New Exhibition

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Fern Petrie, one of our regular customers, uses butterflies and moths to create stunning works of art. Some of her work has been featured on this blog before. 

Fern will be holding another exhibition of her work, featuring 20 of her pieces. The exhibition will run from 22-25 April at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton, Melbourne.

Stunning Beetles from Madagascar

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Insect Designs has just received some stunning beetles from Madagascar. These are the brightly coloured Polybothris sumptuosa gemma and superba. The photos do not really do these lovely jewel beetles justice.

Riodinidae and Lycaenidae from Peru

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The single Riodinidae and Lycaenidae sections at Insect Designs have just been updated with some nice new specimens from Peru. These are unidentified and the photographs are of the actual specimens you are purchasing. The pages will be regularly updated as specimens are sold.

Fresh Specimens from Madagascar

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Insect Designs has just been updated with some fresh specimens from Madagascar, including restocks of previously out of stock items and some new specimens. Over the coming months we hope to expand the range of items on offer from this fascinating region of the world.

Of special note in this update are some stunning Argema mittrei pairs.

Single Beetles Page Updated

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The singles beetles page at Insect Designs has just been updated with some interested specimens from Tanzania and Cameroon. Remember that the photographs on the single beetles page are of the actual specimens you are purchasing.

Single Peruvian Riodinidae and Lycaenidae now Available

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Many of you will be pleased to know that the really nice unidentified Riodinidae and Lycaenidae specimens that were recently received from Peru are now available as single specimens as well as the mixed lots that were previously advertised. You will find the single specimens in a new section at the bottom of the Riodinidae and Lycaenidae pages on the web site. The photographs in the singles section are of the actual specimens you will be purchasing. These sections will be regularly updated with new specimens as others are sold.

New Butterflies from Peru

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Insect Designs has just received some very nice Lycaenidae and Riodinidae species from Peru. These are being sold as mixed lots of 5 A1 specimens. This is a good way of getting many hard to obtain specimens.

Also available is 1 rare Morpho phanodemus cisseis form with mixed blue and yellow. Very nice!

New Beetles from Thailand

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Today we finally received a long awaited package from Thailand, containing some restocks of previously out of stock items, plus some really lovely new specimens. All are now available for purchase. Stock is pretty limited, so please visit us soon if you'd like to order any.

A Young Entomologist Shows off her New Collection

Lydia and her grandmother put together a really nice collection of framed specimens using some local insects and insects purchased from Insect Designs. It's really wonderful to see young people these days who are more interested in nature than computer games.