Automatic beetle dispensers

Automatic beetle dispensers

Boys checking a pair of beetles they bought from an automatic vending machine in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture that dispenses the insects, at 400 yen a pair. Developed by a local machinery maker, the automatic beetle dispenser has caught the fancy of local kids, who, the owners say, empty the stock every day. Beetles are kept as pets by children in Japan.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001078814
  • Registered date
  • 1999/7/04 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 1999 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1713 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 913.47(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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