Current Events > There are freaking beetles in my house.

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I usually feed my lizard mealworms, but I guess he didn't eat all of them, and now they've grown into beetles that look like this. I'm honestly so freaked out by these things. Logically, I know they can't harm me and they're stuck in the tank, but I still get the heebie-jeebies just looking at them. I have no idea why this is happening since I've never been bothered by bugs before. I am honestly going to have hard time getting to sleep. My tank is in the room where I box, and I could not stop looking over at them.

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had a few devil's coach beetles in my office. Heard those are like honey badgers

that thing's big af

Will your lizard eat a beetle?

I don't think so , those things are cockroaches sized. I am throwing the whole tank out tomorrow.

why not breed the mealworm beetles and get free mealworms then?

it sounds like your lizard is just smart af and has found a way to domesticate mealworms.

shironinja posted...

why not breed the mealworm beetles and get free mealworms then?

it sounds like your lizard is just smart af and has found a way to domesticate mealworms.

All the this.

Could be worse, I had frogs ages ago back in the very mists of time and used to feed them crickets. One day the crickets brought in these weird mite things that ended up swarming all over my bedroom

also those things are apparently called Darkling Beetles.. pretty bad ass name:

https://youtu.be/nFeh9VfV0z8

How in the hell did that happen right under by nose. Also neat video.

What are you feeding him, superworms? Man, I want a darkling beetle that big!

Also, WTF at being freaked out about it. It's a fucking beetle, man. It's in your lizard's cage. It's not going to crawl up your rectum while you're asleep. I don't get why you are afraid of this thing but not the mealworms. For a lot of people, it would be the opposite.

One day the crickets brought in these weird mite things that ended up swarming all over my bedroom

Ugh, that's so fucking disgusting! I hate mites! (and it's one thing to have a bug/spider problem where the bugs are well-behaved and stay off the furniture like my spideys do)

why not breed the mealworm beetles and get free mealworms then?
it sounds like your lizard is just smart af and has found a way to domesticate mealworms.

Far more likely that they burrowed into the litter/sand and hid there until they pupated, since that is exactly what mealworms do if not eaten in time.

Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

Also, WTF at being freaked out about it. It's a fucking beetle, man. It's in your lizard's cage. It's not going to crawl up your rectum while you're asleep. I don't get why you are afraid of this thing but not the mealworms. For a lot of people, it would be the opposite.

crickets and Millworms is what they get LOL. I guess they are drinking the water . The water dish was empty and that never happens. But I know in the AM before work I am dumbing them outside. And you know what. For one second I felt bad that they would have to go out in the heat LOL .

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And they was under the water dish so when I moved they were there.

I'd take beetles over roaches any day.

Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

What are you feeding him, superworms? Man, I want a darkling beetle that big!

Also, WTF at being freaked out about it. It's a fucking beetle, man. It's in your lizard's cage. It's not going to crawl up your rectum while you're asleep. I don't get why you are afraid of this thing but not the mealworms. For a lot of people, it would be the opposite.

One day the crickets brought in these weird mite things that ended up swarming all over my bedroom

Ugh, that's so fucking disgusting! I hate mites! (and it's one thing to have a bug/spider problem where the bugs are well-behaved and stay off the furniture like my spideys do)

Far more likely that they burrowed into the litter/sand and hid there until they pupated, since that is exactly what mealworms do if not eaten in time.

You seriously underestimate beetles.

I woke up and I saw two more . When I get back from work I am burning the whole tank.

After I get my lizards out.

Really? I just have this guy named Pete who keeps hitting stuff with drum sticks.

Only beetles I find are Carpet Beetles. Fuck those things. I have no idea how they get in the one side of my house. I smash about 20 of them every Spring, and they don't even live in colonies.

We all live in a yellow submari-

Oh, BEETLES. Not Beatles.

I would love it if there were Beatles in my house.

I just have a bunch of spiders. They are my friends, and eat the annoying little flies. Sometimes I even leave the door open to let flies in for them. The flies don't last long.

All hail spiders.

wanderingshade posted...

Only beetles I find are Carpet Beetles. Fuck those things. I have no idea how they get in the one side of my house. I smash about 20 of them every Spring, and they don't even live in colonies.

Yes, I hate these, too. They eat my insect and feather collections, bastards.

crickets and Millworms is what they get LOL. I guess they are drinking the water . The water dish was empty and that never happens. But I know in the AM before work I am dumping them outside. And you know what. For one second I felt bad that they would have to go out in the heat LOL .

Superworms are a special variety of mealworm that is very big and super, duper fat-- like, 3x fatter than your standard mealworm.

shironinja posted...

why not breed the mealworm beetles and get free mealworms then?

it sounds like your lizard is just smart af and has found a way to domesticate mealworms.

Seriously. It's your lizard you should be worrying about, not the beetles. It's working its way up the civilization ladder. You gonna wait until he gets nukes?

Best to release those outside somewhere.

Breed them and make more mealworms. The ones in the store are captive bred so it shouldn't be hard.