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Insect Designs has been on the Internet since 2003. We are currently the largest supplier of quality insect specimens in Australia, and we ship worldwide. This blog features the latest news from our store as well as the occasional interesting news we have uncovered about the wonderful world of bugs.
If you would like to view the range of insect specimens we have available, please visit our store.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Fresh Specimens from Indonesia

Hello Everyone
A new package from Indonesia arrived today with quite a few restocks of previously out of stock items. You will find these scattered throughout the site. Please visit soon for a browse.


Singles Pages Updated

Hello Everyone
The African Singles page, the Riodinidae singles and the Lycaenidae singles have all just been updated at Insect Designs. There are some very interesting specimens on offer in all sections. Please remember that only one of each specimen is available and the photographs on each of the pages are of the actual specimens being sold.


Thursday, May 20, 2010

Riodinidae and Lycaenidae

Hello Everyone
The single Riodinidae and Lycaenidae sections at Insect Designs have just been updated with some nice new specimens. The specimens pictured in these sections of the web site are of the actual specimens you are purchasing. Some of the new specimens available are pictured below.






Fresh Specimens from Cameroon and Uganda

Hello again everyone
The popular Single Specimens page at Insect Designs has just been updated with some very nice specimens from Cameroon and Uganda, including, amongst others, some long tailed moths and hard to obtain Charaxes pairs. 

For those of you have have not visited the singles page before, all photographs on the page are of the actual specimens you are purchasing. There are often rare specimens to be had at great prices, and the best specimens are sold rather quickly whenever the page is updated.


Thursday, May 13, 2010

New Shipment from Malaysia

Hello Everyone
Insect Designs has just received a new shipment of butterflies and beetles from Malaysia, including some restocks and new specimens. Amongst others, we have some nice Amathusiade species, Idea lynceus pairs, Cyclommatus species, and Mormolyce phyllodes. Please visit us soon for a browse.


Friday, May 7, 2010

New Australian Specimens

Hello Everyone
Australian specimens are always extremely difficult to get as they must be sourced from government registered captive breeders. These are far and few between.

Today we have updated the Australian specimens page with some restocks and lots of new specimens. Stock is very limited of these difficult to obtain specimens.

All specimens are sent with appropriate export permits from Australia.


Monday, May 3, 2010

The State of Monarch Butterflies in Mexico

Hello Everyone
One of our customers forwarded me this link to an interesting video about the current state of the Monarch butterfly in Mexico. Simply click here to go to the video on CBS.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

African Singles Page Updated

Hello Everyone
The popular African Singles page at Insect Designs has just been updated with some lovely fresh specimens from Cameroon. The Single Beetles page has also been updated. The best specimens normally sell fast, so it's best to be quick to secure what you are after. Many specimens are unidentified and there are often hard to find specimens available for the keen collector. Of special note this time is some very nice long tailed moths.

There will be another package on the way from Cameroon next week, so we should have even more interesting specimens available soon, including some rare Charaxes.