Welcome to our Blog

Insect Designs has been on the Internet since 2003. We are currently the largest supplier of quality insect specimens in Australia, and we ship worldwide. This blog features the latest news from our store as well as the occasional interesting news we have uncovered about the wonderful world of bugs.
If you would like to view the range of insect specimens we have available, please visit our store.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Fresh Butterflies from RCA

Insect Designs has finally received a fresh shipment of butterflies from RCA with many restocks of previously out of stock items. You will find these scattered all over the site. Please visit soon for a browse.


Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Philippine Birdwings Now Available to Overseas Customers

Insect Designs received received some lovely Trogonoptera trojana pairs (pairs of these are hard to get) and Troides rhadamantus pairs from the Philippines. These are now available to our international customers. Unfortunately we are not able to send these to the USA as the extra paperwork required other than CITES permits make it too costly for us to send them there.


Friday, March 25, 2011

Discounted Morpho Didius

Insect Designs currently has a special offer for readers of this blog only. It can not be found in our web store. Purchase a pack of ten Morpho didius for only $80. Purchase two or more packs and you also quality for free standard shipping. Please note that no other discounts apply to this offer.



Friday, March 18, 2011

New Specimens from Indonesia

Insect Designs has just been updated with some new specimens and restocks from Indonesia, including some rarely offered Chilasa paradoxa from Java. Only four of these are available.


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

African Singles Page Updated

The African Singles page at Insect Designs has just been updated with some interesting specimens from Cameroon. There are more than 100 specimens available, mostly unidentified, and the photo for each one is of the actual specimen being offered for sale.


Thursday, March 10, 2011

Fresh Material from Peru Available Now

Insect Designs has just received a parcel from Peru. All of the specimens are available in the store now. You will find quite a few restocked Morphos, as well as fresh Cithaereas aurorina from Iquitos and Marpesia petreus from Tingo Maria. All of these specimens are from a new supplier that we hope to do a lot more business with in the future. Please visit soon for a browse.


Saturday, March 5, 2011

Fresh Beetles from Tanzania

Insect Designs has just been updated with some fresh beetles from Tanzania, including Manticora latipennis and a variety of flower beetles.


Fresh Parcel from Madagascar

Insect Designs has just received a fresh parcel from Madagascar containing some restocks and some lovely new specimens. Of special note are the cute Trachelophorus giraffa and the rare Papilio mangoura and Charaxes cowani. We also have some fresh Argema mittrei pairs, Urania ripheus, Salamis duprei, Papilio demodocus, Sumptuosa gemma and Sumptuosa superba.




Birdwing Butterflies from the Philippines

Insect Designs has just received some Troides rhadamantus pairs and Trogonoptera trojana pairs from the Philippines. Whilst we wait for our re-export permit to arrive (this normally takes about a month) these specimens will only be available to our Australian customers. We will put another note here when the permit has arrived and we can ship internationally. In the mean time, if you do not want to miss out on securing a pair or two, you can place and pay for your order and we can hold it for you.