Arthropod Ambassadors

Secondary Swarms as queens start to hatch: Part 2 of the swarm story video.

Crazy Swarm Season: The Queen Left Twice! Second year beekeeping stories & a quick chat about Warre

Roach Cleaning Day with the ivory roaches, my chickens' favorite day yum yum! At least I get dirt :)

1K Thanks Video A tour through some critters + surprise find in my 'butterfly beetle' Gyna colony

Prickly Gecko Babies get a home upgrade now that they are established and hunting fruit flies

Some Pet House Spiders: Agelenidae are great first invert pet, very active and make beautiful webs

Desert Tank Communal: two geckos and three beetles hanging out in this low maintenance dry terrarium

Roaches in the Hog Tank: a look at experimental hognose snake setup that seems to be going well

Scorpion Paradise: tropical tank build update with a glimps at land shrimp and a plan for h20 shrimp

Bugs in Cyberspace Unboxing: a look at some new invert ambassadors and their post-shipping rehousing

New Emperor Scorpion Home: steps and materials I used to design a bioactive tank, + surprise at end

Mantis Art and Stickers: 2020 gift unboxing and end of the year thanks Happy New Year All, Bug Life!

Three Bugs Staying Snug: keeping a beetle, spider, and mantis overwinter. + new bug art collectibles

10 Cats having Dinner: a look at giant african stick mantises in a communal setup eating superworms

Feeding The Isopods by Cleaning The Snake Enclosure: Recycling is the circle of life in the bug room

Sling Shelf Tour with new enclosures, great artwork, and some extra tips for free heating

Mantis Nymph First Aid: Trying to help with bacterial issue in nymph before health heads downhill

Halloween Special: The Creepy Crawlies of Oregon in the Fall, a walk through the Cascades wilderness

How To Preserve Bugs in Resin: giving specimens a new life after death. step by step with time-lapse

Vinegaroon Taking Down a Meal, such a strange little bumble can't help but be very clumsy cute

A Communal Mantis Review with three example species and tips on hatching flies for them

Cyriocosmus elegans Double Rehouse, very docile dwarf tarantulas are a pleasure to work with

New Scorpions, one of the few inverts that I'm shy around. Can't wait to design them a new home!

Handling a Few Unique Critters from the Ambassador Collection, cateye mantis, dominos roach, and gbb

Leopard Gecko and Hognose Houses, a look at using both glass enclosures and plastic bins

Shapes in Nature Unboxing and next pieces of the bug zoo are here! Plus a quick fix for xlg shirts

M. balfouri Communal Update, what an amazing swisscheese castle full of baby tarantulas

Finally answering the question: Why are my Hands so Dirty? and how to solve my puzzle ring

Sexual Dimorphism in 4 Mantis Species: Ghost, Cryptic, Banded, and Orchid. Tiny flight prone males