Beetles!

[Wain]

This seems to be a new beetle family. I just found the first example, a blue Hazzali Swarmer (SilithidScarabSkinTeal) from Tanaris.

Screenshot with abilities showing:

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It has a special ability called Qiraji Fortitude. The buff in my spellbook says it increases party/raid member stamina by 153. But the buff I actually receive is sta + 403. (EDIT: this was later removed and beetles made tenacity and will have their own family ability)

EDIT: Also, out of interest, the Hazzali workers (that spidery type of silithid) are also now listed as beasts (I don't think they used to be) and have diets, but are untameable.

UPDATE: I'll add colours as I go:
Purple one, Centipaar Tunneler (SilithidScarabSkinPurple):

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Temple Scarabs in Uldum are tameable, but (i) they're too high level for me yet and (ii) they freaking burrow and disappear often and stay underground for ages, so it's hard to get a decent screenshot of them. They have at least several different skins. I noticed four colours, three of which match the skins that Wowhead lists for the new "UldumScarabSkin" types, namely:
(i) UldumScarabSkinBlue, (ii) UldumScarabSkinPurple (iii) UldumScarabSkinRed (actually green with red back spots) (iv) SilithidScarabSkinRed (shiny red with teal markings, which is an older skin). However Wowhead lists a 4th new Uldum skin I didn't see: UldumScarabSkinTeal, but it could well be out there. WowModelViewer reveals a 5th Uldum skin, UldumScarabSkinYellow, which hasn't been mentioned on Wowhead at all.

Here is a screenshot of the "Blue" one being beast lored:

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And a distant pic of the purple one:

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LATER UPDATE: The tan beetle (SilithidScarabSkinTan) was added back to the silithid hive in the Thousand Needles and renamed the Silithid Defender, as detailed in this thread:
http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4645

NOT tameable because not yet set as beasts:
- Gorishi Tunnelers (yellow, Un'Goro)
- Hive'Regal Burrower (purple, Silithus)
- Hive'Zora Tunneler (yellow, Silithus)
- Hive'Ashi Worker (blue, Silithus)
- Scarab in ZF
- Probably 1000 other beetles around the game, so I'm gonna stop listing. Try using this list as a guide if you'd like to investigate some more.

UPDATE: Skins that we haven't seen as tameable yet (7):
- SilithidScarabSkinBlack: (steel grey with tan markings) Qiraji Scarab
- SilithidScarabSkinGold: (copper with blue markings) Gold Beetle
- SilithidScarabSkinTan: (tan with brown markings) Silithid Searcher from Thousand Needles (possibly extinct)
- SilithidScarabSkinWhite: (white with black markings) Spitting Scarab
- SilithidScarabSkinYellow: (gold with blue markings) Gorishi Tunneler
- SilithidScarabSkinGreen: (green with purple markings). Not seen in game, but found on wowmodelviewer
- UldumScarabSkinTeal: (blue/teal with green spots) Turquoise Scarab (new skin in Cataclysm)
- UldumScarabSkinGreen: (ochre/purple with green spots) Venomous Skitterer (new skin in Cataclysm)
- UldumScarabSkinYellow (only found on WowModelViewer)

If you see any, please report in

EDIT: just found UldumScarabSkinGreen on cata.wowhead. Anyone seen this beast or this skin?

[Magnakilro]

Wow! So many new pets comin out of hiding! Maybe the Cataclysm is scaring all of these new pets into wanting to be our friends?

[Vephriel]

Blizzard....

Good freaking job. Honestly, this is awesome. So many great pets coming out of the woodwork! ^_^

[Redith]

wait what? seriously?...interesting. So maybie there IS hope for hydras and other families to become tameable

[Teigan]

Now this, too! Eeeeee! You're killin me!! So have to rewrite my list!!

[Golden]

Funny, I had a dream about finding out that one of the beetles in Thousand Needles was tameable a few months back. XD I can see the future!

[Sarayana]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! MUST HAVE! *falls over*




*goes to edit list once again*

[Qraljar]

Heaven.. has crept into my head (made no sense lol)

God.. change diapers again.

[Rottingham]

This... must... be... a... dream... THANK YOU BLIZZ!

I am loving the large groups of new pets that everyone is noticing CATA COME NOW!

[Zwiggy]

Are they tank pets? hope so...

[Wain]

Updated with more info, especially with some stuff about the Temple Scarabs in Uldum.

If anyone is high enough level to tame them, could they please let us know if they're colour-changers or not? The NPC has at least 4 different skins, so it's possible.

[Darknez]

Don't appear to be exotic either - yet they have the same abilities as Silithids?
I guess one or the other will change...

[Renle]

So many great pets coming out of the woodwork!

Dis you realize how appropriate this comment is considering the meaning of the phrase is alluding to insects crawling out of wood? ;D
http://www.answers.com/topic/out-of-the-woodwork

[winny]

YEAAHH Blizzard has read my post where I asked plz to let the beetle be pets....great finding thnx!!

[Vephriel]

So many great pets coming out of the woodwork!

Dis you realize how appropriate this comment is considering the meaning of the phrase is alluding to insects crawling out of wood? ;D
http://www.answers.com/topic/out-of-the-woodwork

Yeah, it was meant to be a pun.

[Doth777]

Just tamed one of the Beatles It was a little tricky, as they seem to burrow when people get close (within 15yrds or so I think) and they wont pop back out for quite a long time, if at all if you remain close. It took about 15min to find one still active, swoop down, dismiss pet and shoot one before it could burrow.

What I did notice, and I could be wrong, was tame pet was much faster now. The Beetle turns out to be Cunning, which surprised me when I saw the stamina buff, I figured it would be a tank.

[Qraljar]

Just tamed one of the Beatles

Orly?

Joking

Awesome, can we see a screenshot, pleaseeee?!

[JayCanuck]

What I did notice, and I could be wrong, was tame pet was much faster now.

Yea, as of this latest build, Tame Pet cast-time was reduced from 20 sec to a mere 10 sec

[cowmuflage]

haha sweet

[Kalliope]

Oh man, Blizzard DOES listen! YAY!!!!