Animals : Insects

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with apterous (wingless) mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Set of 12 Bess beetles and wood matrix

The large black beetle.

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with black body mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

For growing Tenebrio.

Typically sold in one pound packages.

Can be used for behavioral and life cycle studies and as food for Reptiles and Amphibians.

Drosophila virilis is larger than Drosophila melanogaster. It is excellent for pet food and for chromosome studies.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with dumpy wing mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with ebony body mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with eyeless mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Specify any of the Drosophila melanogaster parents to be used in your crosses. We will start the cross and ship when the larvae appear, we usually start two backup sets and send those with for no extra charge. 

Please order well in advance.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Food for fruit flies, just add water.

Can be sexed for a fee.

Enough eggs, juveniles, and adults for classroom observation or to start a culture. Food included.

The large brown southern millipede

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with miniature wing mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Painted Lady Caterpillars.

5 to 6 caterpillars shipped in a transparent container with enough food to enter pupal stage.

Butterflies emerge in 2-3 weeks.

Available in the Spring and Fall

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with sepia eye mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Darkling Beetles

Tenebrio larvae

Contains an assortment of larvae (mealworms), pupae, and adult beetles. (at least 100 combined insects)

Adult Beetles will emerge in a few days

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with vestigial wing mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Wax moth larvae (Galleria mellonella) Used for life cycle studies as well as food for Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish.

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with white eye mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) without mutations (wild type, red eye).

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) with yellow body mutation.

We start your drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in about 10-14 days. Be sure to order well in advance to allow for this.

Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.