A sample of some of the many creatures we raise and bring to our educational programs
To view a complete list of all living arthropods in our collection please click HERE.
Thorny Legged Stick Insect Eurycantha calcarata Southeast Asia |
Desert Darkling Beetles Eleodes armaratum Portal, Arizona |
Hissing Cockroaches Princisia vanwerebecki Madagascar |
Giant African Millipede Archispirostreptus gigas Africa |
Ivory Banded Millipede Florida |
Emperor Scorpions Pandinus emperator Tropical West Africa |
Giant Prickly Stick Insects Extatosoma tiaratum Australia |
Prickly Stick with Shedded Skin Extatosoma tiaratum Australia |
Color Morphs of the Prickly Stick Color morphs of Extatosoma tiaratum. These nymphs are all born of the same female. Why are they different colors?: No one knows. |
Anam Stick Insect Adult with Newly Hatched Nymph (on leg) Baculum spp. Vietnam |
Pinkwinged Stick Insect Sipyloidea sipylus Asia |
Goliath Bird Spider Theraphosa blondi French Guiana |
Giant African Assassin Bug: newly emerged adult Platymerus biguata Kenya, Africa |
Assassin Bug Old and New Adult Platymerus biguata Kenya, Africa |
Assassin Bug Adult and Newly Hatched Nymphs Platymerus biguata Kenya, Africa |
"Skinkly" a Blue-Tongued Skink Tiliqua sp. Australia |
Skinkly's Mom another Blue-Tongued Skink Tiliqua sp. Australia |
Antlion Larva Myrmeleontidae Northern California |
Our Preserved Insect Collection We also use our extensive collection of pinned insects and other arthropods in our education programs. |
One of our Habitat Areas Some our our critters' homes. |
Orange Legged Centipede Scolopendra subspinipes Vietnam |
Curly Haired Tarantula |
Zebra Tarantula Rhechosticta seemanni |
Giant African Millipede Archispirostreptus gigas Africa |
Blue Centipede Jamaica |
Jamaican Centipede Jamaica |
Death's Head Cockroach Blaberus craniifer South America |