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We breed and sell mantids, other cute inverts and amphibians as pets! Come and meet your new fun-sized friend!
We have a few cat eye mantids that aren’t found on the website! Shoot us a message if you’re interested or leave a comment below and we will reach out 😊
We have some incredible critters available right now!
Mantids:
Giant African Twig Mantis - Heterochaeta Orientalis
Spiny Flower Mantis - Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergi
Ghost Mantis - Phyllocrania Paradoxa
Giant Asian Mantis - Hierodula membranacea
Budwing Mantis - Parasphendale Affinis
Beetles:
Blue Death Feigning Beetle
Gymnetis Thula Larvae (please know larvae care)
New desert beetles on the way! They can even coexist happily with the blue death beetles. DM us for details!
Other:
Regal Jumping Spider - easy care
Florida Ivory Millipede
Domino Cockroach (google them! Very cute)
Coming Soon:
Tree Frogs - the tadpoles are turning into little froglets as we speak! Easy care and too cute to handle.
Gonatista grisea, also known as the grizzled mantis is one of the best USA native mantids ever! Friendly, fierce, and flat haha. This little critter is an incredible ambush predator-mimicking lichen and bark patterns and becoming seemingly invisible when on the side of a tree or branch. We placed one on a pretty flower for you so you can actually see this little mantis. We have lots of nymphs!
The word, “cockroach” scares off so many people, however some species are quite cute, just like this domino roach!
Hello everyone, sadly there were quite a few issues with Amazon and we were not able to get all of our shipping materials in on time. Anyone who has purchased from us before knows that we have the best packaging there is and it’s something we take very seriously. Everything is supposed to arrive today and we will be able to get everything out tomorrow morning. Thank you for your understanding and feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.
We have quite a few species available right now!
Mantids:
Giant Rainforest Mantis - Hierodula Majuscula
Ghost Mantis - Phyllocrania Paradoxa
Giant Asian Mantis - Hierodula membranacea
African Twig Mantis - Popa spurca
Grizzled Mantis (preorder, available soon) - Gonatista grisea
Beetles:
Blue Death Feigning Beetle - Asbolus verrucosus
Harlequin Beetle Larvae (preorder) - Gymnetis thula
Other:
Florida Ivory Millipede - Chicobolus spinigerus
Domino Roach (very cute, google search them) - Therea petiveriana
Regal Jumping Spider - Phidippus regius
On the site we have some fun stuff available! Ghost mantis, Giant Asian Mantis (excellent for beginners), Blue Death Feigning beetles (literally the easiest pet on the planet), Regal Jumping Spiders, and Banana Slugs.
The banana slugs are marked as sold out but if you’re interested please message us. They require cold temperatures and we like to ensure they won’t overheat before shipping them out to new homes.
Just a friendly tip for future mantis owners—do not buy your fruit fly culture at the same time as your mantis. It is quite typical for a culture to take upwards of 2 weeks after arriving before it produces a healthy amount of flies. You want to be able to feed your new mantis the same day they arrive. Even if you do get a culture that is already producing flies, they last several weeks, so you don’t have to worry about “wasting it” before your mantis arrives. If you are able to get flies in person, this most likely is not an issue for you. However, many people rely on buying their cultures online. We hope this info can help new mantis keepers out!
05/24/2020
Pseudovates chlorophaea. And now we wait...
05/18/2020
What a prosperous day for Fun-Sized Zoo! Today we had 3 Carolina ooths, 1 Rhombohedra basalis, 1 Parasphendale affinis, and 1 Creobroter gemmatus ooth hatch. Holy smokes!!
We have some popa spurca nymphs on the secret menu! These won’t be going up on the site or anywhere else, it’s a Facebook offer only!
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