Welcome to our Blog

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.

Friday, February 25, 2011

New Specimens from Costa Rica

Insect Designs has just been updated with some new specimens from Costa Rica, including some really nice Chrysina species, Heliconius cydno pachinus and Parides childrenae. Please visit us soon for a browse as stock of several of these is extremely limited.



Friday, February 18, 2011

New Specimens from the Philippines

Insect Designs has just been updated with some very lovely specimens from the Philippines, including some restocks and some hard to get new species. Of special note is the rare Lexias hikarugenzi from Luzon. We only have one male available, so you'll need to be quick to get it. We also have three hard to get Kaniska canace benguetana males.
Please visit soon for a browse.


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Fresh Butterflies from Colombia

Insect Designs has just received some fresh butterflies from Colombia, including various Caligo species and red Heliconius doris. We are looking forward to receiving some fresh Morphos from there in the coming months.


Dynastes Hercules Species from Colombia

Insect Designs has just received some really nice Dynastes hercules lichyi and neptunus specimens from Colombia. These are highly desirable to collectors and will not last long. Please visit soon for a browse.


Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Fresh Butterflies from Indonesia and Papua

Insect Designs has just been updated with lots of restocks and new items from Indonesia and Papua. Please visit us soon for a browse. Some of the items are pictured below, but many more are now available.


New Beetles, Dragonflies and Spiders from Indonesia

The beetles pages and Other Bugs pages at Insect Designs have just been updated with some restocks and new items from Indonesia. Of special note are the large cave spiders. They are difficult to measure as they are nearly all leg, so the measurement you will see in the web store is 30mm for the body only, excluding all of the legs. This will give you an idea of how large they are when you see the photograph. They look truly fearsome.



New Specimens from India

Insect Designs has just been updated with a number of new butterfly specimens from India. It is really difficult getting good quality material from this region and we are pleased to be able to offer a few nice specimens to our customers. Stock of A1 material is very limited.


Thursday, February 3, 2011

Fresh Specimens from India

Insect Designs has just received a new parcel from India containing some really nice butterflies that have been out of stock for a while. A1 stock is very limited of many of these. Of note are the really lovely Lexias khasiana and cynipardus, and the reduced price on the equally lovely Euthalia franchiae.


Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Fresh Beetles from Thailand

Insect Designs has just received some fresh beetle specimens from Thailand. We also still have a few lovely beetle specimens available from our last parcel from Peru. Please visit soon for a browse.