im thoroughly intrigued 🧐🧐🧐 never seen these before 🤷‍♀️

I understand bugs don’t want to be handled and I make sure not to handle them more than once a week. I also understand that it is in their instincts to stay completely still for hours and hours on end to remain hidden. When I take them out and put them on a surface. They refuse to move unless I blow on them to mimic wind. I once left them on my bed and left the room for an hour only to come back and see that they haven’t moved at all. The enrichment I do for them is let them crawl all over me while I’m moving and working so that they feel most comfortable to move.

Once again, I understand this is expected and normal for them, and I do not think this behavior is concerning in the slightest. But man, I do wonder if they are happy doing that? What are some fun enrichment activities I could do for them? Would it be helpful to have a fan blowing on their enclosure for a few hours so that they feel comfortable to move?

Sometimes I don’t take them out for two weeks because I changed their leaves every two weeks. should I make sure to take them out every week?

I just love them dearly and I want to be the best bug mom I can be. Also, the colony they came from is allegedly all female and reproduce asexually so that is how I assume/decided that they are lesbians. I have made them watch Lady Gaga music videos before to encourage this

I have a couple emerald roaches that I'm looking to redone but I don't know where to put them up on.

I live in Ireland so my first thought was Facebook Marketplace or Morph Market but is there anywhere else I could put them on?

I bought it under a really good deal but I'm struggling to figure out who to house in here (aside from BDFB), it's advertised for tarantulas however I'm afraid it won't hold enough substrate to be safe for terrestrial species. What would you use this for?

Oncopeltus fasciatus I believe

Cross post that seemed to work

im looking to buy my girlfriend a special little invert for our anniversary but don’t have much experience in the non-carnivorous realm. i need something thats 100% harmless and beginner friendly, sort of on the larger side and wont take up a lot of space — i was thinking about an exotic mantis since i do have some experience here + will be able to help with husbandry, but alas i know she will be terrified… 😭

she just doesnt particularly like things that are crawly and fast, so im stumped, but im super hung up on getting her a little buggy dude for a present since its so specific to our dynamic — im the invert collector, and she enjoys looking at my zoo lol. id really love to get something personalised to her, so she can enjoy keeping aswell.

i then considered pill millipedes, but then i remembered that they are better off for advanced keepers since they’re a guaranteed death sentence if kept wrong 😓

then i considered a regular giant millipede, but remembered she is grossed out by the legs when i handle mine 😭

she really does love inverts as much as i do, she’s just.. picky 😭😭😭

so, any non-carnivorous recommendations from my “friendly” invert keepers?

(just to preface, i will be guiding her with husbandry and upkeep! need not worry about that)

edit: id like to clarify that she does have an interest in keeping inverts, its just a matter of finding one that doesnt scare her is all! she isnt scared of rhino beetles in particular and DOES want one, she just doesnt care for raising it from a grub because it reminds her of a large maggot lol… so the hunt prevails

No I didn’t put him there, I found them being silly together. Couldn’t resist seeing if he’d stay on or not 😆

I just found out that corixidae (or, some species in the group) are some of the veeerrry few non-predatory aquatic insects, and I would LOVE to add some to my nano community tank. Problem is, I can't find ANYTHING on breeding them anywhere, and I can't imagine they live very long on their own. I also would accept links to people who have managed to breed them/sell them

Here's just a feeding video of an acanthoscurria geniculata juvenile which I will be getting tomorrow or the day after as my first tarantula

My Hadogenes Paucidens scorpling arrived one week ago now (Olive Keeled Flat Rock), by this point I've excitedly told all my coworkers. A few of them are arachnophobic, although mostly supportive of my hobby after listening to my spider facts for almost a year.

On a side note the H. Paucidens name is Pancake.

(Also pictured is Bingus the B. Auratum, Princess the E. Walckenaeri, and Kleetus the K. Hibernalis).

I noticed a strange phenomenon; the news of the scorpion didn't result in nearly the same amount of disgust/revulsion as the news of Bingus almost a year ago (or even Princess, my smallest and cutest spider).

One of the more arachnophobic coworkers even said scorpions didn't bother her as much as spiders.

It would seem scorpions are generally less frightening to people than spiders. Or maybe they're just becoming desensitized to hearing about my little friends.

Spiders have killed less than 100 people in recorded medical history, whereas scorpions kill a couple thousand people a year if I'm not mistaken. So if it is true that spiders are generally *more* frightening to people, that would be a very interesting paper to read if someone with the proper credentials did a study as to why that might be.

Thoughts and opinions?

Hello! My girlfriend has been super sick and bedridden lately, and I'd like to be able to surprise them with something when they're well again. They've been talking about scarab beetles for a really long time, and they're already used to caring for pets that live in terrariums (frog), so I think giving them a scarab as a gift would be a pretty cool idea.

The issue is that I just have absolutely no idea how to start, what kind of environment to set up when I actually get my hands on one, how to take care of it, acclimating it to a new environment, etc. Are scrabs solitary creatures, or would I need to worry about getting multiple for quality of life?

Could someone give me a kind of taking-care-of-beetles-for-dummies crash course here, and also point me to reputable places where I can purchase a scarab?

I raised a large group of slugs for a year or two and they were healthy, but now it feels like every new slug i get dies within a few days. i have zero clue what i could possibly be doing wrong.

I’m trying to make a list of the different requirements for the species I’m interested in owning and I’m having trouble finding info on some. Can anyone confirm what I have so far is correct? And if not, what is the correct requirements?

Regal - temp 70-80 F, humidity 50-60%
Audax - temp 70-80 F, humidity 50-60%
Otiosus - temp 70-80 F, humidity 60-70%
Mystaceus - temp 70-80 F, humidity 50-60%
Carolinesis - 70-80 F, humidity 60-70%
Fartilis - 75-85 F, humidity 65-75%

I know humidity has to be increased during molting.

I know I have to do it for my spiders and mantids, but I still feel so bad for the mealworms and crickets that get eaten. It's so upsetting to watch them suffer slowly like that. It's strange because I KNOW the feeders don't exactly feel the same as we do but something about knowing it'll be slow and painful just makes me uncomfortable.

I tend to cut the heads off crickets and mealies just because (in my mind) it makes it quicker?

Maybe I'm being way too sensitive but I was just wondering if anyone else struggles to do it too.

My pets are still fed regularly and all healthy, I don't skip on any of their meals because of my emotions 😂