While I love keeping beetles, it's not a particularly commonly used feature of the game. It seems to have been added then largely not touched except for the odd new species. I'd really like it if beetle keeping became more common, so I compiled some common suggestions into a suggestion.

1. A notification during rollover summary that larvae have dropped to 60% hunger. A common frustration I've heard is one of hard work being lost due to a slip of the mind.

2. There really should be a decor craftable per color per species by now. Not necessarily a Crafted Beetle like Augosoma centaurus, but SOMETHING should be craftable if you have enough of one class of beetle corpse. More crafting using beetle corpses in general is badly needed, especially for older and more common species.

3. As with the lions, beetle larvae and adults should take up seperate slots, even if it's just one larva per adult slot. That way, if all your adult slots are full you could still hatch the eggs. The larvae would be safe for 10 days then, during which an adult may die or you may gain more adult slots.

3. While remaining rare, the drop rate for additional beetle slots from battle should be raised a bit. And/or it shouldn't stop at 16. Around 30 would be a more breeder-friendly limit.

4. Beetle corpses should be able to be sold to Monkey Business for 15-22 sb, increased value related to the labor of raising and keeping them for a month.

5. Other prizes from battling- there could be a rare chance to win a sex changer or an aging pebble from battling.

6. The Beetle Species Changer- This would be an extremely rare prize only obtainable from battling, where you can exchange an unwanted beetle for one of similar rarity. This would be a way to get another of a beetle you are having trouble finding a mate for

7. The occasional beetle unrelated prize to win to add greater outside incentive to keeping them, such as nesting material or the odd higher SB payout.

If you have suggestions of your own or other input please do share.

Another topic with very good ideas-
https://www.lioden.com/topic.php?id=304429368070