Some people would not think that these things make good pets, but we think they are very cool and they are super-easy and fun to care for. Marshall had seen these at the mall and a few other stores, but they were really expensive and we opted not to buy any. They are called Kabutomushi or where most of you are Rhinocerous, Staghorn or Hercules Beetles.
One day at work, one of my senior NCOs asked me if I was still interested in getting some of these and I asked, "How much and what is the catch". She said no catch, they would be free and that all I would have to do is go pick up the cage, food and beetles at the Youth Center on base.
Unbelievably, the Youth Center had a 25 gallon aquarium full of beetles and gave me all the food and items I would need to care for them. They said they didn't even know how many there were left, but we counted 4 males and 5 females when we got them home. We happened to be having a party that night, so we just left the new pets in the living room. We didn't have any gambling or make the beetles fight or anything, but somehow they were still the center of everyone's attention. The males are very territorial though, and they were pushing each other off of the logs and food cups.
The beetles started passing away almost immediately, but we did have a few that lived for several months. We found ou that they only live for about 6 months as an actual beetle, so it wasn't our fault, lol.
When the last one died, Summer and Marshall took the aquarium outside to empty the wood/dirt and disovered 6 "baby" beetles (pupa) in the debris. We don't know how long they have been in there, but we found out that they live in this state for almost a year. We fully expect to have new Kabutomushi beetles this spring to show off.
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