Beginners Pack

Spiny Leaf Insect (female)

Bugs Alive book

Large terrarium

$69.00

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Hardy, easy to keep with fascinating behaviour. Can be handled and makes an excellent pet or classroom study animal. Feeds on eucalyptus leaves.

Ideal for schools

Adult body length 150mm

Crowned Stick Insect Onchestus rentzi

$15 (males), $20 (females)

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up for $60 (Male, female & large terrarium)

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Hardy, easy to keep and, can be kept with Spiny Leaf Insects. Can be handled and make an great pet or classroom study animal. Feeds on acacia & eucalypt leaves.

Ideal for schools

Adult body length 120mm

Strong Stick Insect Anchiale briareus

$15 (males), $20 (females)

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up for $60 (Male, female & large terrarium)

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Yet another hardy and, easy to keep phasmid. Can be housed with other species. Nymphs are bright green. Feeds on acacia & eucalypt leaves.

Ideal for schools

Adult body length 150mm

Wuelfing's Stick Insect Acrophylla wuelfingi

$20 (males), $25 (females)

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up $45 (1 male & large terrarium)

Complete set-up $50 (1 female & large terrarium)

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Amongst Australia's longest stick insects - make very impressive displays. Easy to keep and handle, excellent educational animals. Feeds on eucalyptus leaves and acacia leaves.

Ideal for schools

Adult body length 210mm

Giant Murray Huntsman Holconia murrayensis

$25 each (males only)

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up for $50 (One spider & large terrarium)

Fire-back Huntsman Beregama cordata

$25 each

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up for $50 (One spider & large terrarium)

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A spectacular species of huntsman from northern Australia. Active hunters, stunning predators. (Mildly venomous)

Adult body length 35mm

Giant Green Huntsman Typostola barbata

$25 each

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up for $50 (One spider & large terrarium)

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Extremely large spiders, fast moving acrobatic hunters. Green as juveniles, brown with yellow eyebrows as adults (despite common name). Amazing predators. (Mildly venomous)

Adult body length 45mm, Legspan to 160mm

Mallee Wolf Spider Lycosa leuckarti

$25 each

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up for $50 (One spider & large terrarium)

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Beautifully patterned ground dwelling spiders. Active hunters, easy to keep. (Mildly venomous)

Adult body length 25mm

Giant Rainforest Mantid Hierodula majuscula

$25 (females only)

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up for $45 (One male & large terrarium)

Complete set-up for $50 (One female & large terrarium)

Mallee Darkling Beetles Tenebrionidae

$15 for 5 adult beetles

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up $40 (5 beetles & large terrarium)

Bugs Alive! - A Guide to Keeping Australian Invertebrates By Alan Henderson, Deanna Henderson and Jessie Sinclair $32.95

Australia's first detailed guide on keeping invertebrates in captivity. It covers everything you could ever want to know about keeping more than 90 species of Australia’s most fascinating terrestrial invertebrates.

The book also includes four detailed chapters on housing, diets, health and creating bug displays.

Goliath Stick Insect Eurycnema goliath

$15 (males), $20 (females)

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up $40 (1 male & large terrarium)

Complete set-up $45 (1 female & large terrarium)

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Australia's largest stick insects. Easy to keep and handle, excellent educational animals. Feeds on eucalyptus leaves.

Ideal for schools

Adult body length 200mm

Rainforest Tree Katydid Phricta spinosa

$25 each (juveniles)

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up $50 (1 katydid & large terrarium)

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Large spiny long-legged katydids. Feed on a wide variety of plants and Orthopteran Food. Can be housed with stick insects.

Adult body length 60mm

Toadhopper Buforania crassa

$20 each (juveniles)

Detailed care information provided

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Amazing desert grasshoppers. Slow moving and easy to control. Great for display. Love to bask like reptiles (requires heat lamp). Feed on grasses, Orthopteran Food and Crushed Bee Pollen.

Adult body length 50mm

White-kneed King Cricket Penalva flavocalceata

$20 each (juveniles)

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up (large terrarium) $40 (1 juvenile)

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Adult body length 50mm

Rainforest Snails Sphaerospira fraseri

$20 each

Detailed care information provided

Complete set-up $45(1 snail & large terrarium)

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Very large native snails. Easy to care for and can be frequently handled. Ideal for use in schools.

Adult shell length 50mm

Giant Grasshopper Valanga irregularis

$20 each

Detailed care information provided

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One of Australia's largest grasshoppers. Easy to keep, make great displays.

Adult body length 90mm

Smooth Slater Porcellio laevis

$15 for 10 slaters

Detailed care information provided

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Great little crustaceans for minibeast education and classification. Easy to keep and totally harmless. Feeds on vegetable material, compost and Orthopteran Food.

Ideal for schools

Adult body length 10mm

Pillbug Armadillidium vulgare

$15 for 10 pillbugs

Detailed care information provided

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Related to slaters, but have the ability to roll up! Easy to keep and totally harmless. Feeds on vegetable material, compost and Orthopteran Food.

Ideal for schools

Adult body length 8mm