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RE: Rainbow Stag Beetle

in Nerday4 years ago

haha yeah they can fly, but they are really passive and let you brush them away or pick them up. They feel really oily though, which is kind of weird. Well, the Japanese stag beetles anyway.

Here in Japan, boys love catching them. Well, the ones here aren't rainbow, they are jet black. Anyway boys of all ages love to catch them and keep them at home, much to their mother's chagrin. Some try to make them fight, but I don't think that ever goes over too well. It's popular enough, however, that there was an anime made about it ("battle beetles", or some such; my son liked watching it). Most stores try to catch and sell them, and they sell them for really high prices. More enterprising young men try to breed them.

I like all the colors you used here.

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I liked to collect snakes (My Grandma was not happy about that lolol) and polliwogs when I was a kid. I would probably collect giant beetles if I grew up with them too. The Australian Rainbow Stag beetle is beautiful. I am going to look up "battle beetles" anime now. My favorite anime is Mishimishi