Reference: N440
Cyriopagopus minax known as Thailand black is a medium sized Tarantula.
It is a very fast and aggressive spider, and females are bigger and more dangerous! Even during mating, males are too afraid to simply approach a female and mate with her. Males take it pretty slow, attempting to distract the female with large slapping action from their front pair of legs.
They live in Thailand and Myanmar.
Dimensions: 27 cm x 27 cm x 6 cm
Weight: 892 g
Cyriopagopus minax known as Thailand black is a medium sized Tarantula.
It is a very fast and aggressive spider, and females are bigger and more dangerous! Even during mating, males are too afraid to simply approach a female and mate with her. Males take it pretty slow, attempting to distract the female with large slapping action from their front pair of legs.
They live in Thailand and Myanmar.
Impressive couple of Dorystenes walkeri beetles, big and perfect coleopter from Thailand, displayed in a glass dome.
Heterometrus laoticus - Vietnam Forest Scorpion is a scorpion species found in peaty areas of Vietnam and Laos.
They can reach lengths of up to 17 cm. They are a communal species, but cannibalism has been known to occur, and if caught, they can be extremely violent even towards their own kind.
Rather than being a lethal toxin, the giant scorpion's venom is paralytic. The venom is distilled into medicines against various kinds of microorganisms. It exhibits good results in disc diffusion assay for Bacillus subtilis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus, among others.
The scorpion is farmed for consumption as a novelty food in Vietnam and Thailand. They are also used to make snake wine (scorpion wine).
A glass frame with 3 different species of Mormolyce insects.
Mormolyce castelnaudi, Mormolyce hagenbachi and Mormolyce phyllodes. Due their peculiar shape they are known as Violin insects. They all came from Malaysia, where they live in rain forest.
Both adults and larvae are predators, feeding on insect larvae. For defense purposes, they secrete the poisonous butyric acid the eject and cause paralysis, even in humans.
A beautiful glass vitrine with a male and female of Mecynorhina torquata, is among the largest flower beetles in the world, only surpassed by the goliath beetles.It reaches about 55–85 millimetres (2.2–3.3 in) of length in the males, while the females are slightly smaller, reaching about 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) of length.
Also a male and female of Mecynorhina ugandensis that differs from the torquata in the colour more brown and slightly bigger. These beetles are native to tropical Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Uganda. In this case they came from Uganda.
A outstanding Katydid - Pseudophyllus hercules, from Thailand rainforest.
This one is a giant measuring with the wingspan more than 22 cm.
Mounted in a black wood glass frame.
Phyllium Celebicum - Leaf insect in a Glass dome.
Amazing mimetic insect that looks like a dead leaf, from North Thailand.
3 specimen of the elusive Phyllium celebicum commonly named Leaf insect.
Phylliidae comprise the true leaf insects. While most phasmatodeans exhibit an elongated and slender body form to camouflage perfectly in the foliage, among branches or on bark, leaf insects mastered the imitation of angiosperm leaves. These one's came from a breeding farm in Thailand.
A superb glass dome with 7 Cicadas from Thailand, one Pomponia intermedia and two of each Salvazana imperialis, Tosena splendida and Ayuthia spectabile.
Amazing exclusive specimen in a beautiful squared glass box with black lacquered wooden base, displayed to enjoy their colors and natural textures.
A huge Dynastes hercules, the Hercules beetle in a glass dome.
Dynastes hercules is known for its tremendous strength and is named after Hercules: a hero of classical mythology who is famed for his great strength.
Dynastes hercules is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the rainforests of Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles. It is the longest extant species of beetle in the world, and is also one of the largest flying insects.
This is a giant one with over 130mm and came from the rainforest of Colombia.
Creobroter gemmatus, common named Jeweled Flower Mantis, is a species of praying mantis native to Asia.
Females can be cannibalistic but males are fairly communal. They moult 8 times to become an adult and can take between 2 and 5 months to mature depending on food and temperature. They are the smallest yet most widespread Creobroter species. Is a very nice small mantis from Java.
Fantastic beetle, in the group of the biggest Coleoptera, from Congo.
A big size species in a metal glass dome.
Before this specimen was very difficult to get, nowadays they are usually kept in captive breedings.
Phymateus Saxosus - Red grasshopper in a handmade glass dome.
It is a toxic insect due to eat a poisonous plant.
This is one of the most beautiful insect, endemic from Madagascar.
Goliathus orientalis in a glass dome.
Goliathus supports a complex and variable pattern of white spots surrounded by a black border.
They live only in sandy areas with thick trees.
Our specimens come from a breeding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Five specimen of Pirops candelaria displayed in a glass vitrine, from Thailand.
This beautiful and very peculiar species are not a butterfly, they belong to the Cicada group - its long proboscis make it unforgetable, and they use it to feed from the plant sap: including longan and lychee trees (Sapindaceae), among others.
Its long, slender proboscis is used to pierce tree bark to reach the phloem.
One of a kind handmade piece!
Chalcosoma caucasus (Caucasus beetle) is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
This one came from Sumatra, displayed in a glass dome.
A beautiful group of Coleoptera framed in a lacquered black wood frame.
From up left to right we have Paraleprodera festiva from Thailand, Pavieia superba from Thailand, in the middle Xystrocera festiva from Thailand, Polybothris sumptuosa gemma from Madagascar and Lampropepla rothschildi from Madagascar.
A One of Kind piece of uncommom insects in very high quality specimen.
