Beetles!

[Wain]

I went through the list of beetle skins and there seem to be 6 now tameable and another 7 where tameables haven't been reported yet. I've added them to the untameable skins list.

The potentially (currently) untameable ones, with examples of each, are:

- 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)

The most worrying one is SilithidScarabSkinTan, which seems to have ONLY ever been used on beetles in silithid hives in Thousand Needles. I think they all drowned. If you're going past the area, please remember to add a suggestion to add a few back amongst the aqua silithids there

Also, as I mentioned before, UldumScarabSkinTeal was the only Uldum scarab skin I didn't notice on Temple Scarabs. But I may have been unlucky. Has anyone seen it? If so, could you please post a screenshot? Note that it looks quite similar to the "blue" skin, but the two small spots on the back are green instead of blue.

[Teigan]

The most worrying one is SilithidScarabSkinTan, which seems to have ONLY ever been used on beetles in silithid hives in Thousand Needles.

Really hoping they turn up, alive and tameable. Their coloration reminds me of a tiger beetle. I'd like to tame one.

[Gimlion]

With all these new pets/skins/possible pet pass finally happening, I'm crossing my fingers for stags. I'd love to have one.

[Sarayana]

I tried taming a stag on Sara when she hit level 10. I mean, I spent so much time running around Azuremyst and they were such a presence... they're perfect pets for draenei in my opinion. Made me so sad to get the LOLFAIL message.

[Wain]

Edited my post to also include SilithidScarabSkinGreen (green with purple markings) in the still-untameable skins. Doesn't seem to be used by any mobs in game, but found on wowmodelviewer.

[Satyr]

Problem I've had with Beetles so far----tamed on two seperate days.

Each time -- they wiped out any other tamed pets that day and they are gone to the next day I log in. Why do I suspect them? When tamed they do not have a complete PVP tree talent selection. Some things are missing.

What pissed me off, one of those days I had tamed a Brain Bug (ainamiss) and lost him too. Stinkin rare spawns. Stinkin beetles too.

[Wain]

Problem I've had with Beetles so far----tamed on two seperate days.

Each time -- they wiped out any other tamed pets that day and they are gone to the next day I log in. Why do I suspect them? When tamed they do not have a complete PVP tree talent selection. Some things are missing.

What pissed me off, one of those days I had tamed a Brain Bug (ainamiss) and lost him too. Stinkin rare spawns. Stinkin beetles too.

I've had my blue beetle for days now, and all my pets are still there. I keep having to abandon them for testing purposes.

[PorrasouxRex]

Problem I've had with Beetles so far----tamed on two seperate days.

Each time -- they wiped out any other tamed pets that day and they are gone to the next day I log in. Why do I suspect them? When tamed they do not have a complete PVP tree talent selection. Some things are missing.

What pissed me off, one of those days I had tamed a Brain Bug (ainamiss) and lost him too. Stinkin rare spawns. Stinkin beetles too.

Bugs bein' buggy mon.

[Wain]

Just found UldumScarabSkinGreen on cata.wowhead. It's apparently used by the Venomous Skitterer. Anyone seen this beast or this skin and know if it's tameable?

[The Insect Man]

Has anyone had a look at the scarabs in Zulfarrak - I think they were the steel/copper skin you mention.

[Wain]

Has anyone had a look at the scarabs in Zulfarrak - I think they were the steel/copper skin you mention.

Yeah, they weren't tameable in this patch.

[GormanGhaste]

"What can be inferred about Blizzard from a study of their creations?"

"They have an inordinate fondness for beetles."

[The Insect Man]

actually, from historical pet use, they have an inordinate loathing of anything except kitties and puppies, but maybe that'll change...

[Xota]

Are all the nerubian spiderlings or flying nerubians still marked undead?
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=29214#same-model-as
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=26607#same-model-as

[The Insect Man]

Man, I would give my left mandible to tame a flying Nerubian. I liked that look ever since I saw the model pre-WOTLK.

Does "The Flying Nerubians" sound like a trapeze act to anyone else?

[GormanGhaste]

Of all the skins, the "blue" Uldam scarab is my favorite. Is it only available from the Temple Scarabs, meaning it's only available from a color changer? What about the Sapphire Scarab? Does anyone know where it is?

[Wain]

No, I haven't seen that one yet. But I haven't quested in Uldum at all, so maybe it appears during phasing.. or maybe it's just not in yet. Note I also found a yellow Uldum skin (actually clay-brown with yellow spots) in WMV and added that to the untameables list.

[ummeiko]

So, as of yesterday's beta build, Beetles are Tenacity now. They still give the silithid buff.

[Kalliope]

So, as of yesterday's beta build, Beetles are Tenacity now. They still give the silithid buff.

Are they considered exotic too?

[Sarayana]

Ooooh tenacity beetles! I like that!