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  • first time i ever saw a beetle and thought it was cool instead of gross

  • really beautiful collection, though I'd like to see these insects in the nature and phonograph them in their habitat

    thanks for the vid

  • The last case looks like a car dealership parking lot.

  • Geez, this is a-we-so-ME!

  • never thought i would see a goliath bettle but it was at the end

  • the one thing i didnt see here... wight

    RACIST NATURE!

  • God is the best character designer ever.

    thanks for the inspiration!

  • @cmonconan  Glad you enjoyed - thanks so much for watching! =D

  • @cmonconan evolution not the GOD ...science proves everything

  • In 0:22.... It's not a Beetle! its a gold scarab! just like in philippines

  • @annoying5andy Definitely some very cool species here... Thanks for stopping by! =)

  • @TheNatureStation hmm . . .

  • Spore:Dune Buggy

  • are they naturally that color? where can i find them?

  • @MyHumanLife2011  These beetles come from all over the world... Depending upon where you live, you may or may not be able to find any shiny metallic ones in your area. However, you can often buy/trade them from other world-wide collectors/breeders if you are interested in making a collection. There are lots of insect wesites online :-)

  • Bonitos insectos, yo tengo una coleccion igual lleno de humanos disecados.

  • Was that a titan beetle I saw at the end?

  • @RevengeOfMoctezuma I'm not sure what species those big ones were. I do have some footage of an Elephant Beetle in one of my other ones though... Thanks for stopping by!

  • @RevengeOfMoctezuma Goliath beetle, or a giant beetle, but i've been playing animal crossing a lot!

    Flying deer beetle?

  • its sad theyre all dead but still theyre so colorful

  • Interesting thing about insects is that they wear their skeletons on the outside, so they're quite durable even after they die...

  • @jcmegabyte ya ikr

  • *GASP* the elephant beetle....it....is GIGANTIC

  • Yea - that's a BIG one alright! Even though I'm fairly comfortable handling most bugs, having one of those things climbing up my leg or flying in my face would be a little un-nerving XD Thanks for stopping by! =)

  • @jcmegabyte oh and all the shiny ones are jewel beetles, well that's what they're called when I looked it up

  • The name certainly fits :-) Cheers!

  • So many dead beetles, so many shit rot and cause diseases.

  • THEY PUT NAILS THROUGH THE INSECTS BODY gross

  • lol at around 01:15 it looks like the middle beetle is a god :D

  • Yea - that arrangement does look like some sort of tribute to the grand master of beetledom! XD Thanks for checking it out =)

  • @JcmdiStockFootage

    :)

    How many profiles do you have? Seams like 3 (wierdstuff, stockfootage and byte)

  • I have 8 main channels, and 2800+ vids :-) The first 7 listed in my "other channels" box are mine, the rest are friends... Cheers!

  • @JcmdiStockFootage

    Are all of them about insects?

    Anyways: cool :D

  • I do post a lot of bug vids, and lots of other stuff too - I tried to keep my channels "themed" to some degree, but there is some mixing of genres too. Do have a look around and see what else might be interesting! =)

  • I find it often mean to do this but I guess as long as they arn't endagered or cryptic it is all good, I must say it is very gorgeous, in some word diamonds are put to shame for these. very marvolous.

  • Interestingly, far more bugs (both endangered and not) are killed every year by other animals and habitat destruction... Many of the insects found in collections are "farmed", so that collectors can have specimens without noticeably affecting wild populations. In any case, these bugs are definitely amazing in many ways =)

  • Amazing! Nice job!

  • Glad you enjoyed the show - thanks a bunch for stopping by! =)

  • Wow they are like living jewels!

  • They definitely are!  Thanks for checking it out =)

  • @doobiesmoke15 "Living" is a strong word :P

  • DAMN NATURE, YOU SCARY!!!

    and,

    Cruelty! Insect abuse is wrong. They're alive too, you know. >.>

  • Definitely sucks to be a bug in a human's world - and I think we're all guilty of it... just imagine the millions or even billions of insects (like ants, spiders, termites, etc.) that we humans kill every year with horrible poisons and other methods, just because we don't like them for some reason...

  • @jcmegabyte Another thing - Rodents! They don't do anything but protect what they have, and that is very small when you think about it. Rats are actually very clean when given to chance to be, and mice, well, they don't even mess with us! And there's plenty more animals we abuse around the world, like slow loris(s)!

    THEY'RE SO DAMN CUTE!

    And yet we choose to pull out their two front teeth and keep them , which can cause disease and death.

  • ... that is a mother fucking big beetle...

  • No doubt! Thanks for checking it out :-)

  • Amazing! Nice job!

  • Glad you enjoyed - thanks so much for watching!  =)

  • @jcmegabyte No problem

  • so nice collection & video but a real animal massacre..¿? Better alives in nature

  • It does seem that way - and yes they are indeed better seen alive and in their natural environment. In spite of how many dead specimens there are here, this is nothing compared to the billions of insects (ants, flies, cockroaches, spiders, etc.) that we humans kill every day - just because they aren't pretty or because we dont like them. It's pretty ironic...

    Anyway, thanks for stopping by! =)

  • 1:25 That One In The Top Right Corner Cant Even Be Called A Beetle Cause Its Just That Big. And Thats Not Even An Elephant Beetle! Its Just An Elephant! O___O

  • @KuroshitsujiSmile ...just a titanus giganteus?

  • No doubt there are some monster beetles out there!  =)

  • 1:04 I'm fucked

  • if there is a god, he's an artist

  • Indeed =)  Thanks so much for watching!

  • @TheCamelCollector What and made them all in one day? XD

  • @TheCamelCollector Insects aren't smart enough to paint themselves so artistically. They only act and move according to what they need and they obviously don't need such fancy, elaborate arts. So, there must be a God who painted them.

  • @nochannel1000 Lies. There must be a use to these fancy colors. Even your God wouldn't create something useless...................exce­pt if evolution is true...... :P

  • Imagine you're on a motorbike and suddenly you see A BIG ASS ELEPHANT BEETLE coming right on you're helmet :O

  • Better have a REALLY solid face shield! XD

  • @Mr0Gijs0 IMAGINE IF YOU DID NOT HAVE A HELMET ON.... Hmmm... I bet you it would HURT BIG TIME!! :D

  • I saw two more beetles today!

    They are in danger... when people are jogging and walking don't care where they stomp their shoes. Poor beetles... One of them was crawling around a hole and then decided to go into it! What a silly beetle.

  • can someone tell me the species of the beetle at 1:04?

  • I saw several beetles this week!

  • Buenisimo video!

  • Thanks so much for watrching!

  • STOP USING PAPYRUS!!! 

  • Omg, I would shit if I seen that Elephant Beetle coming at me!

  • Especially if it was flying!  :-O Thanks for checking it out =)

  • do they find the beetles and kill them just to have them showcased?

  • It's hard to tell exactly where each one came from... I'm sure some were collected, while others may have been captive reared or even found dead. Some collectors do it simply for the sake of having one (or more) of each kind, but I think most also study the life history, conservation and scientific aspects of their specimens as well. Collectors frequenty make many discoveries and even aid in conserving wild habitat, so there will be more to collect in the future. :-)

  • @krispy42008 yes i was thinking thats somewhat cruel

  • Not being very familiar with beetles, I'm not sure which one that would be... do you have a timecode location and description of the bug in this vid?

  • It's awesome how some beetles are so pretty and colourful they don't even look natural, like someone painted them, this is why I love bugs. They're amazing.

  • Many of them looked more like jewelry than insects to me :-) Thanks so much for watching and the nice comment!

  • This is probably the lamest music ive ever heard. Cool bugz tho

  • Must, Sleep. Can't. Stop. Looking. At. Insects

  • Sometimes it's hard to tear yourself away from the screen! XD Thanks for watching and I hope you got at least a little sleep! =)

  • Those big ones really creep me out.

  • Those big ones can FLY too!  I think just about anyone would be creeped-out by seeing/hearing one of THOSE things coming at them! XD

  • is that big one real?????????

     if it is wtf

  • Yup - they're all real :-) They grow 'em really big in some places! :-O

  • I never thought I'd say this in my life but ... what beautiful beetles!! Thank you for enlightening some of us! :)

  • I think most people expect dull-looking black or brown beetles, or maybe even a red ladybug... so these species are a real surprise to most everyone :-) Thanks so much for watching!

  • yeah, killing all of these bugs for a fair... you could at least keep them alive if they're so valuable. :L

  • It's unlikely all of these bugs were killed specifically for the bug fair, but certainly many were killed for the purpose of being added to collections. Most species only live a few weeks in the adult stage, and can be kept alive and fed in captivity, then added to a collection once they've literally died of old age on their own. They're also pretty tough, unlike many other insects, and collectors can often find decent dead specimens in the wild as well. So, it's not all bad news for them :-)

  • @jcmegabyte ahhh, that makes a lot more sense :P completely slipped my mind about that... thanks for the info :D

  • I thought this shorter video may be just the thing for me to see your great capture of pretty colors, then I see this giant elephant beetle and... and...I'm just so grateful you have those great videos of butterflies & hummingbirds!!!

  • I guess that creepy-crawly bugs, no matter how nicely colored, aren't for everyone :-) Thanks for watching, though!

  • It's better to catch an beetle alive, to take a photo and rerelease.

  • I agree - there is nothing like a live specimen, and secondly a good macro photo of a live specimen - especially if the lighting is done right :-)

  • :47 imagine seeing that giant fucker crawling on ur wall

  • Not only that, but those things can FLY too! XD

  • For some reason I feel as if they spray paint the dead beetles gold lol

  • Some of these are so colorful that they really don't look real, but then nature has been making amazing things like this for a very long time - and there really are cool bugs like this running around out there in the world :-)

  • @jcmegabyte True, but some people could do that, to trick the people that he has a gold beetle, plus he could make a fortune at least 50-100 bucks....

  • I'm sure that's been done before... Fortunately, most serious collectors know the difference right away. Let the buyer beware! Cheers =)

  • @jcmegabyte haha, thanks for the video

  • Ive been wondering if these insects lives within the vicinity of golds and shiny minerals so that they can hide amongst them? is that possible?

  • These metallic, reflective ones come from all over the world and many different envirnments, but in general I think you're right - their tactic probably to immitate reflective, inedible objects which might be found in their ecosystem. :-)

  • how did u kill them

  • These aren't mine - I only filmed the sights and sounds at this insect fair. I'm not sure how they kill them - probably some kind of bug poison, like is used on ants, roaches, etc...

  • 0:22

    link found all those gold bugs <3

  • There were definitely some cool ones there :-) Thanks for stopping by!

  • Beetle Holocaust

  • People are disgusting creatures. The only one who can stub another one on neal and to be proud of it. Shit.

  • @AriesBG wat? me fail english. that's unpossible.

  • good fishing lures thnx

  • Some of these remind me of a castmaster! XD

  • @jcmegabyte lol

  • that huge beetle isnt a elephant beetle, its called something else cause i sarched it up, and not once did it show me a pic of that hugeass beetle :(

  • It's quite possible that it may have a number of "common" names, which is typical for insects - this is especially true of those with wide ranges. The scientific name for that one is on the tag right above it, and should be the correct one... at least none of the bug experts at the insect fair argued with it. :-)

  • DO WANT!

  • Thanks for checking it out! =)

  • shit... i ran out of pokeballs. -_-'

  • They probably have some for sale at this show! XD

  • worst case senero(not sure how to spell it but w.e) is STEPPING ON ONE BARE FOOT!

  • Yep! Some of those Rhinocerous Beetles would be like stepping on a board with a nail in it ::-O

  • @jcmegabyte i step on a 3 inch bettle with a huge horn on it :/ and it pintched me too! what a bitch feeling. lol

  • Man i can step on one elephant bug and ira bigger than my foot!

  • them beetles are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooo big

  • That elephant beetle sure is :-O Thanks for checking it out! :-)

  • @beetlelover123  LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

  • @beetlelover123 How big???

  • 0:48 HOLY F*CK!

  • At 1:01 those beetles like better than a womens jewelry.

  • Indeed some creatures in nature do put man-made objects to shame... many insects are good examples of this :-)

  • @jcmegabyte Yea they are so pretty I wonder where they're are from.

  • These are from all over the world, and each one no doubt has a story behind it... There are hundreds of thousands of beetle species worldwide, so there is a huge variety to choose from :-)

  • These are from all over the world, and each one no doubt has a story behind it... There are hundreds of thousands of beetle species worldwide, so there is a huge variety to choose from :-)

  • @jcmegabyte Ok I see I will search for some of them once I go on vacation.

  • just recently got a elephant beetle^^

  • Cool - that's a good one for any collection :-)

  • Hi i'm rudy from the philippines we have bugs here in the philippines wanna buy? just let me know!

    Rudy

  • I wish I could but USDA and USFWS import laws make it too much headache and expense to be worthwhile. Thanks for the offer though! =)

  • @bgwaterfilter2 hi do you have calosoma or carabid specie how much per piece from jess17nene@yahoo.com

  • wow thats amazing i collect crystals and coins but never insects i like to see tham alive in there enviroment

  • It is amazing the different kinds of things people like to collect... just about verything, really :-) Thanks for stopping by! 

  • Fascinating....i like bugs.

    but i just look at them in a distance.

    i fear they bite.

  • You're right - many beetles can bite, although they generally don't unless they are trying to defend themselves. Watching them on video is a nice "safe" way to see them  :-)

  • @jcmegabyte i'm afraid of all bugs but, beetles are friendly ;)

  • You have a beautiful collection. How do you preserve them? I'd like to know what solution to use with my own flower beetles, when they've died. Thanks!

  • These bugs were on display at the insect fair and aren't mine, but the preservation method is very simply - just let them dry and keep other bugs from eating them :-) Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @jcmegabyte Thanks for the info :)

  • @jcmegabyte Thanks for the info :)

  • @jcmegabyte I tried HARD, but I couldn't find an Euchroma gigantea there. Do you have any? (they're quite common here at the end of the year -Brazil-, and pretty too!). Also the image that starts at 1:01 reminds me the artistic works from Christopher Marley. Do you know him? Anyway, amazing collection! :D

  • I'm more into Leps than Beetles, so I don't have any in my collection. Still, all the specimens and displays at the show were really amazing and I had to make sure and film as much of it as possible :-) Thanks for stopping by!

  • why the fuck the pink one is there?

  • They seem to be found in just about every color you can think of, and some ultra-violet colors that we can't even see!  =)

  • jewel beetles, I love they! Rare and unique colors ever seen!

    Dude, good music but can I be your friend? :D

  • Thanks for the nice comment! There are some really cool Beetle species out there, and I was lucky to get to see and film so many different kinds at this show... Cheers!

  • are those elephant beetles real?

  • Yes, all the bugs shown here are real - including those really big ones!  :-)

  • @jcmegabyte Omg they what they eat?

    Trees lol?

  • Actually, I think this is the case... Many beetle species have larvae which bore into trees and eat the wood (and can actually kill the tree!) while the adult beetles mostly eat a wide variety plant matter - decaying wood, flower nectar, etc...

  • @jcmegabyte Omg what they eat?

    Human heads?

  • @jcmegabyte Ok thanx what u think about this:

    When i see a bug i wanna crush it.

    Is that bad? :(

  • @oToLT

    what if i say..

    .if i see you i crush you

    is that bad ?

    it's the same thing, they have brains too.

  • @26octobre93 Who cares.. They would die sooner or later

  • @oToLT yeah, who cares about you...you would die sooner or later too after all

  • @oToLT I would die in 60 years .. he can die in 5 days

  • They should make a color wheel display with the colorful ones.

  • 1:01 1vs10, sure he can do it.

    1:25 1vs100 oh shit he is fucked

  • Wow! The metallic ones, are those their real colors? Never seen such golden or silvery / coppers - like ones, ever. they look like pins to put on. That big one if I ever saw one like that in person, will freak me out! Lol.

  • Yes - those beetles really are mettalic irridescent colors just like you see - there are no paints of other modification done to them. Some of the critters in nature are truly amazing works of art without any help from humans :-)

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  • Bugs r grossssss

  • That is one giant heck of an elephant beete man. Is it like bigger than a human head?

  • Fortunately they're ot that big XD The body is about 2-3" long and the wingspan can hit 7+. Still, that's a really big bug, and YES - they can fly too! :-)

  • @jcmegabyte I would crap my pats if I saw one of those flying.

  • @IvySweetVenom i have and i did! now im the laughing stock of tortogaro >=I

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  • is that elephant beetle endangerd sorry for my spelling

  • Too Good..and very cool..

  • Thanks so much for watching! =D

  • This pictures are from StarCraft 2 : Hearth of the Swarm , and the elephant beetle is the new queen of the swarm xD

  • Thxs, It was quite an "art" when I dried the butterflies. Lots of work with the wings. :) Im a little new inside the "bug world" but have some experience. Perhaps you know where could I buy all these pins on internet (I don't have a card or anything for buying in a simple website and could only buy them by simple sending money by mail), becouse entomology isn't very popular in my country, so you can't just go and buy what you need.Thxs again, (btw, are those bugs perhaps from cuba?) ;)

  • For entomological supplies, BioQuip is definitely one of the biggest and most reliable places. They have an online catalog and do ship worldwide through the mail. Just google the name to find their website. They be able to take an international money order for payment... I'm sure they can tell what will work.

    The beetles in this display are from all over the world, mostly tropical places. Cuba has some very nice, and rare species, but I don't think they are legal to import into the USA...

  • Thxs again :)