
The Hidden Cost of Wild Caught Invertebrates
It’s often tempting to buy the biggest most impressive specimens, but if those animals have been taken straight from the wild, there are issues you should be aware of.
We recently provided some of our huge Holconia immanis as stars in an upcoming car insurance TV commercial.
We recently provided some of our huge Holconia immanis as stars in an upcoming car insurance TV commercial. The commercial was shot in Sydney over two days with our spiders featuring throughout. Minibeast Wildlife’s Natasha Shadie was on hand to wrangle and control the spiders so that the did exactly as required…and provide reassurance for the film crew!
The spiders were flown via Qantas Freight to Sydney for the shoot, and are now back safe and sound at Minibeast Wildlife headquarters in Queensland.
Article written by
Do you like this article? Share it on your favourite platform.

It’s often tempting to buy the biggest most impressive specimens, but if those animals have been taken straight from the wild, there are issues you should be aware of.

‘I just bought a tarantula and it won’t eat! What do I do?’ ‘My spider

The Semi-social Pygmy Tarantula (Coremiocnemis sp.) is a fascinating tarantula local to the Cairns region

It’s that time of year again at Minibeast Wildlife when we are pairing up many