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Minibeast Pets |
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All animals for sale are juveniles bred in captivity by Minibeast Wildlife unless otherwise specified |
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We ship Australia wide |
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Live animals orders are dispatched each Tuesday |
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Payment via PayPal or direct deposit (Prices include GST - shipping not included) |
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GIFT VOUCHER |
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Gift Voucher Purchase a gift voucher at a value of your choice The voucher will be emailed to you. |
Now Available Looking for a 'buggy' gift but not sure what to get? A gift voucher is the perfect solution! |
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| CLASSROOM KITS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classroom Kit A 2 Large mesh enclosures Pair of Spiny Leaf Insects plus a pair of Crowned Stick Insects Bugs Alive book Misting bottle Magnifying glass $158 Save 15% |
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Now Available A great pack for the classroom. Easy-to-keep insects and all the equipment you need! |
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Classroom Kit B 2 Large mesh enclosures 1 small mesh enclosure Pair of Spiny Leaf Insects, a pair of Crowned Stick Insects plus a Giant Rainforest Mantid Bugs Alive book Misting bottle $204 Save 15% |
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Now Available More variety for the classroom and still easy to manage. The award-winning 'Bugs Alive' explains it all. |
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| PHASMIDS - KITS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Complete Kit - Spiny Leaf Insect 2 Spiny Leaf Insects (male & female) Bugs Alive book Medium pop-up mesh enclosure Misting bottle $96.00 Save over 10% |
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Now Available A perfect starter pack |
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Spiny Book Combo 2 Spiny Leaf Insects (male & female) Bugs Alive book $70.00 Save over 10% |
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Now Available Ideal for budding bug keepers of all ages. |
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Complete Kit - Crowned Stick Insect 2 Crowned Stick Insects (male & female) Bugs Alive book Medium pop-up mesh enclosure Misting bottle $82.00 Save over 15% |
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Now Available Great for beginners! |
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Crowned Book Combo 2 Crowned Stick Insects (female & male) Bugs Alive book $57.00 Save over 15% |
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Now Available Ideal for budding bug keepers of all ages. |
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Mega-pack 1 Crowned Stick Insect 1 Spiny Leaf Insect 1 Strong Stick Insect 1 Wuelfing's Stick Insect (all female) Extra-large pop-up enclosure $110 Save over 10% |
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Coming soon Instant diversity, all compatible within the same enclosure.
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| PHASMIDS - SPECIES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Now Available 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 |
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Spiny Leaf Insect Extatosoma tiaratum $20 (males), $25 (females) Detailed care information provided
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Crowned Stick Insect Onchestus rentzi $15 (males), $20 (females) Detailed care information provided
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Now Available Hardy, easy to keep and, can be kept with Spiny Leaf Insects. Can be handled and makes a great pet or classroom study animal. Feeds on acacia & eucalypt leaves. Ideal for schools Adult body length 120mm |
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Strong Stick Insect Anchiale briareus $15 (males), $20 (females) Detailed care information provided
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Now Available 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 |
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Wuelfing's Stick Insect Acrophylla wuelfingi $20 (males), $25 (females) Detailed care information provided
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Temporarily unavailable Amongst Australia's longest stick insects - make very impressive displays. Easy to keep and handle, excellent educational animals. Feeds on eucalyptus and acacia leaves. Ideal for schools Adult body length 210mm |
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Goliath Stick Insect Eurycnema goliath $20 (males), $25 (females) Detailed care information provided |
Temporarily unavailable Huge spectacular stick insects. Easy to keep and handle, excellent educational animals. Feeds on eucalyptus leaves. Ideal for schools Adult body length 200mm |
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Peppermint Stick Insect Megacrania batesii $25 each Detailed care information provided |
Now Available A unique rainforest phasmid that squirts a peppermint scented chemical as a defence. Feeds on Pandanus spp.
Adult body length 110mm |
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Rentz's Stick Insect Sipyloidea rentzi $15 (males), $20 (females) Detailed care information provided |
Now Available A graceful green stick insect - a great addition to any phasmid collection. Very hardy. Feeds upon Eucalyptus, Acacias, Callistemons and many other plants. Adult body length 85mm |
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Cyclone Larry Stick Insect Sipyloidea larryi $15 (males), $20 (females) Detailed care information provided |
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Now Available Very hardy species, yet delicate in appearance. Compatible with other phasmids in mixed species exhibits. Adult body length 85mm |
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Living Twig, Austrocarausius mercurius $15 (males), $20 (females) Detailed care information provided |
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Now Available Very hardy species, with long twig-like body. Feeds upon easy to find plants such as Syzygiums and Eucalypts. Adult body length 120mm |
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Giant Rainforest Mantid Hierodula majuscula $35 (males), $40 (females) Detailed care information provided
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Now Available Australia's most powerfully built species of mantid. Ferocious hunters and fascinating animals to keep. Feeds on other insects. Ideal for schools Adult body length over 75mm |
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Grass Mantis, Archimantis latistyla $25 (males), $30 (females) Detailed care information provided |
Now Available Large voracious hunters. Easy to keep, feeds on other insects including flies, crickets and cockroaches. Adult body length 90mm |
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Mantis kits Male Giant Rainforest Mantid & small pop-up enclosure $53 Female Giant Rainforest Mantid & small pop-up enclosure $57.50 Save more than 10% |
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Now Available Watch these amazing predators feed and grow |
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Jungle Huntsman Heteropoda jugulans $20 each Detailed care information provided *Sustainably harvested from our property |
Now Available Fast moving acrobatic hunters. Very hardy, feeds on a variety of insects. (Mildly venomous) Adult body length 30mm |
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Banded Huntsman Holconia immanis $25 each Detailed care information provided |
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Now Available Extremely large spiders, powerful fast moving hunters. Amazing predators. (Mildly venomous) Adult body length 45mm, Legspan to 160mm |
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Golden Huntsman Beregama aurea $25 each Detailed care information provided
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Now Available Australia's largest species of huntsman from northern Australia. Active hunters, stunning predators. (Mildly venomous) Adult body length 48mm |
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Rainforest Scorpion Liocheles waigiensis $25 each Detailed care information provided |
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Now Available Crevice dwellers with flattened bodies. A very docile species, very hardy and easy to keep. Feeds on a variety of other invertebrates including crickets and cockroaches. (Mildly venomous) Adult body-tail length 60mm |
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Tiger Centipede Ethmostigmus rubripes $35 each Detailed care information provided
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Now Available This species grows to a very large size and is a ferocious predator. Feeds on a variety of other invertebrates including crickets and cockroaches. (Mildly venomous) Adult body length 130mm |
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MILLIPEDES |
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Rainforest Millipede Rhinocricidae $15 each (sub-adults) Detailed care information provided |
Now Available Large millipedes found in the rainforests of northern Australia. Easy to keep - feed upon composting plants/vegetables, leaf litter and and rotting wood. Adult body length 70mm |
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ANTLIONS |
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Antlion Myrmeleon sp. $8 each (larvae) $30 for five Detailed care information provided *Sustainably harvested from our property |
Now Available Ferocious hunters and fascinating animals to keep. They dig conical pits in sand to capture their prey. Can be housed together. Feeds on small ants. Ideal for schools Larval body length 7mm |
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Mallee Darkling Beetles Tenebrionidae $15 for 5 adult beetles Detailed care information provided
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Temporarily unavailable Easy to breed - a perfect tool for learning about life cycles and metamorphosis. Easy to keep and totally harmless. Feeds on vegetable material and Orthopteran Food. Ideal for schools Adult body length 20mm |
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Hide Beetles Dermestes maculatus Mini Starter Kit (25 beetles/larvae) $25 Starter Kit (100 beetles/larvae) $75 Detailed care information provided |
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Now Available These beetles are used by museums worldwide to remove flesh from bones. Colonies are quite easy to maintain, and breed up quickly to be very effective tools for cleaning skulls and whole skeletons. Adult body length 9mm |
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Bugs Alive! - A Guide to Keeping Australian Invertebrates - $32.95 BHenderon,enderson and 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. |
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Now Available 200 pages Covers 91 individual species Australia's only comprehensive guide |
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| KATYDIDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rainforest Tree Katydid Phricta spinosa $25 each (juveniles) Detailed care information provided
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Now Available Extremely large katydid with long spiny legs. Feeds on a wide variety of plants and Orthopteran Food. Can be housed with stick insects. Adult body length 70mm |
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Palm Katydid Segestidea queenslandica $25 each (juveniles - all female) Detailed care information provided |
Temporarily unavailable Huge long-legged katydid which is a specialist feeder on palms. Parthenogenetic (females lay fertile eggs without mating). Adult body length 75mm |
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Hooded Katydid Phyllophorella queenslandica $25 each (juveniles) Detailed care information provided |
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Temporarily unavailable Broad leaf-like katydid with a distinctive 'hood' above the thorax. Feeds on eucalyptus, Orthopteran Food and other readily available plants. Adult body length 60mm |
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Giant Grasshopper Valanga irregularis $20 each Detailed care information provided
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Now Available One of Australia's largest grasshoppers. Easy to keep, make great displays. Adult body length 70mm |
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Rough Slater Porcellio scaber $15 for 10 slaters Detailed care information provided |
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Temporarily unavailable 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 |
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Pillbug Armadillidium vulgare $15 for 10 pillbugs Detailed care information provided |
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Now Available 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 |
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