Admittedly there has been a bit of a gap between my first ambitious attempt to examine the subject of mites on a broad scope, even at an...

Intro to this month's topic - MITES! the Good, the Bad, & the Benign

This is a short post, quick and right to the point - how to tell if your millipede is a boy or girl. The animals in the picture above are...

A rant on why crickets are absolute trash feeder insects

Exploring what makes a terrarium/vivarium " bioactive" and how to do this with your own. Recently, there is a growing trend towards...

A brief look at the species that is a cornerstone in the OIF collection A question I'm occasionally asked is, "What is your best feeder...

Some have noted that I offer two different types or varieties of discoid roach; Banana Bay and Redlands. Before those two there was only...

As of late I have noticed there are a number of campaigns, usually spearheaded by some environmental group, relating to...

Dealing with invertebrate pest species in the terrarium

The OIF has a second contact in BC who collects for us and this individual is located in the drier interior. There the dominant habitat...

While I suppose that the east coast has its merits when it comes to the range of species truly unique to Canada the shear biodiversity of...

A short introduction to our beginning