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10/06/2023

Here at the insect farm we are a team of entomologists who breed and sell a wide range of Insects including Beetles, Butterflies, Moths, Mantis, Stick insects, millipedes and more!

17/05/2023

Orange isopods (Porcellio laevis) are now available!
£3 for ten or £5 for twenty

04/05/2023

25% OFF BLACK BEAUTY BREEDING PAIRS! Only a few left. Now only £9 per pair (not including postage).

20/04/2023

A beautiful freshly hatched Eudicella hornimani male! This is the first one I’ve bred myself. Hopefully I’ll have pairs available within the next few months.

27/03/2023

My new Eastern Hercules beetle (Dynastes tityus) and his enclosure.

23/03/2023

25 adult black beauty stick insects packaged up and sent out to The Insect Farm today!

20/03/2023

Last few mystery larvae available only about about eight left!

20/03/2023

First few zompro’s stick insects starting to hatch!

17/03/2023

Black beauty stick insect adult breeding pairs are now available for £12

05/03/2023

My first Pedinorrhina septa septa beetles have started hatching!

25/02/2023

Black beauty stick insect eggs available for 50p each!

Pm me if interested

25/02/2023

Here is my current list of all available invertebrates.

Stick insects:

Black beauty adult males
£5 each

Black beauty subadult females
£5 each

Black beauty adult breeding pairs will be available soon for £12

Black beauty eggs
50p each

Zompro’s stick insect eggs
20p each

Isopods:

Dairy cow isopods (Porcellio laevis)
£3 for 15

Wild type isopods (Porcellio scaber)
£1 for 20

Isopods starter kits:

One starter kit with 15 dairy cows for £20
One starter kit with 20 wild types for £18

Starter kit includes:

A ventilated escape proof tub designed to create the perfect humidity gradient
Decomposing oak leaf and wood substrate
Sphagnum moss
Leaf litter and wood for the surface
Protein and calcium supplements
Isopods

More isopod species coming soon.

Beetles:

Mystery larvae temporarily unavailable.

Prices do not include postage

Pm me if interested
🪲🐛🐜🐞

17/02/2023

Some new millipedes arrived today! An ocal gold millipede (Narceous gordanus), a scarlet millipede (Trigoniulus corallinus) and a spotted fire millipede (Centrolobus splendidus).

16/02/2023

My MTU larvae (Mecynorhina torquata ugandensis) are growing at a rapid rate! One them is ten times the weight it was when we got it two months ago!

26/01/2023

Beautiful Sulawesi wasp (Spirotreptida sp. “Kendari”) and Skeleton millipede (Spirotreptida sp. “Makassar”) out today 🤩

23/01/2023

Still got loads of sizes of black beauties! From L1 to L5 and everything in between!

16/01/2023

Mystery beetle larvae and starter kits are now available!

Could turn into:

Pachnoda marginata
Pachnoda sinuata
Chlorocala umtaliensis
Chlorocala africana
Eudicella hornimani

Starter kits include:

A ventilated tub with breathable tape (so pests can’t get in)

Blended decomposing oak leaf substrate (food source for larvae)

Mystery flower beetle larvae

On their own you could get

Two for £1.50
Five for £2.50
Or ten for £4.50

With setup incuded

Two for £5
Five for £10
Or ten for £15

Link to care guide:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12-q22fmjAJ_q6oNXFUNs2u2BIzx5YFV4/view?usp=sharing

Pictures of all possible adult beetles below

Pm if interested 🪲🐛

16/01/2023

Zompro’s stick insect eggs are now available!

20p each

Pm if interested

17/11/2022

Just a quick reminder of what’s available and their prices

Black beauty nymphs (most are L3-L4) £3 each, £5 for 2 or £10 for 5

Dairy cow isopods (Porcellio laevis) £3 for 15

Wild type isopods (Porcellio scaber) £1 for 15

Isopod starter kit boxes
Starter kit with 15 dairy cows for £22
Starter kit with 20 wild types for £18
Starter kits include:
A ventilated escape proof tub designed to create the perfect
humidity gradient
Oak leaf and wood substrate
Sphagnum moss
Leaf litter and wood
Spray bottle
Isopod protein and calcium
Isopods

Available soon:
Greek isopods (Armadillidium officinalis)
Giant orange isopods (Porcellio laevis)
Beetle grubs (mixed species)
Beetle grub starter kits

PM me if you’re interested. If it doesn’t work tag me in the comments.
🐛🪲🦗🐞

16/11/2022

Our black beauty nymphs are doing so well we had over 120! Some of them are now going to be on display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History as part of their HOPE (Heritage Outreach and Preservation of Entomology) project. But we still have nearly 100 left if you’d like some!

https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/hope-future

24/10/2022

We got some cool pictures of the black beauties using a macro and microscope lens!

22/10/2022

Thank you Beetle breeder UK for my beautiful pair of Eudicella hornimani! 🤩 Hopefully they’ll have some larvae!🤞 🪲

22/10/2022

We’re currently breeding five types of isopod! Right now we have
porcellio scaber (wild type) and porcellio laevis (dairy cow) available. We also have porcellio laevis (orange), armadillidium vulgare (wild type) and armadillidium officinalis (Greek). If we manage to breed these they should be available soon. We’ll also have isopod starter kits available in the next few weeks for any new isopod keepers!

09/10/2022

We’ve had an amazing day at the central invertebrate show today! We bought some beautiful Ivory millipedes and isopods we’re hoping to breed and their babies might be available soon! Thank you The Spider Shop for all the invertebrates and equipment and thank you to The Insect Farm for the larvae and helpful information!

07/10/2022

Black beauty stick insect (Peruphasma schultei) care guide

Black beauties are an endangered species of stick insect native to Peru. Males are small and only grow to around 4cm females are usually around 5-6cm and more chunky. They can live up to one year. They occasionally spray an irritating substance when threatened but as long as your careful when handling they’re quite calm.

Enclosure:

All stick insects need an enclosure with a mesh top that they can easily grip onto because when they moult they hang upside down off the top. You can either use a glass or plastic tank with a mesh top or a net enclosure.
This is the net enclosure we use.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MB7SNGJ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

This one can house plenty of nymphs or five adults. There are larger net enclosures like this if you want more than two.

Feeding and watering:

They can be fed either privet or honeysuckle leaves but be careful when picking them that you aren’t taking them from a bush that might have pesticides on. If the bush is on the side of the pavement take the leaves from higher up as sometimes the pavement is sprayed with w**d killer. You should always wash the leaves anyway.

They should be fed whenever the leaves wilt which can be as long as a week for privet but usually every few days for honeysuckle. To get your leaves to last a longer put them in a pot of water. Your stick insects might drown if you leave the pot fully open so we us a jar with a hole drilled in the lid to poke the stem through.
For water you should never add a water dish as they can drown easily. Instead you should spray the enclosure with a spray bottle about once a week.

Breeding:

If you have a male and a female you will probably get lots of eggs. Once a week take all the eggs out and if you decide you want babies and can take care of them then put the eggs in a well ventilated tub with kitchen towel at the bottom. Keep the kitchen towel damp with a spray bottle and a few months later tiny little babies should start hatching. If you don’t want babies or don’t want to hatch all of them then put the eggs in the freezer overnight and then dispose of them. This is the most humane way of stopping them from hatching.

So all you need for taking care of black beauties is an enclosure, a jar of water, a food plant and a spray bottle!

If you have any questions you can always message us.

27/09/2022

Our dairy cow isopods are breeding like rabbits!!

27/09/2022

We now have over 100 baby black beauty stick insects nearly ready for new homes!

22/08/2022