You supply the pot, we'll supply a dozen Venus Fly Trap seeds and a little sack of soil in a 4-3/8" x 2" dia plastic growing tube, plus an instruction sheet on the care and feeding of everyone's favorite meat-eating foliage. Gestation is about (14) weeks, so order early if you're planning a birthday surprise for someone.

Cases for mounting butterflies, bugs, rocks, fossils or any other three dimensional collectibles. Known as Riker mounts, these are sturdy cardboard boxes 7/8" deep, with glass glued into the front cover for viewing. They are filled with a fairly firm, white, expanded, synthetic, cotton–like material. The cushiony filler holds the three–dimensional viewee in place without pins or glue. Very handy for the proud trophy hunter. Our smaller is 8” x 12” and the larger 12” x 16–1/2”.

When you peer through your magnifying glass at this specimen, or focus your microscope on it, even at the lower magnifications which work best, you're looking at one big bug. Make that (4) big bugs. The insects are real, encased in clear acrylic blocks 1-3/4" x 1-1/4" x up to 11/16" thick, and ready for inspection. Set 1 includes a scorpion, giant ant, wasp and a flower bug. Set 2 is a cricket, locust, yellow leaf beetle, and crab. No, not a crab louse or a crab spider, but definitely a crab ugly.

And keep an eye on them with these acrylic cubes. Or keep an eye on your stamps, coins, toenails or whatever you’re into. Measures 1-1/2” with a 1-1/8” dia magnifier lens in the lid. Our each is a set of (4) cubes, (1) each at 2.5X, 3.5X, 4X and 5X, because different bugs and stuff call for different magnification levels. Ask any entomologist, or collector of...well, whatever they’re into.

The entomologist’s friend. This folding insect cage, which is the same as our butterfly-net kit, is made of nylon-mesh, and measures 10” dia x 11” tall when popped open via the interior steel spring. A pair of hook-n-loop straps keeps it flat when not in use. Includes a basic teachers’ guide.

Yes, we have The Amazing Live Sea Monkey® aquarium kit, just like the ones from the comic books. The (9) piece aquarium kit includes brine shrimp eggs, food, water purifier, plus an official plastic spoon, 32-page handbook, life insurance policy, growth guarantee, and the plastic aquarium with built-in magnifiers for viewing your little friends, and a vented cover. Great gift for those budding young marine biologists.

Bug collecting 101 for the budding entomologist. This bug-viewing kit has a 6-1/4” dia base with a 1.5X acrylic loupe on a swiveling arm that rotates over (6) clear plastic 1-1/4” dia canisters with snap-off lids. Catch critters, put them in the canisters and study them via the lens. Focal length can be adjusted, and the arm folds down to hold the canisters in place for travel.