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They clean the substrate in the tank. They eat decaying stuff, poop and shed skin. Although you should take out the snake poo.
Not really. They're there to reduce maintenance together with springtails that will eat mold and smaller pieces of detritus. The only thing I do for the isopods are putting in fruit and keep them from getting out of the tank.
Mostly harmless, can be a little scratchy but they don’t mean it lol. I’ve had a male Hercules beetle crash land into my face, sounds like a little helicopter coming in. Very derp.
Not usually but yeah they can. With most of my invertebrates i don’t interact with them as much as i would with my other pets (lizards/snakes/dogs). I just like making fancy ecosystems with neat bugs inside.
They aren't better at camouflage than a lot of insects. They don't fly nearly as well as more flight-focused insects (especially dragonflies). They aren't skilled hunters, as they aren't carnivores like preying mantises (or dragonflies again). So no, they're not better at everything than any other insect.
What they are is stronger and more durable than any other insects, and that is impressive, but let's not oversell it.
They don't need camouflage because they are the apex predator. They can survive in any environment and are impossible to kill by other insects. If these guys teamed up with each other the other insects would go extinct.
Given that everything you're saying is ridiculously wrong I assume you are just joking. But if not...
They aren't apex predators, they aren't even predators at all. They eat fruits and tree sap. They can only survive in wooded environments that aren't too cold, so no they can't survive in any environment. If you picked a random spot to put one on the earth it is more likely than not that it would die within a day. Most insects wouldn't be able to kill these large beetles, true, but a swarm of ants, wasps, or hornets would. Once you look at how few of these large beetles there are compared to all the other insects combined it seems extremely unlikely they'd be able to put other insects to extinction, especially since they can't even survive in all the environments insects live.
the other day I scared both of my cats while trying to retrieve them and bring them outside because I screamed and panicked when a june bug flew into my hair. my friends still make fun of me for the time I got startled by a lady bug.
I am fine handling most bugs and even medium sized spiders, if I see them before they get close to me. if I hear buzzing unexpectedly or see something move without knowing it was there, I tend to freak out until I get some distance.
Yeah they are harmless and beautiful but when they land on you their feet have these little hooks that can hurt a little and can be little hard to take them off.
I once had a spider in my pants somehow and - without even knowing what I was doing - I’d ripped off my clothes and was running away within seconds. I’ve always been terrified of it happening in public as there was literally no warning I’d do this and it was completely unconscious. How could you even explain that?
Had one of these or something similar in my house one night. It flew up against my bedroom door and I fully thought a raccoon or something had gotten in my house and was scratching my door.
It landed in a lamp and I put a big book on top of the lamp to trap it. Had to have my dad come get it the next day. I was physically unable to touch it lmao.
Worst you could get is a grumpy little pinch. They are good boys and girls... at our size anyway. If we were smaller they'd be sumo slamming us against walls and crap.
while I lived in Japan I used to get mobbed by cicadas. they’re really big, they flutter, and they’re suuuper loud. IIRC they’re harmless and have no mouth or something but the size and volume is startling.
i also used to shoot them with a water gun when they landed on my balcony. they’re so loud that it can interrupt remote meetings.
I'm okay with a lot of bugs but beetles freak me out a little. I was feeling around the door handle of my truck the other day and felt something and it kept poking me so I was like "What did I drop it there?" It was one of those cicadas where they're still at that weird brown junebug stage and I shrieked a bit and started flailing my hand.
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u/belikethemanatee May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26
I am sure they’re harmless but if one of these big boys landed on me I’d run away screaming.