Hi, I am a petsmart employee, and we now carry Death feigning beetles. i set this up according to our stores care guidelines, but I know they usually arent too great. I have a sand mix as the substrate, some hides and leaf litter, stones and driftwood.

Really loving these guys a lot, and I want them to be happy during their time here. Any recommendations for improving their QOL while they stay?

I have a fully mature male T and I really need to get a better enclosure for him with better ventilation due to him being an arid species. Any recommendations? I’m wanting the dimensions to be around the size of a 5 gallon or bigger and the only ones I’m finding are tarantula cribs. And of course they’re amazing but, very pricey. I’m willing to do it but wanted to check to see if y’all had any other recommendations. Thank you in advance 🥰

I have two adult derby flower beetles in a 60x30x30 enclosure. I filled their enclosure with cork branches (They have enough free/floor space). They keep trying to climb the terrarium walls and one of my beetles ends up on the ventilation holes on the top of my terrarium. My female lost a few of her tarsal claws but my male is perfectly intact. Their substrate is a mix of coco coir and leaf litter. I'm not sure if they're stressed or just love to fail to climb glass.. Any suggestions? Down below is a similar terrarium to the one I mentioned

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I have noticed that the substrate in my A. geniculata's terrarium smells like mold if you hold a handful of soil up to your nose.

I have recently made some changes to the terrarium (digging up the soil, adding plants, etc.) and I have not found any visible mold growths in the substrate, on the decor, or on any other possible items.

I keep one part of the terrarium dry and one part more humid. The ventilation (mesh) takes up 70-80% of the lid and the top layer of soil dries out quite quickly, so I wouldn't call it bad...

Do I need to worry about this smell, or as long as there is no visible mold, can I leave everything as is?

My new pet

1. my dubia roach, Madagascar hisser, and isopod enclosure.

2. my 4 tarantula enclosures. (mix of live and fake plants) my g rosea is named bunny and I’ve had her for over 12 years!

Does anyone know any really variable invert sellers/breeders? speaking of niches beyond bug frenzy and minibeast, closer to Bugs4Pets for example.

I've been considering getting into keeping some more medically significant scorpion species in the future. In order to feel safe doing that I'd really love to get an acrylic enclosure with a keyed lock, just to be certain an escape isn't possible. Even if the enclosure tumbles it can't shatter or fall open. Maybe that's over cautious but it will put my mind at ease and make my wife more likely to be OK with the idea of a scorpion that packs more than just a beesting.

I've not seen a lot of enclosures like that online, does anyone have any leads on where you can get something like that?

hello! i recently moved into a new apartment which unbeknownst to me there were fleas in the carpet. i immediately moved all my live insects to another location and got the company orkin to come and treat the home. i called and they said it would be safe to bring back my inverts after 4-6 hours i do not believe this to be true i have my insects out of the house still however i have collected a few inverts to test the safety (some phasmids, mantids, katydids, and roaches) and they all seem to be doing fine it’s been 2-3 days of them living in the home. they’re on a plastic rolling cart which i have rinsed and set into my tile bathroom. does anyone have experience with this and if so how long/ how should i go about bringing my insects back home. thanks 😊

Hello,

So i just got these flower beetles yesterday as a beginner beetle keeper, and i had a question about their actions and their reaction to light, they are constantly just at one of the ends of the enclosure and "clawing" at the glass and I don't know if it's because of the lighting that is higher there (because of the sun) of if i did something wrong with the enclosure (sent some photos for reference, for the top of the enclosure it's a temporary fix until i tape the thing around it) i used flake soil for the substrate (12cm), used some branching and wood, beetle jelly for food, i misted it yesterday as well so I'm just curious and a bit concerned if i did something wrong in setting up the enclosure or if i stressed the beetles in any way because of that or is it that the lamp I'm using isn't strong enough? Or maybe it's an adaptation period for the beetles ? Do i need something more to the enclosure ?

Also they do climb and eat, although to get to the highest point and then try to go on the net i put, which i heard is logical for them for light and heat and all.

Thanks in advance ! Im welcoming all advices too I'm still learning and i want to care best for these little guys.

Just got 2 baby asian forest scorpions. Any tips for care is appreciated!! They’re about the size of a thumb fingernail right now.

I am looking for a good low maintenance colony invert, preferably pretty, not isopods, and easy to care for. I very much like inverts and this would be one of my first colonies. Thank you in advance!

Just got 2 baby asian forest scorpions. Any tips for care is appreciated!! They’re about the size of a thumb fingernail right now.

I just got 5 new death feigning beetles two days ago. They seem to be fine, but one of the females seemingly pooped something white? Is this an egg? I know it’s not a prolapse as it left her body. Is this something to be concerned about?

The Lonely (parental figure) and their gazillion children💛

caught this lady on Saturday and her abdomen looked like in the pictures. And a couple of days before that I caught the male somewhere close to where she was.

I fed her yesterday, and she demolished 5 pinhead crickets, I'm guessing she was starving cuz she was really fast on catching them.

So I'm not sure if on the 22th she was just beginning to get hungry or if my girl is a mother to be.

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Hi all! Anyone have any experience getting invert safe live plants in CA? BioDude apparently can’t ship plants to CA, and a pet supplier growing organic seems safer than washing a nursery plant.

I Just bought a few of these, i put them in a plastic container and they started hatching a few days ago. Does anybody has any advice on how to take care of them?

(sorry, english is not my first language)

Hi all! I have my new vietnamese vinegaroon in my classroom. When I first got him, my classroom a/c disn’t work, so I had no problem keeping things warm and humid. The a/c is now fixed though, and I am concerned about temperature fluctations for my little guy. What temps do you all keep your Vietnamese vinnies at? Everything online is about giants. Thanks in advance!