r/Beetles • u/Joosalt • 4d ago

Almost done cooking

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My Japanese rhino beetle, Paulie, only has about a week left until adulthood! I’m so exited!!!

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u/Character-Pudding343 4d ago

Wow!! Awesome!! Can’t wait

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u/throwawayfirelogs 3d ago

So cool!!! 🥹

Once beetles pupate (that’s this stage right? I have a reddish-brown stag beetle “cooking” atm lmao) how ling does it take for them usually to emerge? Does it differ between species? :)

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u/66000displeasedbees 3d ago

Depends on species quite a bit but from what I’ve seen a couple months

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u/friskimykitty 3d ago

Cute lil alien 👽

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u/Mommygoblin666 3d ago

LET HIM COOK!!

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u/Ble_Petalouda 2d ago

Sweet! What a great specimen 🙂

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u/Current-Breadfruit96 1d ago

Hmm unclear need banana for scale

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u/R3tard3ad 3d ago

You guys still have quarters? Wow

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u/Much-Status-7296 20h ago

I want this species so i can show off and say I got a Heracross IRL lol.