"Arthropods Living Specimens"

Daphnia are a widely studied small crustacean used for a number of physiology studies including the effects of drugs on heartbeat and temperature on metabolism.

These bottom-dwelling bivalved crustaceans are found in nearly every aquatic habitat.

Often mistaken for beetles, these wingless crustaceans live their whole lives on land, feeding on decaying organic matter.

Cockroaches are widely used in labs for physiological, behavioral, structural, and developmental studies.

This North American Diplopod makes a great classroom pet and can be used in behavioral studies.

Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is widely used in genetic studies. They express a number of mutations such as eye, wing, and body mutations. Students can study sex-linked, recessive, and dominant mutations. Drosophila also makes an excellent live food for mantises, small reptiles, and amphibians. Drosophila demonstrates complete metamorphosis with egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages in its life cycle.

The set Includes cultures of wild, white, brown, dumpy, vestigial, vestigial brown and sepia.

We fully guarantee the purity and viability of our Drosophila melanogaster cultures. A large, vigorous culture is shipped in a shatterproof plastic vial. To ship Drosophila cultures with living larvae we require 10 days' notice prior to use date. During very cold weather, adult flies may die but eggs and larvae usually survive. Allow cultures to come to room temperature before checking under low magnification for eggs and live larvae. Complete instructions are always included.

Cricket (Acheta domestica)or the Common House Cricket is available in adult and nymph sizes.

These industrious scavenger insects devour organic matter — the larvae will even clean a skeleton of muscle, skin and cartilage.

Your tarantula is shipped in a plastic container with sphagnum moss as cushioning. It should be placed in a prepared habitat upon arrival.