Fresh Specimens from Costa Rica

Insect Designs has just received some nice specimens from Costa Rica, including a few Chrysina beetles, Morpho cypris bagaba and Rothschildia lebeau males and females. Stock is extremely limited.

New Store and New Specimens!

At long last our brand new store is live! Please take a few minutes to visit as we think it is very very cool with lots of features to make your shopping experience easier and special member features to make return visits more enjoyable. 

We have also updated the store with lots of butterfly and beetle restocks and new specimens, including some very nice Goliathus beetles from Cameroon. These are pictured below.

So where is our new store?

Where is our new store you may be asking? Unfortunately we discovered today after we had uploaded it that it is not compatible with our current host's software. We have found a new host, but it will take a few days for everything to be moved over. We are hoping that this transition will be a smooth one.

New Site Launch Later Today!

We are very excited as our new store will launch later today! As well as a brand new look and fabulous new features, you will find lots of restocks and new items from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and RCA. We also have a bunch of nice Goliathus beetles that we hope to get on today as well. If not, they'll appear tomorrow. As you can imagine, it's a bit crazy here today getting all of the final touches done before we go live.

Fresh Specimens from Indonesia

Insect Designs has just been updated with new items and restocks from Indonesia. Some of these are pictured below. Please visit soon for a browse as stock of some of the harder to get species is extremely limited.

Fresh Mecynorrhina torquata from Cameroon

Insect Designs has just received some very nice Mecynorrhina torquata pairs of various sizes from Cameroon. Please visit soon to secure the best ones.

Specimens from Philippines and Colombia

Insect Designs has just been updated with some fresh specimens from the Philippines and Colombia, including some hard to get species. Stocks are very limited for some items, especially for the hard to get Papilio (Balignina) neptus males and females from the Philippines. Please visit soon for a browse.

Exciting Changes Coming Soon

This is just a quick note to let you know that majorly exciting things will be happening soon to our store. We'll keep you posted with some of the new features over the next few weeks.

Fresh Specimens from Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia

Insect Designs has just been updated with a new shipment of specimens from Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. You will find these scattered over the store. Stock of many of these is very limited. Some species you will find are various Morphos (including females), Prepona porshion pairs, various Heliconidae, Hamadryas species, Parides nephaleon and Papilio astyalys pairs (both light and dark forms of the females). Please visit the store soon for a browse.

Fresh Specimens Just Arrived

Insect Designs has just just received some fresh specimens, including Antherina suraka (Madagascar), Nymphalis antiopa (USA), Ceranchia apollina (Madagascar) and Samia cynthia (USA). Please visit the store soon for a browse.

Fresh Specimens from Thailand

Insect Designs has just received a parcel from Thailand containing a bunch of restocks. Most of these can be found in he other bugs section of the store. Please visit soon for a browse.

Lots of Restocks and New Items

Insect Designs has been updated with lots of restocks and new items from the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Madagascar, USA, Costa Rica and Peru. Only some of these are shown in the pictures below. Please visit soon for a browse.

Lots of New Specimens and Restocks

Insect Designs has just been updated with lots of restocks and new items from Peru, Thailand, the philippines and Costa Rica. You will find these scattered all over the store. Stock of the rarer items is very limited, so please visit the store soon for a browse to secure what you are wanting. Some of the new items are pictured below.

 

Special Price on Birdwings

Insect Designs has just reduced the price off the remaining stock of a few of our more expensive birdwing offerings. Please visit soon for a browse as stock is very limited.

Achillides hermeli Pairs now Available

Insect Designs has just received 3 very lovely pairs of Achillides hermeli from the Philippines. These rare butterflies are much sought after by collectors and are in wonderful condition. Please visit the store soon for a browse.

New Heliconius Hybrids from Costa Rica

The Heliconidae page at Insect Designs has just been updated with some stunning hybrids from Costa Rica. Last week's batch sold out quickly, so please visit soon if you'd like any.

Fresh Specimens from Peru

Insect Designs has just been updated with some fresh specimens from Peru, including Dynastes hercules of various sizes, Acrocinus longimanus and stunning purple Titanacris albipes females. Please visit the store soon for a browse.

 

 

New Sepcimens from Costa Rica

Insect Designs has just been updated with some new specimens from Costa Rica. Of special note are the stunning Heliconius hybrids. The photos of these hybrids in our store are of the actual specimens being offered for sale. Please visit us soon for a browse.

New Specimens and Restocks from RCA

Insect Designs has just been updated with lots of restocks and new items from RCA. Please visit soon for a browse.

Rare Prepona Werneri from Ecuador

Insect Designs has just received 3 lovely Prepona werneri males from Ecuador. These are not offered very often and are in great condition.

Rare Specimens from Ecuador

Insect Designs has just received a few rare butterflies from Ecuador, including Papilio ascolius rosenbergi, Morpho cypris lelargei/crysonicus, Morpho amathonte ecuadorensis, Thecla coronata (large pairs) and Papilio polycenes asterius. Please visit the store soon for a browse as stock of these is extremely limited.

Fresh Insects from Thailand

Insect Designs has just been updated with lots of new items and restocks from Thailand, including many butterflies, moths, beetles, cicadas and grasshoppers. Please visit the store soon for a browse.

 

How to Set a Butterfly

There are many ways of setting butterfly specimens. I found a video video on Youtube clearly showing just one of the ways. Enjoy.

Birdwing Butterflies Available to International Customers

Birdwing butterflies at Insect Designs are now available to our international customers. They come with a CITES re-export permit from Australia. Please see the notes at the top of the birdwing page at our store for further instructions.

New Specimens from Costa Rica

Insect Designs has just received some new specimens from Costa Rica, including Morpho helenor guanacastensis pairs, Heliconius species, Parides species and Myscelia cyaniris. Please visit soon for a browse.

Fresh Beetles from Tanzania

Insect Designs has just received some fresh beetles from Tanzania. Please visit soon for a browse.

Fresh Butterflies,Moths and Tarantulas from Peru

Insect Designs has just been updated with some fresh specimens from Peru, including the stunning moth, Thysania agrippina, the lovely Morpho absolone (2 A1 males only) and huge male and female Pampobetheus antinous tarantulas, both males and females. Please visit soon for a browse.

 

Fresh butterflies from Malaysia and Thailand

Insect Designs has just been updated with some fresh butterflies from Malaysia and Thailand, including a few new items. Stock of some of these is extremely limited.

Fresh Insects from Thailand and Malaysia

Insect Designs has just been updated with some fresh specimens from Thailand and Malaysia, including cicadas, stick insects, spiders, scorpions, dragonflies and beetles. As well as restocks of several previously out of stock items you will also find some new specimens. Please visit soon for a browse.

 

Single Beetles Page Updated

The Single Beetles page at Insect Designs has just been updated with some fresh specimens from Rwanda and Cameroon. Please visit soon for a browse. Photos on the singles page are of the actual specimens being offered for sale.

African Singles Updated

The African Singles page at Insect Designs has just been updated with lots of  moth specimens from Cameroon. Butterflies are still available from Tanzania. This page is unique in that the specimen photos on the page are of the actual items being sold. This page is popular with our regular customers, so please visit soon to secure the best we have on offer.

Insect Specimens from Rwanda

Insect Designs has just received our first parcel of specimens from a new supplier in Rwanda. It is really difficult getting specimens from this country and we are very excited about future dealings. This first parcel was a small one, containing a few interesting items such as Eudicella smithi (?) and grasshoppers, and a few other bits and pieces that will be posted on the single beetles page over the next few days. Please visit soon for a browse.

 

Fresh Butterflies from RCA, Peru and Malaysia

Insect Designs has just been updated with fresh butterfly specimens from RCA, Malaysia and Peru. Some of these have been out of stock for a while. Please visit soon for a browse.

Fresh Specimens from Malaysia

Insect Designs has just been updated with some fresh specimens from Malaysia, including a variety of spiders, lovely Marmessoidea rosea, and a number of butterflies and beetles. Please visit soon for a browse as stock of some of these is extremely limited.

 

Morpho Butterflies from Yungas, Bolivia

Here are two more videos showing butterflies from Yungas in Bolivia. The two videos feature many stunning Morpho butterflies. Enjoy.

Trogonoptera Brookiana Video

I found this video on Youtube today showing the stunning Trogonoptera brookiana on mass in a stream sipping minerals. It was sad to hear that recently a major site for such activity in Malaysia was destroyed to make way for a pipeline.

New Specimens from the Philippines

Insect Designs has just been updated with a few new specimens from the Philippines, including some hard to get Pachliopta species. Stock of most of these is very limited.

Fresh Specimens from Brazil and Argentina

Insect Designs has just been updated with some very nice specimens from Brazil and Argentina, including a variety of Morphos, Papilionidae, Brassolidae, Heliconidae and Nymphalidae. Of special note are the females we now have available: Morpho menelaus, Papilio cleotas, Caligo martia, Callicore codomanus, Papilio androgeus, Papilio agavus and Papilio astyalus (light and dark forms available). Please visit soon for a browse as stock of many items is very limited, especially the females.

African Singles Page Updated

The African Singles page at Insect Designs has just been updated with some nice butterflies and moths from Tanzania and Cameroon. 140 different specimens are now available. Photos on the African Singles page are of the actual specimens being offered for sale. Most are unidentified. This page is popular with our regular customers, so please visit soon for a browse to secure the best ones.

Fresh Birdwing Butterflies now Available

Insect Designs has just received a fresh shipment of birdwing butterflies with many lovely species now available. Whilst we are waiting for our CITES re-export to arrive, we are currently only able to ship these to our Australian customers. However, if you are out of Australia you are able to keep your order aside for you until our permit arrives about the middle of March. Unfortunately for our US customers, we are unable to ship birdwing specimens there due to the expensive extra paperwork the US government requires over and above the standard CITES permit.