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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....
Porcellionides pruinosis Cultivar name: “Orange Cream” 15 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $100 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $180 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. A cross of the popular “Orange” and...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...