Dead Insects
We sell high quality dead insects for your school insect collections project. Here you can buy the most common local insects for your dead insect school collection to help you fill in the blanks for your assignment. We have preserved them either in a frozen state or in alcohol. They ship in a fresh, limber state and are ready to pin or mount on arrival. If you are not ready to pin them, simply place them in the freezer to maintain their flexible state and then let them thaw when you're ready to use them. We do not sell dried insects unless otherwise noted on a specimen by specimen basis on the sales pages. Those insects require a high level of skill to relax and it an archaic method of preservation. They break so very easily. Some companies sell toxic chemicals called insect relaxing fluid along with their dried insects. We do not. We take the difficulty and risk out of the relaxing process for you by shipping perfectly preserved insects that are frozen or in alcohol. These look like you collected them yourself the day we shipped them. We send a free pin for each insect you order (excluding bulk orders of flies and honeybees).
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Alderflies & Dobsonflies (2)
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Alderflies, Dobsonflies and Fishflies form the Order Megaloptera (formerly part of the order Neuroptera)
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Antlions and Lacewings (8)
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Order Neuroptera
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Ants, Bees, and Wasps (30)
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Order Hymenoptera includes bees, wasps, hornets, ants and sawflies.
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Barklice, Parasitic Lice (2)
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Order Psocodea
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Beetles (68)
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Order Coleoptera are the beetles, including ground beetles, stag beetles, rhino beetles, ladybugs, longhorn beetles, etc.
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Bristletails (1)
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Order Microcoryphia
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Butterflies and Moths (18)
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Order Lepidoptera
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Caddisflies (4)
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Order Trichoptera
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Cockroaches and Termites (9)
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Order Blattodea
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Dragonflies and Damselflies (3)
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Order Odonata
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Earwigs (1)
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Order Dermaptera
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Fleas (2)
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Order Siphonaptera
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Flies (22)
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Order Diptera
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Grasshopper, Cricket, Katydid (7)
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Order Orthoptera
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Mantises (3)
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Order Mantodea
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Mayflies (3)
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Order Ephemeroptera
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Scorpionflies and Hangingflies (1)
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Order Mecoptera
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Silverfish (1)
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Order Zygentoma
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Snakeflies (1)
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Order Raphidioptera
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Stoneflies (1)
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Order Plecoptera
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Thrips (1)
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Order Thysanoptera
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True Bugs, Cicadas, Aphids (24)
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The insect Order Hemiptera includes various dead and dried specimens as follows. Stink bug, seed bug, cicada, aphid, leafhopper, assassin bug, and aquatic true bugs like the giant water bug, water strider, water boatman and backswimmer.
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Walkingsticks (1)
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Order Phasmida
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Webspinners (1)
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Order Embiidina