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Phidippus regius Mixed sizes: $15/each The regal jumping spider is a North American treasure. These are large, active, lively, and personable jumping spiders with a matching repertoire of beautiful color forms. Although adult males...
Isopoda sp. “Big Pine Key” 12 mixed: $80 50 mixed: $200 This rainbow-colored species was found by Alan Jeon while searching through limestone slabs on Big Pine Key. For some reason, the original wild...
Porcellio bolivari 12 mixed: $100 50 mixed: $350 Bolivar’s isopod is a large species found in mountainous areas of eastern Spain. The body shape and pigmentation suggests this species is more cave-adapted than similar...
Cubaris sp. “White Tiger” 12 mixed: $300 50 mixed: $1000 What little information there is about this isopod suggests it is found in caves in mountainous areas of Thailand. This is one of the...
Isopoda sp. “Picopod” Starter culture with enclosure (~100 mixed): $70 (Contact for availability) Around 2017 isopod enthusiast Anthony Molnar discovered some random isopods in one of his vivaria. These were no ordinary isopods; they...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Gene Machine” 12 mixed: $30 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $160 Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. This is a genetic powerhouse for those looking to create their own Porcellio...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Orange Embers” 12 mixed: $30 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $160 Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. Around 2012 I noticed some lighter individuals in my pure “Spanish Orange” colony...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Sherbert” 12 mixed: $80 50 mixed: $300 100 mixed: $500 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. After six years of teasing brightly colored phenotypes out of “Orin’s...
Platymeris biguttatus Mixed nymphs : $12/each Starter colony (8 mixed): $80 White-spot assassin bugs have always been a quirky and welcome addition to captive insect culture. This species is consistently easy to keep and...
Platymeris rhadamanthus “Mombo” Mixed nymphs : $15/each Starter colony (8 mixed): $100 This species has been in US culture for over two decades but was often traded as Platymeris sp. “Mombo”. Of very important...
The invertebrate keeping hobby extends beyond just insects. Organisms of all shapes and forms are propagated and reared by dedicated hobbyists and breeders across the country. Species whose husbandry has not been perfected may...
Drosophila melanogaster + Drosophila buzzatti Culture cup: $8 Available varieties: Drosophila melanogaster “Wingless” The standard wingless, flightless fruit fly. Drosophila melanogaster “Wingless White Eye” The standard wingless, flightless fruit fly, but with white eyes....
Porcellio ornatus Cultivar name: “Witch’s Brew” 12 mixed: $80 50 mixed: $300 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $500 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. This strain is a dalmatian mid-yellow selected...
Lepiseodina conspicua Starter culture with enclosure (~30 mixed): $40 This welcome addition to the potentially existence fly hobby is extremely easy to care for and striking to boot! Adults live only a few weeks,...
Pachnoda marginata peregrina Mixed larvae: $10/each Starter colony (8 mixed larvae): $70 Adults: $20/each Easy, beautiful, and vigorous, the alien sun beetle is the perfect starter beetle. Adults are relatively long-lived, hardy, and day-active....
Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris Mixed larvae: $10/each Starter colony (8 mixed larvae): $70 Adults: $20/each A testament to its easy care, the yellow-bellied sun beetle has been propagated for over two decades in US collections...
Porcellionides pruinosis Cultivar name: “Orange Cream” 15 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $180 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. A cross of the popular “Orange” and “Cookies and Cream”...
Cubaris sp. “Pak Chong” 12 mixed: $120 50 mixed: $450 The color scheme of these delightful Cubaris immediately reminds me of a Bernese mountain dog. What little information is available about this species states...
Porcellio laevis Cultivar name: “How Now” 12 mixed: $70 50 mixed: $260 100 mixed: $160 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. Sometimes persistence pays off. After years of refining Porcellio laevis...
Centrobolus splendidus Mixed sizes: $20/each Starter colony (8 mixed): $140 Red fire millipedes are a wonderful beginner species for those looking for colorful, hardy, exotic species. They do well under a variety of conditions,...
Tomocerus cf. minor 30 mixed: $20 100 mixed: $60 Those dreaming of a large springtail species can finally rest easy! This species is large, active, and hardy and does well when kept with frogs,...
Zorotypus hubbardi Starter culture with enclosure (~30 mixed): $40 These bizarre insects are one of only two North American representatives of their order. Despite their size they are extremely complex behaviorally and biologically. Groups...
cf. Dalotia coriaria Starter culture with enclosure (~100 mixed): $20 Plagued by fungus gnats? Can’t use pesticides due to your gigantic insect collection, moral quandaries, or other eclectic reasons? Look no further! These tiny...
Orchesella cincta 10 mixed: $15 30 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $80 These lovely, floofy springtails are a double display of size and color! At around a third their max size the unicolor immatures start...
Mezium affine 25 mixed: $20 50 mixed: $35 100 mixed: $70 Spider beetles are bizarre inhabitants of abandoned animal nests and untouched, dusty corners of human ones. Their prominent antennae look like an extra...
Archispirostreptus gigas Mixed sizes: $100/each ( Contact for availability ) The giant African millipede is the world’s longest millipede species with some individuals recorded at over 15 inches long. Once commonly imported as pets,...
Brachycybe lecontii ( Photo provided by Samson Braden ) Mixed sizes: $7/each Starter colony (8 mixed): $50 Feather millipedes are small, quirky millipedes with a disjunctive species distribution in temperate eastern Asia, coastal western...
Cubaris sp. “Rubber Ducky” 12 mixed: $200 50 mixed: $700 The rubber ducky isopod is one of the most popular and sought-after species. When viewed from the front the segments of their head resemble...
Oniscus asellus 12 mixed: $10 45 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $70 This flat isopod is very common as an introduced species in the eastern United States and can frequently be found year-round under bark...
Porcellio laevis Cultivar name: “Caramel” 12 mixed: $30 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $160 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. In the last 5 years numerous single-gene mutations have been isolated...
Armadillidium gestroi 12 mixed: $70 50 mixed: $250 100 mixed: $450 (Contact for availability) This delightful isopod is packed with color from birth to adulthood. Juveniles are light mustard yellow with intense yellow flecks...
Porcellio expansus Cultivar name: “White” 12 mixed: $150 50 mixed: $500 100 mixed: $800 This giant isopod is perhaps one of the largest terrestrial species in existence. Hailing from montane regions in northeastern Spain,...
Porcellionides pruinosis Cultivar name: “Orange” 12 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) 50 mixed: $70 (Not available) 100 mixed: $130 (Not available) Unknown isolator. Doubling the strikingness of the powdery blue isopod, this variety enhances...
Willowsia buski 15 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $20 100 mixed: $30 When the air in my enclosures dries out from winter furnace heat, the dog food pellets come alive. Not with mold or mites,...
Armadillidium nasatum Cultivar name: “Orange” 12 mixed: $15 50 mixed: $50 100 mixed: $90 (Contact for availability) Isolated by Roach Crossing. A pleasant surprise found while gardening, “Orange” boasts saturated orange striping over creamsicle...
Romalea microptera “Bayou Black” Mixed nymphs: $10/each (Not available) Starter colony (8 mixed nymphs): $60 (Not available) Adults: $30/each (Not available) The giant, overt, and clumsy lubber grasshopper is a friend to entomologists and...
Entomobryomorpha sp. “Small Silver” 100 mixed: $5 (Contact for availability) 500 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) In forest ecosystems, springtails are key decomposers of leaf matter. They reproduce astoundingly fast and will consume all...
Cyphoderus similis 15 mixed: $20 60 mixed: $60 The white ant springtail is a common resident of ant colonies and is suspected to have expanded from its previous South American range into North America....
Sinella curviseta 100 mixed: $5 500 mixed: $20 1000 mixed: $35 You can never have too many springtails, and this species is the best currently available clean-up springtail for roach enclosures. This pink tropical...
cf. Folsomia candida 100 mixed: $5 500 mixed: $20 1000 mixed: $35 This large, insanely easy to culture springtail is an excellent staple feeder for tiny amphibians, true spider hatchlings, and small aquarium fish....
Trichorhina tomentosa 20 mixed: $5 100 mixed: $20 500 mixed: $75 These little isopods are excellent to use in combination with springtails in moist enclosures with substrate. They are fast breeders, and their bright white...
Arcitalitrus sylvaticus 15 mixed: $10 (Contact for availability) 50 mixed: $30 (Contact for availability) This widespread species is common in moist, tropical environments. It is a ridiculously good burrower and will either dig or...
Alphitobius diaperinus 20 mixed: $5 100 mixed: $20 500 mixed: $75 These small, omnivorous darkling beetles are a great addition to many tank clean-up crews. They do not disturb other tank mates as...
Dermestes maculatus 12 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $40 100 mixed: $70 (Contact for Availability) The classic hide beetle is the species of choice for skeleton cleaning and has been used for hundreds of years...
Gryllodes sigillatus Starter colony (12 mixed): $5 (Contact for availability) 60 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) It’s a strong interest of mine to see what organisms thrive in the depths of urban environments. On...
Thermobia domestica 30 mixed: $15 100 mixed: $40 Firebrats are primitive insects which can occasionally be nuisances in bakeries and oven rooms. They cannot fly and are completely wingless as adults. They make excellent...
Porcellio dilatatus 8 mixed: $10 35 mixed: $40 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $90 (Contact for availability) Despite the larger maximum size of the skirted isopod, the great canyon isopod reaches larger adult sizes...
Porcellio laevis 12 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $40 100 mixed: $75 (Contact for availability) Although most of the other isopods available here are introduced in my lovely home state of Michigan, the smooth isopod...
Porcellio spinicornis 12 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $40 (Not Available) The brickwork isopod gets its name from its interesting habitat choices. It is most commonly found in rock piles, on brick window sills, or...
Trachelipus rathkii Cultivar name: “Rainbow Mix” 12 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $40 Isolated by Roach Crossing. Yet another introduced isopod species, Rathki’s Trachelipus usually inhabits leaf litter and dead logs. It is easily distinguished...
Porcellio scaber 12 mixed: $5 50 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $35 (Contact for availability) Perhaps one of the most familiar organisms anywhere, the rough isopod can be found almost anywhere humans...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Dalmatian” 12 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) 50 mixed: $75 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $140 (Contact for availability) Isolated by Roach Crossing. Please see the Porcellio scaber page for...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Spanish Orange” 12 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $40 100 mixed: $75 Isolated and refined by Orin McMonigle. Roach Crossing’s “Spanish Orange” isopods are guaranteed to be 100% pure, original Orin...
Armadillidium vulgare 12 mixed: $5 50 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $35 (Contact for availability) I do not know anyone who has not played with a roly-poly at some point in their...
Armadillidium maculatum 12 mixed: $20 50 mixed: $75 100 mixed: $140 (Contact for availability) This naturally occurring color variety sports bright white bands or spots on a black or pale gray background. Future breeding...
Armadillidium nasatum 12 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $40 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $75 (Contact for availability) Another migrant from Europe, the nosy roly-poly is often found in gardens and greenhouses. It is distinguished...
Cylisticus convexus 12 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $40 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $75 (Contact for availability) Curly isopods, like the namesake “roly-polies” of the genus Armadillidium, can roll up when frightened. Uniquely, instead...
Cubaris murina 12 mixed: $15 50 mixed: $60 Despite having only two days to search the Florida Keys on my first trip for bugs (and half of that time was spent unpacking, eating, and...
Porcellionides pruinosus 12 mixed: $5 50 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $35 (Contact for availability) The powdery blue woodlouse is a fast-reproducing and fast-moving isopod that does best when kept warm. They...
Atlantoscia floridana 15 mixed: $10 60 mixed: $35 (Contact for availability) 150 mixed: $75 (Contact for availability) During the 2013 Florida road trip I collected these from various sites across Florida. They were usually...
Oncopeltus fasciatus Starter colony (12 mixed) : $20 (Not available) 30 mixed: $40 (Not available) The large milkweed bug has long been coveted as a feeder for extremely picky eaters, particularly some chameleons...
Gryllus cf. firmus Starter colony (12 mixed) : $15 (Contact for availability) 30 mixed: $30 (Contact for availability) This large field cricket has a pleasant, resonant, melodious call. Unlike northern strains, this locality does...
Embaphion cf. contusum Starter colony (8 mixed larvae): $20 (Contact for availability) Adults: $5/each (Contact for availability) Pie-dish beetles are amusing darkling beetles with curved elytra and pronota, resembling the edges of a pie...
cf. Onychiuridae sp. “Tiny White” 100 mixed: $5 (Contact for availability) 500 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) 1000 mixed: $35 (Contact for availability) While starting a new culture of another species, these little guys...
Poduromorpha sp. “Tiny Blue” 100 mixed: $5 (Not available) 500 mixed: $20 (Not available) 1000 mixed: $35 (Not available) This pudgy springtail sports dull blue hues at adulthood and a rainbow of other colors...
Porcellionides floria 12 mixed: $5 (Contact for availability) 50 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $35 (Contact for availability) This species is so similar to the powdery blue isopod that the only guaranteed...
Isopoda sp. “Dwarf Purple” 20 mixed: $5 100 mixed: $20 (Contact for availability) 500 mixed: $75 (Contact for availability) Also known as the “dwarf purple”, “Costa Rican purple”, and “jungle micropod”, this tiny species...
cf. Entomobrya unostrigata 12 mixed: $5 (Not available) 50 mixed: $20 (Not available) Presently, this is the largest springtail available, measuring in at a “whopping” 4 millimeters. They can be difficult to culture and...
Vonones sayi Starter colony (8 mixed): $50 Adults: $10/each Say’s ornate harvestmen are great icebreakers for those frightened by arachnids: they are slow-moving, attractively colored, and have cute little eyes. Adults are very...
Clogmia albipunctata Starter colony (~24 mixed larvae): $10 (Contact for Availability) THIS SPECIES IS A POSSIBLE HOUSEHOLD PEST. KEEP AT YOUR OWN RISK. Drain flies are familiar to anyone who has spent time in...
Ceuthophilus gracilipes cf. apalachicolae (Photo provided by Alan Jeon) Mixed nymphs: $5/each (Contact for availability) Starter colony (8 mixed nymphs): $30 (Contact for availability) The slender-legged cave cricket ranges through the southern and eastern...
Venezillo parvus 12 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $40 100 mixed: $75 (Contact for availability) Shy and reclusive, this small roly-poly makes a decent addition to most clean-up crews. The marmorated markings are quite interesting, though...
Armadillidium sp. “Montenegro” 12 mixed: $70 50 mixed: $250 The clown isopod has been the holy grail of roly-poly collectors the world over. These delightful isopods are festively adorned with white and yellow polka...
Psytalla horrida Mixed nymphs : $20/each (Contact for availability) Starter colony (8 mixed): $150 (Contact for availability) Grisly, colossal, and fittingly covered in warning colors, the horrida king assassin bug is the largest...
Chicobolus spinigerus “Big Pine Key” Mixed sizes: $7/each (Contact for availability) Starter colony (8 mixed): $50 (Contact for availability) The ivory millipede ranges from the Carolinas south to the Florida Keys. Once split into...
Dinocheirus arizonensis Starter culture with enclosure (~12 mixed): $80 Upon learning about them in a well-used field guide, textbook, art piece, or documentary, pseudoscorpions immediately fascinate the minds of all who discover them. These...
Gymnetis thula Mixed larvae: $7/each (Contact for availability) Starter colony (8 mixed larvae): $40 (Contact for availability) Adults: $10/each (Contact for availability) Fret not indigenous beetle-lovers, the harlequin flower beetle is the answer to...
Euborellia arcanum Starter colony (8 mixed nymphs): $50 (Contact for availability) Perhaps a first time offering of an earwig species, what better way to leap into an exciting new facet of insect keeping than...
Romalea microptera “Yellow” Mixed nymphs: $5/each (Contact for availability) Starter colony (8 mixed nymphs): $35 (Contact for availability) Adults: $20/each (Contact for availability) The giant, overt, and clumsy lubber grasshopper is a friend to...
Narceus americanus “Wetumpka” Mixed sizes: $10/each (Not available) Starter colony (8 mixed): $70 (Not available) Long-time friend and bug keeper Alan Jeon never disappoints. After sending pictures of some odd looking Narceus he had...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Orange Dalmatian” 12 mixed: $30 (Contact for availability) 50 mixed: $110 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $200 (Contact for availability) Isolated by Ryan Orr. Please see the Porcellio scaber page...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “White Out” 12 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $150 Isolated by Roach Crossing. This fascinating cultivar possesses absolutely no dark pigmentation- even its eyes are whited out! Please see the Porcellio...
cf. Alloniscus perconvexus 12 mixed: $30 (Not available) 50 mixed: $110 (Not available) 100 mixed: $200 (Not available) Bulky and strong, commando isopods are built tough with sturdy legs and powerful bodies. Although many...
Eumesosoma sp. Starter colony (6 mixed): $50 (Not available) Adults: $10/each (Not available) Goody harvestmen are excellent beginner harvestmen as they are more tolerant of dryness and crowding than Vonones ornata. Though many...
Armadillidium vulgare Cultivar name: “Orange Vigor” 12 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $140 100 mixed: $240 Isolated by Alan Jeon, refined by Roach Crossing. This line of oranges has been heavily outcrossed and exhibits extreme...
Tribolium confusum Starter colony (~100 mixed): $5 THIS SPECIES IS A POSSIBLE HOUSEHOLD PEST. KEEP AT YOUR OWN RISK. Though it is an important pest of household grain products, the confused flour beetle is...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Spottergeist” 12 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $140 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $250 (Contact for availability) Isolated by Anthony Molnar; minor refining by Roach Crossing. This cultivar was the source...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Lucy” 12 mixed: $60 50 mixed: $200 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $320 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. An animal’s phenotypes, or physical appearance, can be...
Porcellio magnificus 12 mixed: $100 50 mixed: $300 The defunct term “Spanish giant orange isopod” is certainly better applied to this large species over the more common bio-active cleaner variety of Porcellio scaber. Once...
Armadillidium vulgare Cultivar name: “Pennypack Gold” 12 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $140 100 mixed: $240 ( Contact for availability ) Isolated and refined by Bill Yannone. This beautiful line of common roly-polies has beautiful...
Porcellio hoffmannseggii 12 mixed: $80 50 mixed: $300 Humongous isopods are well-deserving of their namesake; fully grown individuals may be the largest fully terrestrial isopods! This species is found in Spain, Portugal, and even...
Porcellio laevis Cultivar name: “Dairy Cow” 12 mixed: $25 50 mixed: $90 100 mixed: $160 Whimsically black-and-white, this adorable smooth isopod mutant has attracted many new isopod enthusiasts. Suspiciously, this strain is unable to...
Oniscus asellus Cultivar name: “Stardust Dalmatian” 12 mixed: $40 45 mixed: $120 Isolated and refined by Connor Brescia. Unlike the “Mardi Gras Dalmatian”, “Stardust Dalmatian” has small flecks of yellow playfully scattered across the...
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Lava” 12 mixed: $50 50 mixed: $180 100 mixed: $350 Originally described as a single-gene mutation, “Lava” is actually a complex of extremely variable genotypes. This stock is believed to...