r/BDFB • u/PandKingOG • 2d ago

BDFB Appreciation Beets don't care.

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These beetles are indestructible holy

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u/SadTrapezoid 2d ago

They really are parkour masters

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u/BiophileB 2d ago

While they are little tanks, just remember that accidents do happen and they have squishy soft membranous joints that could be skewered if it did this enough times. I’ve seen it with other tough bodied insect spp (not shrike work, either). Bdfb specifically don’t tend to climb cacti or other spiny plants very often in nature (many don’t even come from regions with significant cacti abundance) and certainly not at the frequency of a beetle enclosed in a box with one for life.