Local Beetles As Pets

a1_collection · Local Beetles As Pets

Well I am interested in raising live beetles as pets. I live in the Walnut area of Southern California. What types of local beetles are easy to find and are easy to raise? I have already tried the Green June Beetle and am very happy at how it turned out.

Pulk

ironclads are very easy to keep, and look interesting

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lizmotobike

i think celeste is trying green june beetles as well. or maybe it was ten-lined beetles.....................

Celeste

I was trying to get some of the Green Fruit Beetles (Cotinus mutabilis), but I only ever found a single one. :-(

I found about three of the Ten-Lined Beetles (Polyphylla decemlineata), but they were all very small so I was waiting to find some larger ones but never did!

This was a VERY bad year for local beetles! Usually by this time of year I have seen dozens of the Ten-Lined beetles and a half-dozen or so of the Green Fruit Beetles.

-- Celeste

Pulk

if you want to come down to encinitas I can give you tons of C. mutabilis; we have a fig tree Very Happy

a1_collection

Well I have 5 Green June beetles and I have one dried specimen of the 10 lined June beetle. I could never find a live specimen of a 10 lined June beetle.

How do I bait and catch an ironclad beetle?

Celeste