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Update: my third beetle also started acting strange, first having stiffer movements, and now she keeps flipping onto her back as well. I’m worried from this behavior that maybe there was a pesticide in one of the foods they were given, or maybe even a fungus? I’ve been giving them mostly green...

My other one that’s been playing dead I just picked up (after washing my hands from handling the other one just in case). He doesn’t have any blood so it doesn’t look as far as I can tell like he’s injured. I’m hoping that he was just stressed about the injured/dying beetle being there maybe? I...

Update: I picked one up. I think he has an injury on his head so I don’t know if there’s any hope for him. Could this be from falling off one of the decorations  in the tank? They’re not very tall but I hear them fall off of them sometimes because they climb them, the tallest one near him is no...

Hey everyone, I got some blue death feigning beetles last October and have had no difficulties with them, but last night 2 of my beetles started playing dead. I hadn’t handled them, and one of them hasn’t ever played dead when I handle him, but I figured maybe someone accidentally bumped the...

Hi! I'm Jacqux (Jacquie/Jacques)! I'm a science nerd who used to catch lots of bugs as a kid, and now that I'm getting an apartment, I'm thinking of getting an insect I can actually keep! I switch between CT and northern NJ for school, and am considering buying a mantis soon, but if I end up not...