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[edie]

I went up to Pinetop, AZ this weekend - Heres some of the things I found

Beetles:







Moths:













Spiders:





Other:

[Mindibun]

Oh, wow! Great pictures E-dee. (-lol-) I love love LOVE that first beetle. What in the world is it? I've been wanting to get some insect "pets". After getting rid of the crickets I kept for the lizard, I miss them. Any suggestions? I want something a little out of the ordinary. Maybe some fancy roaches or beetles or something. You seem to know/love your bugs.

[edie]

Oh, wow! Great pictures E-dee. (-lol-) I love love LOVE that first beetle. What in the world is it? I've been wanting to get some insect "pets". After getting rid of the crickets I kept for the lizard, I miss them. Any suggestions? I want something a little out of the ordinary. Maybe some fancy roaches or beetles or something. You seem to know/love your bugs.

Thanks, that first beetle is a Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Gibbifer californicus. I saw two of them while I was up there. I've kept millipedes/tarantulas/true spiders/scorpions. I'm TERRIFIED of roaches, but I think there are a few kinds that people keep as pets. If I had to keep any it would either be hissing roaches or deaths head roaches. Beetles live most of their life in the grub stage and I think it can be hard to find any to buy, I don't think they live long after maturing into actual beetles either (but I could be wrong, I only looked into them for a short period of time).

I think that giant Tanzanian Tailless Whip Scorpions are neat and unusual, they are fast and skittish though so not the best for handling.



He died a couple months ago but he was always the one that everyone thought was the strangest out of everything I kept.

[Mindibun]

I've seen those before. That's the Harry Potter bug - the one they did the Cruciatus curse on. They're not the prettiest "bug" in the world, are they? -lol-

[TheMolenater2]

Nice whip Scorp!

[Laooda]

Awesome pics!!!

I LOVE the moth above the spiders!!!

[edie]

I've seen those before. That's the Harry Potter bug - the one they did the Cruciatus curse on. They're not the prettiest "bug" in the world, are they? -lol-

Hah, I always thought mine was so cute! They are different for sure

Awesome pics!!!

I LOVE the moth above the spiders!!!

Thanks, I saw 2 of those moths up there. They were my favorites too, I found one that wasn't looking too good in the garage and she climbed up on my jacket and hung out with me for a while until I found her a tree away from the garage to go on

[Patrick Long]

what is that thing that is way up top in the nest like structure?

[edie]

what is that thing that is way up top in the nest like structure?

In the second picture? If thats what you mean it is some type of long horn beetle, I do not know the exact species - he was pretty cool though! It was my first time seeing longhorns and stag beetles outside of one of my framed collections, it was really exciting.

[Patrick Long]

In the second picture? If thats what you mean it is some type of long horn beetle, I do not know the exact species - he was pretty cool though! It was my first time seeing longhorns and stag beetles outside of one of my framed collections, it was really exciting.

Negative, the twelfth picture! first one in the Other category!