Hey everyone! Hope you're well, welcome back to Shelby on Safari! Today we are
unboxing this box just came in the post and I'm really excited to open it up
with you guys and meet our five new beetles!
Well technically their larvae at this point they have to pupate and then
eventually will become beautiful green beetles the African flower beetle to be
precise. But in the mean time we're gonna unbox it take a look at them and get
their enclosure ready so you ready to see what it's like? Let's get started!
Yay now that the cameras all set up let's open up the box and see what's
inside! Always nice for them to label the box.
We should have five grubs. Opp..Let's get that out of the way. Let's open up this little
container and check out the cute little grubs!
Hello there little grub how's it going? Let's get a quick close-up of your
spiracles because they are rather impressive! It's those little dots there.
That is where they breathe out of isn't that crazy?!
Does anyone want to help me get the enclosure ready? No oh that's okay Tammy...
keep napping bud! So for now we're reusing this old enclosure it's nice and
clean and ready to go! Like most beetles the substrate is very
important. These guys need the substrate not only for food right now as little
grubs, but eventually when they pupate they'll use it to build their cocoon.
That's why I've used a mix of compost with leaf litter. Over the next few weeks
I will continue to top up the leaf litter because this will be the grubs
main food source. Alright now we're back inside and ready to go let's count
how many grubs we were sent just to make sure there are five of them!
As expected it seems like most of grubs are buried deep beneath the leaf litter
So here's our first little friend...
Yay! There's two more little guys come on out...
Oh wait there's another one! Perfect so we're up to four now. Where's the last
little friend? There they are! So yes indeed we have five grubs and they all
look pretty good!
So I've just put our first grub in their new enclosure let's check it out... or not.
You could just freeze, that's fine too. Here's the next friend he seemed quite
the eager beaver to get down under the substrate. Here goes the third grub at
this rate we should have little grub races gee whiz they move quick! Bye then!
And here goes grub number four whoa also really fast! These guys can move!
Speaking of moving here's the fifth grub making their way down into the substrate.
Check out all the fine hairs on these grubs isn't that cool?!
To learn more about spirals click the link up at the top to see my other video
on cockroaches!
As they bury down under the substrate hopefully we will see them emerge as
beautiful green beetles in a few weeks time. So here they are in their new home
we'll keep it nice and humid with a few sprays every few days and always top up
their leaf litters so they have plenty to eat as they grow and develop and
eventually pupate to become adult beetles! It's really exciting these next
few weeks as they eventually become adult beetles so be sure to subscribe if
you haven't already and I will be updating the socials with all sorts of
beetle developments especially this week because it is national insect week here
in the UK. Yay insects! Hope you have a great rest of the day and thanks for
watching! Bye!