Iconic Invertebrates

Hey Lovelies!

You may have noticed that Joel and I (Theo) have been a little quiet over the past few months. We had planned to only be on a website holiday for a month, but that month turned out to be a little while longer.

For those of you who don’t know, I got a new 9-5 about 5 months ago. Joel and I had agreed that he would continue with the inverts while I continued with my job. Unfortunately, life never goes that smoothly and about a month or so into this new way of being Joel got knocked off his bike and broke his right wrist. This was bloody awful for him meaning he couldn’t do his job teaching circus but also he couldn’t look after the inverts. This led to me being a stressed mess trying to juggle a 9-5 and looking after too many inverts along with all the other critters we keep.

With all this change, we came to the conclusion that we were at our end with Iconic Inverts. We’re very much done here however Iconic Inverts doesn’t have to die. We have parted with our little COVID project, passing it on to a great person within the community. We really hope that the future of Iconic Inverts is just as, if not more exciting than the year or so we had with it.

You’ve all been so lovely, and it was all of you that made it so much more special for us.

See ya,
Theo and Joel

**INCOMING HOLIDAY**

Hey lovelies!

I (Theo) have started a new full time job, and Joel has a full week of intensive workshops next week starting 12th April. This means we will not be posting at all that week.

We will still be accepting orders as preorders for dispatch on Monday 19th. Get in your orders now if you want them before 20th April!

Theo and Joel

Updated Availability List:

Phyllocrania Paradoxa (Ghost Mantis)
L3 - £7.50
5 x L3 - £25
10 x L3 - £40
Adult Female - £15
https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/Ghost_Mantis_Phyllocrania_paradoxa/p7459081_20689356.aspx

Sybilla pretiosa (Cryptic Mantis)
L4/5 - £9
5x L4/5 - £36
L5/6 - £10
https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/.../p7459081_20896317.aspx

Phidippus regius (Regal Jumping Spiders)
Aprox. 5mm - £10
Aprox. 8mm - £15
https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/.../p7459081_20718555.aspx

Peucetia Lucasi (Lynx Spiders)
Aprox. 5mm - £4
5x Arpox. 5mm - £15
10x Aprox. 5mm - £25
Aprox. 7mm - £6
5x Aprox. 7mm - £25
10x Aprox. 7mm - £35
https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/.../p7459081_20861787.aspx

Pachnoda marginata (Sun Beetles)
Mature Beetles - £2 each
5x Mature - £7
10x Mature - £12
20x Mature - £20
Larvae (mixed) - £1 each
5x Larvae - £3.5
10 x Larvae - £6
20 x Larvae - £10
https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/Sun_Beetles_-_Pachnoda_marginata/p7459081_20689366.aspx

Peruphasma schultei (Black Beauty Stick Insect)
Adult - £3
Breeding Pair - £5
Trio - £7
https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/Black_Beauty_Stick_Insect_-_Peruphasma_schultei/p7459081_20999378.aspx

Creobroter urbanus (Malaysian Flower Mantis)
Adult Female - £10
https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/.../p7459081_20709360.aspx

ProMantis™ Small Acrylic Invertebrate Enclosure (15x15x20cm) - £24.99
https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/.../p7459081_20826465.aspx

BABY GHOSTS BABY GHOSTS BABY GHOSTS

I forgot how lovely these little things are. They were some of the first things we bred here at Iconic Inverts and I will forever be excited about them. These little ones will be going up on the website in the coming weeks so look out for them.

We have attempted a little line breeding this time so hopefully there will be some vibrant colours coming from this batch. We also have quite a few oothecae available so PM us for details.

This is very quickly becoming a P. regius fan account 😬

I can’t help it though these guys are just so lovely. I was taking a few pics for a customer who is getting this lovely boy for their partner as a Valentine’s Day present. I feel like he’s perfect for it. His chelicerae remind me of a couple precious jewels.

Updated Availability List:

Creobroter urbanus (Malaysian Flower Mantis)
L3 - £7.50
L4/5 - £8.50
L5/6 - £9.50
Sub/Presub sexed pairs - £25

https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/Malaysian_flower_-_Creobroter_urbanus/p7459081_20709360.aspx

Sybilla pretiosa (Cryptic Mantis)
L3 - £8
L4/5 - £9

https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/Cryptic_Mantis_-_Sybilla_pretiosa/p7459081_20896317.aspx

Galinthias amoena (African Flower Mantis)
L5/6 - £9.50

https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/African_Flower_Mantis_-_Galinthias_amoena/p7459081_20710442.aspx

Phidippus regius (Regal Jumping Spiders)
Aprox. 7mm - £10
Aprox. 9mm - £15

https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/Regal_Jumping_Spider_-_Phidippus_regius/p7459081_20718555.aspx

Peucetia Lucasi (Lynx Spiders)
Aprox. 5mm - £6
4x Aprox 5mm - £20
Aprox. 9mm - £8

https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/Lynx_Spider_(Peucetia_Lucasi)/p7459081_20861787.aspx

ProMantis™ Micro Acrylic Invertebrate Enclosure (11x11x15cm) - £17.99

https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/ProMantis__Micro_Acrylic_Invertebrate_Enclosure/p7459081_20826454.aspx

ProMantis™ Small Acrylic Invertebrate Enclosure (15x15x20cm) - £24.99

https://www.iconicinverts.co.uk/ProMantis__Small_Acrylic_Invertebrate_Enclosure/p7459081_20826465.aspx

Our beautiful Acanthops erosula male from thistlehouse mantids has finally matured! It's a good thing too because his female has been mature for about a month now. We will be pairing the two up in the coming weeks and hopefully we will have some little Acanthops babes running around before long.

As soon as one of our Metilia males matures with full colours, we will get some comparison pics up. It's very interesting just how different the two species are even though they are within the same taxonomic family.

Our little jumpers aren’t so little anymore. They're all growing up so fast!

These P. regius slings are getting closer to juveniles every second. It's amazing how they seem to gain so many more details as they grow. Their chelicerae get more and more vibrant and they gain more and more floof.

We can now clearly see all of their sets of eyes. Jumping spiders as a group all have a common eye setting. They have three fixed secondary pairs and one movable principle pair (that they use for most of their vision). These eyes allow them to see almost 360 degrees around themselves making them both good at hunting down smaller creatures and escaping from much larger species that would try to predate them.

We’ve been a little distant here for a couple months or so, and we’re sorry for that. The global pandemic, or more importantly the isolation of it has caused our already iffy mental health to be impacted. We’re both doing a little better now and hope to be a larger part of the community once again! I don’t think I realised just how much I missed this community until I came bursting back into it a week or two ago.

Hey lovelies!

Unfortunately due to the frost in the coming days, we will be postponing our post till this coming Monday, 11th Jan. Any orders placed since 20th Dec will be posted then. We are really sorry for any inconvenience this causes, but it will ensure your beasties get to you safe and alive.

Hope everyone has been able to start this year as well as they can that you manage to get through this next lockdown okay.

If anyone has any questions, please let us know!

Best,
Theo and Joel