I always tell people if they want to see a different world. That they need to go outside. Take a seat on the ground and look at all the life around them. Really looking at all the insects can take a person to a different world. Some are kinda cool even though most look scary as hell. Lol 😂
I would love to come to America and go bug spotting with you. There's so many beautiful creatures out there. I'm from the UK and we have stunning wildlife here but would love to see what there is in Arizona. Your channel is amazing. I love it. Thanks 🙏💕🌈 xxxxx
Much of my own early interest in the online hobby and inspiration for my website was in enjoying content from Mark Watson and the Phasmid Study Group websites, and the Stick Talk list server, all UK based!
lol, as it turns out, yes, and I'm glad you were there in person this first year of hosting guests to know just how validating this moment was for Jesse 😂
Amazing colors. Remind me of spotted lanternflies with the spots and pastel blue, but a LOT less destructive lol. How long do they live as larvae and adults respectively?
Cathy Utterback here I am inquiring just as I did with the owlet moth cocoons I am serious when I like to have these "skins" from the larva of the fungus beetles I want a few! I still want some owlet cocoons...I'm a weirdo I know! 🤪 😊 thanks
This may seem like a strange question but have you ever captured/seen footage of them group dancing in a circle? This is apparently a renowned behavior that they are known for but can’t find anything. I think it is their mating dance.
Bro those just randomly roam where you are That’s almost as cool as getting rushed by the sea lion at the pier I would have freaked if I saw that Poke em for me Like poke poke poke Wuz a little buggy awe Or just laugh confused at where that came from I have no idea. The tea is strong
Hi Peter how is this beetle project going? I found a link to the site for sale but said sold out- just wondering if they are still thriving /breeding on the kinshi-? I am wondering as I just read a paper that stated That the various fungus beetles specialize ; i.e. are dependent on a specific type mushroom(s). Which type of fungus varies by the exact type of fungus beetles , Do you recall the exact type of fungus they were on by chance? I'm curious if this is 100% true/necessary for the complete the life cycle and reproduction of multiple generations in captivity because you stated the adults did well but if the larva do/did not thrive -it may have to do with the purported 'specific fungus' necessity?
Would these beetles be a good choice for a nano enclosure? Something like a 8"L x 4"W x 4"H (or 4"L x 4"W x 8"H) And would they do best in a terrestrial or arboreal set-up? In the vid, they seem to like to hang out on the tree.
@@bugsincyberspace You have a great website and network of friends and enviable life/'job' but I know it took work to get where you are. Congratulations! please, a few questions if you see this? did you collect /breed the green/'form?' ones as well? Do you plan (as you breed them ) to try and determine the statistical/probability of occurrence/ ratio / or whatever-environmental/or other influencing factors for the green ones etc ? Idk alot about the complexities of genetics etc but find it very interesting Biggest question im sure youve gotten-Please; any future timeline/estimate as to when one could hope to be able to acquire a mixed group of these from you-to put in a terrarium setup?
I’m asking this on here because I’m curious if anyone else feels or perceives something in the way I do Do you or anyone else think that hissers or for that matter any other insects or arthropods respond to audible interactions? The fact that many sense vibration even to the point they hunt by the sensation And that although animals don’t speak any human language many know what we mean even without training Even wild animals I will send you the videos of Icarus coming to his name I don’t think he knows his name. I think he recognizes the repeated vibration pattern and knows when it happens he gets picked up or any number of other things that don’t happen in the terrarium I ask because I think I just had a bit of not quite conversation But like audible response to verbal interaction with a hisser I have no idea which one or if they were interacting with each other It’s night and the lights are out. However The hissing was only after everytime I said something facing the direction of the tank in a certain time period and stopped as soon as I did Had it been two people. It would have been a few minutes of conversation And since this is the first time I haven’t had a colony. There is not constant hissing and action
I have been waiting, watching, yearning for a new video from Peter. My prayers have been answered!!!
lol, and it's a beetle vid, no less! Thanks TBG!
they are very pleasing!
Awesome video!!!!! Remember bc constrictors? Well that was me!!!!!!!!
Fungus among us
I always tell people if they want to see a different world. That they need to go outside. Take a seat on the ground and look at all the life around them. Really looking at all the insects can take a person to a different world. Some are kinda cool even though most look scary as hell. Lol 😂
We came from nature and are inseparable from it, which is why many people suffer modern living.
My isopods, millipedes, and diabolical ironclad beetles love the kinshi! Those fungus beetles are gorgeous!
Thanks for saying so, Rus! Happy to send you more of it if you have more things to test it on. 👍
I would love to come to America and go bug spotting with you. There's so many beautiful creatures out there. I'm from the UK and we have stunning wildlife here but would love to see what there is in Arizona. Your channel is amazing. I love it. Thanks 🙏💕🌈 xxxxx
Much of my own early interest in the online hobby and inspiration for my website was in enjoying content from Mark Watson and the Phasmid Study Group websites, and the Stick Talk list server, all UK based!
I bought a Desert Tiger centipede from you last week, he/she is very healthy and happy!
Wow, they're so beautiful, especially the blue ones.
🥩The green, pleasing fungus beetle beef is real! 🥊 😝
Thanks for the vid! 😀
A very pleasing beetle. Those look awesome and those colors are amazing! I hope I get a chance to try the your soo
Pleasing fungus beetles are one of my favorites as well. I have seen a few in the Huachucas and Chiricahuas.
Beautiful beetles 😍😍😍😍
just discovered your channel! love it! great and informative videos! Thank you
I appreciate your message. Thank you!
The fabled green morph exists!!!!
lol, as it turns out, yes, and I'm glad you were there in person this first year of hosting guests to know just how validating this moment was for Jesse 😂
@@bugsincyberspace Ha, yah congrats to Jesse. Sorry we ever doubted you ;)
They’re so beautiful I would love to have some someday!!!!! They look like Easter eggs lol🐞🪲💙💜
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Amazing colors. Remind me of spotted lanternflies with the spots and pastel blue, but a LOT less destructive lol. How long do they live as larvae and adults respectively?
Cathy Utterback here I am inquiring just as I did with the owlet moth cocoons I am serious when I like to have these "skins" from the larva of the fungus beetles I want a few! I still want some owlet cocoons...I'm a weirdo I know! 🤪 😊 thanks
Your interest in such oddities is fun and makes more sense than what many people seem to value in the world around them.
This may seem like a strange question but have you ever captured/seen footage of them group dancing in a circle? This is apparently a renowned behavior that they are known for but can’t find anything. I think it is their mating dance.
Also if you have please share if you can I’ve been trying to figure out what these are over a decade and that would be definitive
Bro those just randomly roam where you are
That’s almost as cool as getting rushed by the sea lion at the pier
I would have freaked if I saw that
Poke em for me
Like poke poke poke
Wuz a little buggy awe
Or just laugh confused at where that came from
I have no idea.
The tea is strong
The diversity of amazing wildlife and plants down here is just staggering. Best place for beetles in the country, hands down!
Hi Peter
how is this beetle project going?
I found a link to the site for sale but said sold out-
just wondering if they are still thriving /breeding on the kinshi-?
I am wondering as I just read a paper that stated
That the various fungus beetles specialize ;
i.e. are dependent on a specific type mushroom(s).
Which type of fungus varies by the exact type of fungus beetles ,
Do you recall the exact type of fungus they were on by chance?
I'm curious if this is 100% true/necessary for the complete the life cycle and reproduction of multiple generations in captivity
because you stated the adults did well
but if the larva do/did not thrive -it may have to do with the purported 'specific fungus' necessity?
Would these beetles be a good choice for a nano enclosure? Something like a 8"L x 4"W x 4"H (or 4"L x 4"W x 8"H) And would they do best in a terrestrial or arboreal set-up? In the vid, they seem to like to hang out on the tree.
You should try to breed those
I'm happy to say that we have done so!
@@bugsincyberspace
You have a great website and network of friends and enviable life/'job'
but I know it took work to get where you are.
Congratulations!
please, a few questions if you see this?
did you collect /breed the green/'form?' ones as well?
Do you plan (as you breed them )
to try and determine the statistical/probability of occurrence/ ratio / or whatever-environmental/or other influencing factors for the green ones etc ? Idk alot about the complexities of genetics etc but find it very interesting
Biggest question im sure youve gotten-Please; any future timeline/estimate as to when one could hope to be able to acquire a mixed group of these from you-to put in a terrarium setup?
I’m asking this on here because I’m curious if anyone else feels or perceives something in the way I do
Do you or anyone else think that hissers or for that matter any other insects or arthropods respond to audible interactions?
The fact that many sense vibration even to the point they hunt by the sensation
And that although animals don’t speak any human language many know what we mean even without training
Even wild animals
I will send you the videos of Icarus coming to his name
I don’t think he knows his name. I think he recognizes the repeated vibration pattern and knows when it happens he gets picked up or any number of other things that don’t happen in the terrarium
I ask because I think I just had a bit of not quite conversation
But like audible response to verbal interaction with a hisser
I have no idea which one or if they were interacting with each other
It’s night and the lights are out.
However
The hissing was only after everytime I said something facing the direction of the tank in a certain time period and stopped as soon as I did
Had it been two people. It would have been a few minutes of conversation
And since this is the first time I haven’t had a colony. There is not constant hissing and action
#santatank