Christmas Beetles

[GlenClark]

Anybody know if these are ok to feed to Bearded Dragons? Have a plague of them every night at the moment!

 

[Gecksta]

i think that there exoskeleton would be to hard

 

[snakes123]

Yeah i was wondering that after i found a small one in my gecko tank...i have no clue how it got there as the holes are to small :/ haha.

 

[Scleropages]

I feed them to my adult beardies , they love em...

 

[Chris1]

my adult beardies love them too, i tried last year after discovering my aviary is built on a spot they must have laid their eggs, i was getting 20 freshies emerging daily,....

only ever fed 1 per day tho, just incase the exoskeleton caused probs.

same with cicadas, teh time of year tehy start dying my boy grabbed one and i totally panicked,..came out fine, so theyre ok too,..in moderation.

 

[junglepython2]

They are fine.

 

[Wiganov]

My two are completely bonkers for them.

 

[DeadCricket]

All this hype about exoskeletons. My beardies have been eating meal worms, superworms and other hard beetles basically since I got them.

They love xmas beetles! Big chunk of juicy bug! Yum! Bet you all the local wild ones are loving them too.

 

[GlenClark]

Great thanks for your replies. Free feeds for a while then!

 

[black_headed_mon]

tis the season to be jolly

 

[Wiganov]

Great thanks for your replies. Free feeds for a while then!

That's exactly how I'm looking at it. Besides, it gives my woodie colony a welcome break. (Funnily enough, I was a few words into this reply when a Christmas beetle bounced off the computer screen. No prizes for guessing where it finished up.)

 

[black_headed_mon]

That's exactly how I'm looking at it. Besides, it gives my woodie colony a welcome break. (Funnily enough, I was a few words into this reply when a Christmas beetle bounced off the computer screen. No prizes for guessing where it finished up.)

please let me guess on the tree! woo hoo

 

[Reptilefreak95]

in my opinion, i think that any native species of arthropod that isn't poisonous, would be fine to feed a beardie. they are wild animals after all.

 

[Wiganov]

Screw the tinsel this year! You're on to something, black_headed_mon.

 

[MathewB]

I've only recently discovered this treasure trove I flying joy myself, but as soon as I start looking for em they disappear! Are there any good ways to lure them in? My Cunninghams love them

 

[GeckoJosh]

All this hype about exoskeletons. My beardies have been eating meal worms, superworms and other hard beetles basically since I got them.

They love xmas beetles! Big chunk of juicy bug! Yum! Bet you all the local wild ones are loving them too.

Its mainly an issue with juveniles and/or if they aren't kept at appropriate temperatures to digest the meal

 

[DeadCricket]

I've only recently discovered this treasure trove I flying joy myself, but as soon as I start looking for em they disappear! Are there any good ways to lure them in? My Cunninghams love them

Look near light and gum trees. I happen to have a wonderful gum next to a street light out the front of my house. My house mate collected so many beetles last night that it sounds like a waterfall in my room. Weird but she gets kicks from it. She couldn't handle beetles before, then she couldn't touch the larger ones, now she has fun collecting heaps of them all! Funny to watch!

Its mainly an issue with juveniles and/or if they aren't kept at appropriate temperatures to digest the meal

My younger beardies would be around 1yr old. They have a great basking spot though. I try to think what they would do in the wild and immitate that. I rotate prey items and greens, feed at odd times. I also sometimes feed bulk and then leave them a day or 2 to stimulate natural life.

I just couldn't imagine a wild beardy coming across a mound of xmas beetles and walking away thinking, no, too hard. Some of what I see online makes me think people must feed their beardies soup only.