Not quite as cool as them also being darkling beetles.
And if they could stop treating my house as if its their house, that’d be great.
Hey man, Blaps were there first (probably). #BlapsRights
YOU ARE LIVING IN HIS HOUSE TREATING IT LIKE YOURS
Wiki says that they aren’t a pest and rather eat organic debris. Sounds quite nice actually!
The ones where I’m from are often over an inch long, and can spray kinda like a skunk. They’re good for the local ecosystem and they’re mostly harmless, but you definitely don’t want them in your house. If you want to look them up I think the most common name is desert stink beetle.
I’m probably biased because insects fascinate me :D
If the ones I get can spray, they don’t, so not a concern for me.
They’re not particularly trigger happy with their spray, so it mostly happens if you have a pet that finds them before you do. If you just take them outside in a jar or shoo them out the door with a broom you’re usually fine. A dog with stank face is no fun though.
I’ve picked them up and they tend to not care, I guess because I wasn’t actively trying to squish it in my hands? If they all can spray they are extremely chill.
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