Quote Originally Posted by PhiliusPhrog View Post
I have fed them to my Whites tree frogs and so far so good. But I did hear that they may be able to eat their way out!! So promptly stopped. Hope this helps.

That is impossible. As soon as the beetle makes it way to the stomach, the frog's stomach acids start to break it down. That alone should kill it. Secondly, once inside the frog how is the beetle going to be able to breath? I find most insects drown very easily and the inside of a frog is very wet.

Insects do not breath like you and I. Most, if not all, of them absorb oxygen through numerous spiracles in their exoskeletons. Each spiracle goes directly to a certain organ and provides that organ with oxygen. So when the pores of the spiracles are covered by water or another substance, the insect is unable to breath and dies. An insect can drown easily even it's only partially submerged. If the spiracles that serve vital organs are covered, they will not be able to receive oxygen and will die.