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Best Beetle for Beginners – Ox Beetle Care Guide

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Elephant Beetle Megasoma Care – A Practical Guide

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ox beetle care
Posted inBeetles 6-Legged Pets

Best Beetle for Beginners – Ox Beetle Care Guide

Ox beetles are suitable for beginners due to their short life cycle. To keep ox beetles, place the grubs in containers filled with moist flake soil. The flake soil must be adequately moist ...
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A Megasoma elaphas elephant beetle
Posted inBeetles 6-Legged Pets

Elephant Beetle Megasoma Care – A Practical Guide

To keep Megasoma beetles, place the grubs in ventilated containers filled with moist flake soil. Replaced the consumed flake soil on a regular basis ...
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Psyttala horrida
Posted in6-Legged Pets Other Insects

A Guide to Keeping Horrid King Assassin Bugs for Dummy

To keep Horrid King assassin bugs, place them in a large container with a secured lid and proper ventilation. Substrates are optional. Feed the assassin bugs ...
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giant water bug
Posted in6-Legged Pets Other Insects

Keeping Giant Water Bugs – A Beginners Guide

To keep giant water bugs, place them in a tank filled with water. They can be kept together or individually, depending on species. Add some...
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springtails
Posted in6-Legged Pets Feeder

Quick Guide on Keeping Springtails as Feeder Insects & Clean-up Crews

There are 2 methods commonly used to rear springtails - using soil versus using charcoal. To rear springtails in charcoal, place large horticultural charcoal chunks ...
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isopods
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Keeping Isopods – A Care Guide for Beginners

To keep isopods, place them in a ventilated container with moist substrates consisting of soil, sphagnums, coirs and sands. Add in a lot of dried leaves...
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I am Haomaru. I started to develop interest in arthropods since 2007, and have been keeping them for a few years. Along the way, I’ve added fish and geckos to my collection.

While I was trying to keep different species, I notice the information in the internet are quite scattered. Hence I have created this blog to share my experience and knowledge to help beginners who want to start keeping exotic pets.

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