There is the Common Shiny Blue Beetle.

On screen...
Spotted, Bluestar, Jalapa, Fourpetal and Citrus Maranata and Ballcacti
Spotted, Bluestar, Jalapa and Citrus Maple and a rosa fern.

your red pots are crooked. i would complain

with 3 spotted reptans on the screen, virtual Bug Collector has logged 48 total bugs/22 different species of bug in the last few hours, and none of them were the blue or tiger variety we seek.

I'll come back in a couple hours and swap the spotted reptans for something else and see what happens

I've got the bug collector monitoring the bugs, the gardener watering the plants, and the seed tray/charts organizing the seeds and providing all the breeding information. if this keeps up the game will be able to play itself without me

Cheers,
Borg

PS Jalapa Ball Cactus makes common shiny blue beetles appear. not sure if it is the jalapa or the ball cactus though.

virtual Bug Collector

When is this coming out??? lol

You've seen this already, haven't you?

Nope, I've not seen it borg.

Borg, I believe Cactus species is responsible for the shiny blue beetle. I've been researching that species and have caught a ton of them (at least more than I've ever seen before).

Addendum: Just read your post. Its Ball Cactus. I have not planted Jalapa Balls in this session.

lp "seven" of p wants to now where this infamous _bug_ collector is?

I believe Ip7p is right. I have seen 5 shiny blue beetles while just having 13 ball cacti out.

2 daisy, 2 Rosa, 2 Fragrant, 2 Ven, 1 spotted, 1 bluestar, 1 jalapa, 1 fourpetal and 1 citrus. (with no buds or flowers)

Now 1 after the ball cacti with buds & now 1 after the flowers have come in.

Ball cactus it is then. I had only 1 plant out, a fourpetal ball cactus, and found lots of common shiny blue beetles. thank you all for the help!

i am trying to figure out the tiger dragonfly at the moment and am not having much success yet

Borg, that bugger is like Mikey: He'll come out to anything. But I see the most of them with Fragrant and Fourpetal anything.

P.S. He also likes the Isola Soil (no plant, just soil). Silly bugger. LOL

i tried several different flowers and foliages one at a time and the only one that seemed to work for me for the COMMON TIGER DRAGONFLY was the JALAPA flower.

So here is what I think. There are 48 bugs. These can be divided into 3 categories:

(a) 32 need no special flowers or foliage
(b) 8 need a special flower
(c) 8 need a special foliage
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32 + 8 + 8 = 48 total bugs.

here are the 8 that need a special flower:
uncommon Amber Butterfly - Aureus
rare Jet Moth - Nox
rare Golden Butterfly - Fabled
common Tiger Dragonfly - Jalapa
rare Black Dragonfly - Venomous
rare Golden Dragonfly - Blazing
uncommon Mystic Scarab - Mystic
rare Tahitian Spider - Tahitian

here are the 8 that need a special foliage:
common Fern Butterfly - Fern
common Shiny Blue Beetle - Ball Cactus
rare Shiny Flower Beetle - Orchid
rare Golden Beetle - Ananas
uncommon Glassy Dragonfly - Multiflora
common Cactus Spider - Pipe Cactus
uncommon Bamboo Spider - Bamboo
rare Golden Spider - Ridgeball

Cheers,
Borg