I have a couple ideas for the beetles to make them a bit more interactive, and maybe ease their collection.

1.) An item that makes a chosen beetle immortal but unable to breed/battle, much like the one for lions. Something that would allow a favorite fighter to stick around, for sentimental reasons or for posterity to see how far things have come. Adds some nice flavor, as well as another way to collect the little guys. Whether or not immortal beetles take up slots will be left to the discretion of the site admins.

2.) Consider making beetles exclusive to/more likely to appear in certain map areas, if possible. If this isn't a thing already, of course. I've seen complaints about the large variety of beetles making it VERY difficult to find and breed the ones you're after, since pairs are needed. I'm starting to experience this myself. Making them more likely to appear in certain maps via percentage Pokemon-style might fix this a bit.

For example:

RNG determines if it's Common/Uncommon/Rare from a table, or whatever it does now. Each area has its own table with different encounter percentages.
Prosopocera lactator is Common with a 15% chance of being found anywhere with Common larva, but appears much more often in the Temperate Savannah [15% vs 25% on a Common Larva encounter].
Chelorrhina kraatzi is Uncommon and harder to find, but appears much more consistently in the Dry Savannah [7% vs 18% on an Uncommon Larva encounter].
Since "User4875" is looking for a kraatzi, they would likely prefer to explore the Dry Savannah since there's an increased chance they'll pop up there. Not a huge one, but notable enough to warrant exploration.

Obviously, this can be tweaked as necessary based on beetle habitats, species rarity, and stats. These are semi-random numbers. If the current encounters go by rarity then it's not too much of a change, it just gets adjusted by map area. If it goes by species, the tweaking may be more time-consuming but would allow a greater degree of control over individual species encounters. This could also allow temporary "population explosions" for special events.


(I don't know if this can act as a general for beetle suggestions or not. If so, feel free.)