is there any Beetle/Insect you can keep as a pet?

Question

I want something big, something that other people might find scary, like some giant beetle or one of those huge centipedes.
What can you sugest that is easy to keep/look after in a small tank and available to buy in the uk.

I don't want a tarantula/scorpion or anything that a lot of people have and also not something that will die in a month or 2.

Answer 1

I used to have madagascan hissing cockroaches. They grow to 3 or 4 inches long, live for about 2 years and are very easy to keep and handle. You can have them in an ordinary tank at room temperature, it needs to be kept fairly moist so you just spray the tank everyday (not the bugs though. They hate that). They do like some bark or something to hide under. They can be fed on virtually any fruit or veg. Mine particularly enjoyed banana, cucumber and apple. Good luck!

Answer 2

I think an ordinary cockroach would be best. It would be relatively easy to keep, and they are quite tough, so they might live a reasonable time. People certainly don't like them. You might be able to get one for nothing if you look in the right places. You could start with a small one, it would get bigger as long as you fed it.
Otherwise a centipede is good, but they can be dangerous.
You could keep an ant colony, they are interesting, but people don't find them scary.

Answer 3

Well I used to keep giant millipedes as a teenager. Easy to keep and feed (they eat fruit and veg) and you can get them easily. Best advice? Go to an insect fair. They have everything at these from giant african landsnails to venomous giant centipedes. You can also get advice from the pros who go to these. Look up Maclays stick insects, papua new guinea stick insects, solifugids, millipedes, stag beetles. Do some research beforehand!

Answer 4

Trantulas, Millipeeds, Giant Hissing Cockroaches, Praying Mantis, Ants in a ant farm, etc. are to name a few of the insects that are kept as pets.

Answer 5

Hissing Cockroaches

Answer 6

Madagascan Snake Imitating (hissing) cockroach, stag beetles, loads of different stick insects, rhinoceros beetles, giant snails, millipedes, mantids (praying mantis) Cicada (might get on your nerves a bit, take 14 years to hatch.)

A solifugid won't be for you if you don't want a spider; thats what they look like.

Answer 7

In the day of the Beatles pop group,some people used to wear large live beetles on a little chain and brooch affair.

Answer 8

before each little thing, except you stay in africa or something, no rat weighs 10 pounds. 2d, i'd not save a wild rat as a puppy, as they're wild animals and are not tame no remember how pleasant you imagine he's being. also, that is inaccurate to seize wild animals as they should be loose. they could carry many diseases besides, inclusive of rabies or hanta virus. when you're motive on holding this wild animal as a puppy, please use a cord barred cage, as they're the most secure and maximum properly ventilated, and promises him an excellent form of toys and issues to play with so he would not lose interest. If he begins appearing up please go back him to the wild the position he belongs!

Answer 9

Try the Great Siberian Ant. This grows up to 12 inches long and can kill anything up to 100 pounds in weight with a single bite. You can buy them in most decent pet shops. Do not stroke them.

Answer 10

I think those millipedes are very cool! You don't have to give them other insects to eat. I'm thinking about getting one myself. Read up about it first to make sure you know what it needs and have a ball!