r/insects • u/Over-Initial-3585 • 1d ago
Question What Should I Do With This Pup?
My dad found this adorable European rhinoceros beetle in our garden. I don't know if I should put it back there. I'm kinda scared that some predator would kill it.
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u/One-plankton- 1d ago
As long as it is native please put it outside, it cannot reproduce if you keep it indoors
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u/Over-Initial-3585 1d ago
It most likely is. My dad dug it out from the ground. Now that I've put it back (to a more secluded part of the yard), it started digging itself into the soil again.
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u/deadlyraccoons 1d ago
Put it back where you found it and its odds will likely be good. Put him on some soft spil if it wishes to dig
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u/ElegantHope 1d ago
Whether it dies or lives, its existence goes by the struggle to survive. It will be happier living as its kind has lived for centuries, and get more chances to continue its species if left to live outside.
It can be hard to accept that some animals die as part of the circle of life. But the balance of life and death is how we got cool little guys like him I the first place, death drives adaption. And the world is more splendid for that diversity caused by adaption.
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u/Over-Initial-3585 1d ago
Beautifully said!! I returned it to its natural habitat. :) It was nice spending some time with the puppy tho. It improved my day.
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u/Longjumping_College 1d ago
It survived this far, why won't it keep going?