What bugs do you keep? ;-)

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Ya guess my stupid iphone just couldn't handle the awesomeness of that picture those guys are great!! I'll have to track a few down

 

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[sandrachameleon]

great spiders and beetles and mantis photos!

@Andee: Those Scarabs are beautiful!

I'd like to get into keeping some of the weird beetles but they are hard to find and/or get in Canada.

agree. if you ever find a source, share it with me!


some of my bug pets

 

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Great stuff Sandra! Thanks for sharing I really wish we could keep exotic sticks here love those millipedes in the first pic aswell!

 

[little leaf]

@ little leaf, rhinos beetles only live around 4 months as beetles and require 2 years to reach that stage! Haha there fun but you gotta be patient

I waited 17 yrs to get a cham, wanted to be sure I did my research
I have patience

you guys sure have some BEAUTIFUL bugs - its so funny to me how my chams have led me to keeping bugs I do not even feed or need -lol and the " 9 " mantis is my next goal - I love this thread !!

 

[little leaf]

what kind is this ? I found this last yr in the grapes ??

 

[djfishygillz]

All very cool...

but I have no idea how you all sleep at night.

 

[pigglett79]

I keep only feeders; silk worms, horn worms, isopods, snails, dubia roaches, red runner roaches, and super worms Etc, but they all have happy families in my house.

 

[pssh]

@ little leaf, this is a rhino beetle Dynastes granti.

what kind is this ? I found this last yr in the grapes ??

Maybe diapheromera femorata? Your appears to be a male.

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_NAT2316&res=640

 

[boosh96]

That's an awesome invertebrate collection you've got! I have a mantis and three tarantulas so far.

 

[KarmenCham]

ok, this thread is seriously making Karmen go crazy, a few of the pics she was trying to eat lol

 

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Poecilotheria ornata slings
This

To this

To this

Baby Uroctonus mordax with mom

Baby octopus

More to come later

 

[Andee]

You have a baby octopus?

 

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Haha no I actually caught it while salmon fishing brought him out for a few pics he bit a nice chunk out of my finger ther I set him free

 

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Jumper guarding an eggsac

Uroctonus mordax communal

Darkling beetle

Found this one by the deck..

Another jumper..

Low tide oregon coast

Hooded harvestman

Unknown found while fishing

 

[bigeaters101]

Other then feeders just a single scorp. Babycurus gigas. Only had s/he for a month or two so any advice you have id be open to.

 

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I would keep it between 75-82 F and humidity around 70% usually best to keep half the enclosure bone dry and the other half damp. There known to be pretty defensive and being the family buthidae I would avoid a sting at all costs! There venom isn't known to be medically significant but better safe then sorry
Be sure to keep a water dish with clean water available. Think of it like a fish look but no touch lol so keep ya booger hooks at a safe distance and post some pics

Other then feeders just a single scorp. Babycurus gigas. Only had s/he for a month or two so any advice you have id be open to.

 

[ChameleonRave]

Very cool collection and pictures. That picture of that massive water beetle will for sure give me nightmares! I was attacked by one in late summer a few months back at the Walmart parking lot.. I hate them with a burning passion.

I personally keep a Pink Toe Tarantula, and a Rose Hair Tarantula. I used to have a colony of Hissing Cockroaches but found them a new suitable home that would put up with their nightly hissing concerts. I'm hoping to get a A. versicolor from a good friend in early spring when shipping weather turns around and I having been aching to get back into keeping Mantids.

Thank you for sharing such a diverse collection!

 

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Your welcome and I'm glad you enjoy them now if I can figure out where my other 1000 pictures are I can post a few more
I did mantids for a while. In the long run though I decided they just weren't for me. I may try again one day...

 

[boosh96]

Holy crap, you have a baby octopus?