They are. So tiny. The person I wanted to buy them from had this huuuge line of beetles bred for their size and colour and they were like 5 to 7 cm which is insane, but my little dudes resemble the wild ones more I think, they're about 2 or 3 cm
Imma call this one Jazz
Jazz is the most lethargic one so i really hope he can recover quickly :>
I thought I bought two beetles as a breeding pair for one generation, but the seller sent me FIVE. WHOLE. BEETLES.
I love this seller they were super kind and gave me a bunch of supplies because there's basically no pet beetle market in my country
But yeah I didn't sign up for five lmaoo now I have to keep track of which is which because one male and female are related but I don't want to revoke their mating rights since that's basically their whole thing as adult beetles..
(I can hear one female move around she's really lively lmao)
My second less important issue is naming them.. the lethargic male is Jazz and I've decided that the lively female is Blues because she's loud asf right now, but idk what to call the other ones so I'll make a poll
Top three options will be beetle names
Ra (sun god)
Horus (also sun god)
Pan (wild god)
Bugsy (from pokemon)
Viola (also pokemon)
Other: please comment something cute or silly!!!
Voting ended onAug 22, 2025
If any of them die ill probably pin them because gosh they're gorgeous
I'm gonna be falling asleep to nocturnal beetle asmr from now on 🥰
Managed to get an adult pair of these stunners; Stephanorrhina guttata, the Spotted Flower Beetle.
They’re super active - much more than I’m used to with my other critters - but watching them rustle around and fly around their tank is adorable. And chaotic.
Newly emerged adult beetle! They're this light color for a short time before they harden and turn black. I am learning so much about these critters just by watching them.
Ahem. Hello, good evening everyone! I'm your host Dippa and you're watching BEETLE BROADCAST
These beetles have brought me so much joy, I seriously love them!! They do stress me out, but in the way a new parent gets stressed out over everything their kid does 😅
so for tonight's update:
The little rainbow stags have livened up a lot since they arrived last Friday, they're digging around and eating everything and I even caught Khepri mating with two of the females! Needless to say, they seem very much at home.
They do seem a bit spoiled, they clearly prefer eating beetle jelly over bananas. I thought they might dislike the food tray the bananas were on but I saw them eat beetle jelly off of the tray so they really just want that sweet sweet jelly.
I am currently facing the challenge of getting a good breeding log for the beetles because they've been trying to make some larvae the last couple of days but they don't have a good environment to lay their eggs and I'm afraid that might stress them out. I can't buy a proper breeding log anywhere though and my white rot wood hasn't arrived yet for some reason, so I'm going to have to make a trip into the forest for some delicious gourmet wood :>
no pictures today because I'm trying to get them a bit used to handling but Viola specifically will NOT let go of my finger at all. I think she might be scared to fall or just scared of me but she doesn't mind getting on my finger that much, she just will not get off and I can't pry her off because that hurts both of us and even nudging her off can make her clench so hard she picks my finger with her little hooks.
Oh yeah and the male I think is Khepri (Jazz's marking rubbed off so I'm not super sure) is super active looking for food and mates at night, but (presumably) Jazz hangs out at the beetles jelly constantly and will not move around until its time to dig into the substrate and go sleep so I don't believe we will be getting many larvae from him.
I made a little poll in the last beetle broadcast post (which I accidentally posted in the bugblr community oopsy (also why is it in content label review what's wrong with the post???))
I asked whether you thought it was ethical to keep beetles in captivity. Fifty percent of voters said yes, always. Zero percent said no, never. Thirty seven and a half percent said only if they're bred in captivity and the remaining twelve point five percent thought it was nuanced but only one of them left a comment.
I personally think they should be bred in captivity but as I read the comment left on the post (idk if they want to be named so I wont), I realised that it was more important to me that the animals are ethically sourced. I probably won't ever buy an animal that was taken from the wild but even beetles that were born into captivity can be from an unethical source. For example, you wouldn't buy a pet from one of those backyard breeders who neglect their animals, right? I think it's the exact same with beetles. If they're kept in an unhealthy environment you will het unhappy and unhealthy beetles and I won't give my money to people who keep unhappy beetles.
Ok I think that post was long enough lmao
I don't have a poll to insert here, might come up with something later..
