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All animals for sale are juveniles bred in captivity by Minibeast Wildlife unless otherwise specified
     
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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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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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More variety for the classroom and still easy to manage. The award-winning 'Bugs Alive' explains it all.

     
   
     
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

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A perfect starter pack

   
 
   
 

Spiny Book Combo

2 Spiny Leaf Insects (male & female)

Bugs Alive book

$70.00

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Ideal for budding bug keepers of all ages.
                     
 
   
                                         
 

Complete Kit - Crowned Stick Insect

2 Crowned Stick Insects (male & female)

Bugs Alive book

Medium pop-up mesh enclosure

Misting bottle

$82.00

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Great for beginners!
 
 
 
                                 

Crowned Book Combo

2 Crowned Stick Insects (female & male)

Bugs Alive book

$57.00

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Ideal for budding bug keepers of all ages.
       
   
                                                 
 
 

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

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Instant diversity, all compatible within the same enclosure.

 
 
 
     
PHASMIDS - SPECIES
       
         

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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

Spiny Leaf Insect Extatosoma tiaratum

$20 (males), $25 (females)

Detailed care information provided

 
 

Crowned Stick Insect Onchestus rentzi

$15 (males), $20 (females)

Detailed care information provided

 

    

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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

     
 
       

Strong Stick Insect Anchiale briareus

$15 (males), $20 (females)

Detailed care information provided

 

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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

 

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

 

Goliath Stick Insect Eurycnema goliath

$20 (males), $25 (females)

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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

 
 
 
 

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

 
           

Rentz's Stick Insect Sipyloidea rentzi

$15 (males), $20 (females)

Detailed care information provided

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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
 
                                   

Cyclone Larry Stick Insect Sipyloidea larryi

$15 (males), $20 (females)

Detailed care information provided

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Very hardy species, yet delicate in appearance. Compatible with other phasmids in mixed species exhibits.

Adult body length 85mm
                       
 
 
 

Living Twig, Austrocarausius mercurius

$15 (males), $20 (females)

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Very hardy species, with long twig-like body. Feeds upon easy to find plants such as Syzygiums and Eucalypts.

Adult body length 120mm
 
     
       
MANTIDS

Giant Rainforest Mantid Hierodula majuscula

$35 (males), $40 (females)

Detailed care information provided

 

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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

 
 
 

Grass Mantis, Archimantis latistyla

$25 (males), $30 (females)

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Large voracious hunters. Easy to keep, feeds on other insects including flies, crickets and cockroaches.

Adult body length 90mm

                       
       
           
 

Mantis kits

Male Giant Rainforest Mantid & small pop-up enclosure $53

Female Giant Rainforest Mantid & small pop-up enclosure $57.50

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Watch these amazing predators feed and grow

 
   
     
       
SPIDERS
       

Jungle Huntsman Heteropoda jugulans

$20 each

Detailed care information provided

*Sustainably harvested from our property

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Fast moving acrobatic hunters. Very hardy, feeds on a variety of insects. (Mildly venomous)

Adult body length 30mm
 
                                   

Banded Huntsman Holconia immanis

$25 each

Detailed care information provided

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Extremely large spiders, powerful fast moving hunters. Amazing predators. (Mildly venomous)

Adult body length 45mm, Legspan to 160mm

                       
             
                                   
 

Golden Huntsman Beregama aurea

$25 each

Detailed care information provided

 

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Australia's largest species of huntsman from northern Australia. Active hunters, stunning predators. (Mildly venomous)

Adult body length 48mm

 
SCORPIONS

Rainforest Scorpion Liocheles waigiensis

$25 each

Detailed care information provided

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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

CENTIPEDES
       

Tiger Centipede Ethmostigmus rubripes

$35 each

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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

MILLIPEDES

Rainforest Millipede Rhinocricidae

$15 each (sub-adults)

Detailed care information provided

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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

             
 
ANTLIONS

Antlion Myrmeleon sp.

$8 each (larvae)

$30 for five

Detailed care information provided

*Sustainably harvested from our property

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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

BEETLES
       

Mallee Darkling Beetles Tenebrionidae

$15 for 5 adult beetles

Detailed care information provided

 

    

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

         
 

Hide Beetles Dermestes maculatus

Mini Starter Kit (25 beetles/larvae) $25

Starter Kit (100 beetles/larvae) $75

Detailed care information provided

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
                       
 
 

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.

Now Available

200 pages

Covers 91 individual species

Australia's only comprehensive guide

     
KATYDIDS

Rainforest Tree Katydid Phricta spinosa

$25 each (juveniles)

Detailed care information provided

 

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

 
                               

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

 

Hooded Katydid Phyllophorella queenslandica

$25 each (juveniles)

Detailed care information provided

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

         
       
GRASSHOPPERS
       

Giant Grasshopper Valanga irregularis

$20 each

Detailed care information provided

 

Now Available

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

Adult body length 70mm
       
CRUSTACEANS

Rough Slater Porcellio scaber

$15 for 10 slaters

Detailed care information provided

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

       
   
         
 

Pillbug Armadillidium vulgare

$15 for 10 pillbugs

Detailed care information provided

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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