/keep giant beetles in real life?
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Rainmaker59
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I'd never really thought about it before. That might be interesting. What would you feed them? I've tried keeping a praying mantis before but when it wouldn't eat the bugs I'd catch and throw in with it, I let it go rather than let it die. People keep pet tarantulas and pet snakes. I don't see how this would be any different.
mashedpotaties
Sentient Potato
They eat fruit stuffs. Apples, pears, any kind of decaying vegetation. They're surprisingly low maintenance. Makes me really excited to own some someday. And apparently they don't eat for the first few months that they're adults.
When I was a child I would go to the beach every year with my family. My brother and I would go out and catch these giant beetles and keep them for a few days. They somewhat resembled the horned atlas, but I think the horn-like protrusions were much less pronounced. We would feed them fruit and then release them back into their habitat before we went back home. I remember we used to let them ride about on our shoulders. They were pretty laid-back seeming insects, they never went anywhere very quickly.
They're cute as heck!!! I've never considered keeping them, but when I find big beetles and moths, etc, I often spend a lot of time looking at them. One time at summer camp I found a HUGE beetle in the swimming pool at night.... It was really big, like the top of a soda can or something, and rainbow-colored/iridescent. I have NO idea how it got here because I live in the Pacific Northwest, but it was amazing. I would've taken it home if I could. 
Edit: Yes, of course I saved it from the pool water. Poor guy.
Edit: Yes, of course I saved it from the pool water. Poor guy.
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remiaphasia
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noooooo they are huge and terrify me.
Tom_Nooks_Party_Pants
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I think there's something awe-inspiring about them. I've never seen one out in the wild and I think it'd just be wonderful to see one in real life in it's natural habitat.
Nope. They're neat and cool and I don't hate them, but I'm just not fond of being near bugs in general. I have a friend who is really into raising beetles, though. He updates his Facebook a lot with pictures and glsjdfgslh gives me the heebie jeebies lmao.
Honestly no I probably would never keep/catch one of those beetles in my life. Bugs and I don't get together very well, idk I just can't stand cockroaches and so I'm kinda apprehensive with beetles as well. I sometimes have seen some big beetles on the side of the road when I walk and I'm like "Ooo gotta catch these to sell" and then the realization hits me "Wait this is not animal crossing..."
It would be really cool to catch bugs and sell them for a living though, definitely open to that idea!
It would be really cool to catch bugs and sell them for a living though, definitely open to that idea!
I wouldn't now but 12 year old me totally would have. Back then I loved catching weird bugs or picking up weird looking things and keeping them. It would then give way to funny events.
Once, I put what looked to be a very dry and very dead butterfly cocoon in my school locker, only for it to hatch some time later and have a small, red butterfly fly out of my locker LOL Otherwise, I lovingly raised those fuzzy, venomous caterpillars you weren't supposed to touch but that looked super cool.
10 years later I now travel too much for me to ever hope to properly care for bugs again. I've got enough on my hands with my dogs atm
Once, I put what looked to be a very dry and very dead butterfly cocoon in my school locker, only for it to hatch some time later and have a small, red butterfly fly out of my locker LOL Otherwise, I lovingly raised those fuzzy, venomous caterpillars you weren't supposed to touch but that looked super cool.
10 years later I now travel too much for me to ever hope to properly care for bugs again. I've got enough on my hands with my dogs atm
JazzyTheMan
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madokaname
♔ clumsy bunny princess ♔
they look absolutely terrifying ~
i think for keeping bugs as pets, butterflies would be my cut off point.
i think for keeping bugs as pets, butterflies would be my cut off point.
mayorofskyloft
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I would be happy to look at them from about 15-20 feet away. I mean, they're big enough to see from that distance anyway. that's really cool that you like giant beetles and have learned so much about them! I wish you luck in obtaining as many beetles as you want.
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