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  • Beetle
    Beetles belong to the order of Coleoptera and have the largest number of species in that group. It also contains more than 25% of the described knows species in the animal kingdom.
  •  Buprestidae
    Beetles known as jewel beetles (also known as metallic wood-boring beetles) are part of the Buprestidae family. They have a fancy name due to the fact that many have glossy iridescent colors. Find your unmounted Buprestidae at www.Insect-Collection.com
  •   Buprestidae Misc
    Stigmodera along with two other genus – Themognatha and Castiarina – make up the Buprestidae family found in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the southern tip of South America. These are extremely colorful beetles and are important pollinators.
  •   Chrysochroinae
    The South-Eastern part of Asia is the home of some of the most beautiful Buprestidae (also known as Jewel Beetles) in the world. Some species have evolved into different forms due to the isolation of the various islands in are found in.
  •  Carabidae
    The beetles which belong Carabidae family are known as ground beetles. They have lost their ability for flight but they have instead developed a meaner side. Find your unmounted Buprestidae at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •   Carabini
    Ground beetles (Carabidae family) predators play an important role in most farmland and garden. Hundreds of species of beetles occur in the Midwest. They vary in size from less than 1 / 4 "to over 1-1/2" long.
  •   Carabidae Misc
    We may find Mormolyce in Malaysia. It is considered a ground beetle even though it may be found between the bark of fallen trees. It is a carnivorous insect and preys upon small invertebrates. It resembles a violin and is called a violin beetle.
  •  Cerambycidae
    The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) are known as such because of their extremely long antennae, often exceeding the length of the beetle’s body. Find your unmounted Cerambycidae at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •   (A) Callichromatini
    The musk beetle (Aromia moschata) is a specie of Cerambycidae belonging to Callichromatini tribe. As it names implies, it can emit a musky odor. This beetle is characterized by a color slightly greenish or metallic copper. The form commonly found in E
  •   (B) Cerambycini
    Cerambyx cerdo is a Cerambycidae which belongs to the Cerambycini tribe. Found throughout Europe, it is one of its largest beetles. Its body is elongated and like all longhorn beetles, has extremely long antennae. The male’s antennae are longer the body.
  •   (C) Cerambycinae - Misc
    Rosalia alpina (family Cerambycidae) is a large (15 to 38 mm) longhorn beetle which has very distinguished markings on its elytra. The antennas can be up to two times longer than the rest of the body in males, and the same length in females.
  •   (D) Trachyderini
  •   (E) Lamiinae - A
  •   (F) Lamiinae - B
  •   (G) Lamiinae - C
  •   (H) Lamiinae - D
  •   (I) Lamiinae - E
  •   (J) Lamiinae - F
  •   (K) Lamiinae - G
  •   (L) Lamiinae - H
  •   (M) Lepturinae
  •   (N) Prioninae - A
  •   (O) Prioninae - B
  •   (P) Prioninae - C
  •  Cetoniidae
    Members of the flower beetle family are part of a group from the subfamily of Cetoniinae. Most are diurnal and will visit flowers for pollen and nectar. Find your unmounted Cetoniidae beetle at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •   Cetoniini
  •   Goliathini - A
  •   Goliathini - B
  •   Goliathini - C
  •   Goliathus
    Find the widest selection of unmounted and framed insects such as the beautiful blue Morpho butterfly and giant Goliathus beetle to the rare Ornithoptera Birdwing butterfly. Inventory updated everyday!
  •   Stenotarsiini
  •   Taenioderini
  •   Misc.
  •  Chrysomelidae
    Beetles in the Chrysomelidae family are commonly known as leaf beetles. This family contains more than 35,000 species which makes it one of the biggest of all beetle families. Find your unmounted Chrysomelidae at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •  Cicindelidae
    The tiger beetles (Cicindelidae) are members of a large group of beetles known for their carnivorous habits. Pound for pound tiger beetles are considered the shark of the insect world. Find your unmounted Cicindelidae at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •  Curculionidae
    Eupholus genus of the Curculionidae family is definitely the most fun to collect. They are small colorful weevils mostly found in Papua New Guinea, West Irian and neighboring islands. Find your unmounted Curculionidae at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •  Dynastidae
    The larger species such as Chalcosoma (Three horned beetle), Dynastes Hercules (Unicorn beetle) or Megasoma (Elephant beetle) are considered in proportion the strongest animals on the planet. Find your unmounted Dynastidae at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •   Agaocephalini
  •   Dynastini - Hexodontini
  •   Oryctini
  •  Elateridae
    Click beetle can be found large and colorful (some even with a metallic green) such as in the Campostermus species found in Asia. Find your unmounted Elateridae beetle at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •  Euchiridae
    Euchiridae beetles are known as Long-Armed Beetles. The larger species (such as Cheirotonus and Euchirus) are mostly found in the tropical forest of Asia. Find your unmounted Euchiridae at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •  Lucanidae
    This Lucanidae specie is definitely a corner stone of any beetle collector. Most lack any vibrant colors with the few exceptions such as Phalacrognathus muelleri from Australia. Find your unmounted Lucanidae beetle at www.Insect-Collection.
  •   Lucanidae - A
    LAMPRIMINAE, SYNDESINAE and LUCANINAE are subfamilies of the Lucanidae Familiy. Well known members of this group include Phalacrognathus (The Rainbow Stag Beetle) and Sphaenognathus feisthameli which has 4 eyes!
  •   Lucanidae - B
    Lucanidae beetles, better known as stag beetles are very a very popular specie to collect. Their mandibules varie greatly in shape and size depending on the species.
  •   Lucanidae - C
  •  Rutelidae
    The most famous of the Rutelidae beetles are also known as Jewel Scarabs (not to be confused with Jewel Beetles which are beetles from the the Buprestidae family). Find your unmounted Rutelidae beetle at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •   Rutelini
    Chrysina beetles are part of the Rutelini Tribe. They are popular amongts collectors. Some Chrysina can fetch high prices in the market.
  •   Misc
  •  Scarabaeidae
    One interesting fact is that the Egyptian Scarab that is worshiped by the Ancient Egyptian is actually a …dung beetle. Find your unmounted Scarabaeidae beetle at www.Insect-Collection.com.
  •   Scarabaeidae - A
  •   Scarabaeidae - B
  •  Misc
    Coccinellidae,Dytiscidae,Meloidae,Passalidae,Silphidae,Tenebrionidae,ladybug,unmounted insect,unmounted bug
  • Butterfly
  •  Lycaenidae
    The Lycaenidae makes up about 40% of the known butterfly species with about 6000 species in the world. They are also called gossamer-winged butterflies.
  •   Theclinae
  •   Misc
  •  Nymphalidae
    They are found in all parts of the word, the Nymphalidae family counts about 5,000 species of butterflies, varying from medium to large size. Some favorite subfamilies to be collected are: the Charaxes sp., Agrias sp., Callicore sp. and Prepona sp.
  •   (1) Apaturinae
    Apaturinae is a subfamily of butterflies that includes many species commonly called "emperors".
  •   (2) Biblidinae
    Biblidinae is a subfamily of nymphalid butterflies that includes the tropical brushfoots. This subfamily was sometimes merged within the Limenitidinae, but they are now recognized as quite distinct lineages. In older literature, this subfamily is sometime
  •   (3) Calinaginae & Cyrestinae
    Calinaginae is a butterfly subfamily from the family Nymphalidae. This group of butterflies includes one genus, Calinaga, that occurs in Asia. Cyrestinae is a subfamily of nymphalid brush-footed butterflies.
  •   (4) Charaxinae
    Charaxinae, the leafwings, is a nymphalid subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 species, inhabiting mainly the tropics, although some species extend into temperate regions in North America, Europe, China and southern Australia.
  •   (5) Danainae - Danaini
    Danaini is a tribe of nymphalid butterflies. The most famous member of this family is the Monarch butterfly.
  •   (6) Heliconiinae
    e Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45-50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the Papilionoidea. Th
  •   (7) Limenitidinae - Adoliadini
  •   (8) Limenitidinae - Limenitidini
  •   (9) Limenitidinae - Neptini & Parthenini
  •   (10) Morphinae - Amathusiini
  •   (11) Morphinae - Brassolini
  •   (12) Morphinae - Morphini
  •   (13) Nymphalinae A
  •   (14) Nymphalinae B
  •   (15) Satyrinae A
  •   (16) Satyrinae B
  •   (17) Satyrinae C
  •  Papilionidae
    The Swallowtail (Papilionidae) butterflies family is made up of at least 550 species including some of the largest in the world, the Birdwing butterflies of Australia (Ornithoptera).
  •   (1) Baroniinae & Parnassiinae
  •   (2) Parnassiidae
  •   (3) Papilioninae
  •   (4) Ornithoptera
    If you are a butterfly collector, BirdWings (Ornithoptera) is the Holy Grail of species. Not only are many of them rare and protected, they are the largest butterfly in the world. Find your unmounted Ornithoptera.
  •   (5) Papilio
  •  Pieridae
    The Pieridae is a family of about 700 species found mostly in Africa and Asia. They are mainly characterize by their white or yellow coloration and often accompanied with black spots.
  •   Pieridae - A
  •   Pieridae - B
  •   Pieridae - C
  •  Riodinidae
    Found in both New World and Old World, the Riodinidae (or Metalmarks) family count about 1,000 species in the world. The name Metalmarks refers to the small metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings.
  •  Mixed Butterfly Lot
    Save by bidding on mix butterfly lots!
  • Moths
    In terms of collection, there are many interesting species to collect. It may range from the large Saturniidae with some of the largest specimens such as the Attacus atlas (Cobra Moth) with a wingspan of up to 15 cm, to the colorful Urania rhipheus.
  •  Arctiidae
    With around 11,000 known species known to man, the family of moths known as Arctiidae (Tiger Moths) is a favorite amongst collectors. . The caterpillar are easily recognizable as they look like little fuzzy worms, popularly name “woolly bears.”
  •   Arctiidae - A
  •   Arctiidae - B
  •   Arctiidae - C
  •  Brahmaeidae
    Brahmaeidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order, commonly known as Brahmin Moths.
  •  Castniidae
    In contrast to the other species of moths, Castniidae is a small family with about 200 species. Most of the Castniidae are found in Neotropical regions (known as Giant Butterfly-Moths) with some in Australia and a few in south-easts Asia (Sun Moths).
  •  Noctuidae
    The Noctuidae (Owlet moths) is considered to be the largest family in the Lepidoptera order. There are more than 35,000 known species with an estimated 100,000 species all together. They are mostly nocturnal and are attracted to nectar-rich flowers.
  •   Catocalini
  •   Noctuidae Misc
  •  Saturniidae
    Perhaps the most collected of all butterflies, the Saturniidae is the largest and most spectacular with an estimated 1,300 to 1,500 different species known. Some well known species often found in collections are: Actias sp., Attacus sp. and Automeris sp.
  •   Ceratocampinae
  •   Hemileucinae
  •   Saturniinae - A
  •   Saturniinae - B
  •   Saturniidae - Misc
  •  Sphingidae
    Sphingidae, commonly known as Hawk moths or Sphinx moths, is estimated to have 1,200 species located in most regions but best represented in the tropics. Some have evolved to fly like hummingbirds and with their long proboscis to feed from the flowers.
  •   Macroglossinae
  •   Smerinthinae
  •   Sphinginae
  •  Uranidae
    Uranidae family consists of roughly 700 species with the most impressive of them being Urania rhipheus (Sunset Moth) with its iridescent metallic colors.
  •  Zygaenidae
    Zygaenidae family of moths are typically day flying moths and generally have metallic sheen and prominent spots of red or yellow. The bright colors is to warn its predators that it is toxic.
  •  Misc
  •  Mix Moth Lot
    Save by bidding on mix butterfly lots!
  • Others
  •  Arachnida
    This category includes all eight-legged invertebrate such as Amblypygids (tailless whip scorpion, vinegaroon ) (spiders) and Scorpionidae (scorpions). There are close to 100,000 species to represent the Arachnids Class.
  •  Cicadidae
  •  Fulgoridae
  •  Hemiptera
  •  Hymenoptera
  •  Mantidae
  •  Myriapoda
  •  Orthoptera
    The Orthoptera are an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts. Many of them are know to produce sound by rubbing their wings together.
  •  Phasmidae
  •  Phyllidae
  •  Scorpionidae
  • Bargain Bin
    The Bargain Bin category is where you will find the last minute, under $1 deal. Bookmark this page and come back often as inventory changes by the minute. Snipe that auction for the deal of the century. An A1 grade Morpho for 99 cents? You bet!
  • Hot Stuff
    Save time and see what other eBay buyers are fighting over. Prerequisites to be listed as "Hot Stuff": Minimum of 6 bids and $10.
  • Rarities
    Locate rare unmounted insects (beetles,moths,butterflies) listed on eBay. Many rare specimens are directly from country of origins or dealt by Asian sellers. Don't miss out!
  • Insect Fossil - Amber
    Amber is fossil resin or tree sap. It is often used to create gemstone and jewelry. However, the most fascinating aspect of amber is the possibility of a window to another time. Because of its stickiness, amber often contains pre-historic insects.
  •  Is It Amber or Is It Fake?
    So, with a significant amount of phony amber in the marketplace, how is a potential purchaser able to answer the question: Is it amber or is it fake? In general, no single test is absolutely conclusive. However, the results of several tests, taken togethe