#fruit beetle

[scolopendramorsitans]

I bought these feeder pachnoda grubs solely because I felt bad for them ...... on a thin layer of dirt, no food and trying to cocoon with the little resources they had ): they are just babies pls be nice to them

[luthers-beetles]

Found a strangely small figeater beetle on campus today!!!!!!!!!! They're one of my favorite bugs and this one is completely whole!!! Sooo I may pin her laterr

Uh dead beetle under the cut plus my beetle ramblings

Usually figeater beetles get to almost 2 inches, but this lil guy is only around 1!! Like half the size!!! My special little gal💚

[fullmetaldevil-blog]

A happy infestation~

I'm quite thrilled to see these babies going at it in my tree (they're eating the squirrel bitten fruits). Reason why is I heavily rely on them to assist in my garden.

The grubs they leave behind are my power houses of breaking down the mulch my garden generates. Them as well as worms. I let mother nature turn the materials in my mulch bin for me rather than buying unnecessary equipment that does the same thing. Sure, the process takes a little longer, but the soil the bin produces is super rich.

I rely on the local insects to help out the garden while neutralizing pests (old fashioned shoe or swatter). Flowers to bring the pollinators for which I adore Teddy Bear bees. Lots of hummingbirds and regular bees. I even leave wasps alone since there are no nests and they aren’t a bother. All in all, I get a kick out of seeing the 6 legged locals~

[cyanocoraxx]

uhhhh the grub . Tbh

[cyanocoraxx]

grub clean out night (h. gladiator & x3 m. harrrisi)

[jooliefiveash]

SOMEONE CAUGHT A GOOD BOY

[dark-space-exotics]

A stunning species of fruit beetle, Pachnoda aemula.

[thebedroomzoo]

Two new beautiful fruit beetles have appeared in the chameleons enclosures!