Ethical and Educational Animal Encounters
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Meet our Invertebrates
All our invertebrates live at home with me (Hayleigh) and my family. They are provided with daily care, love, and attention. Every animal is provided with a safe and hygienic enclosure equipped with food, water, and environmental controls, all suited to their individual needs and requirements.
Letirant's Leaf Insect
Scientific Name: Phyllium letiranti "Tataba"
Where they live: Indonesia
Habitat: Tropical forests
Lifespan: Up to 1 year
Adult size: 7-9.5cm
Diet: Bramble, Rasberry, Oak...
Activity: Daytime feeding
Sociability: Solitary
Interesting fact: A new species, described in 2018 by Royce Cumming & Sierra Teesma, & was named to honour Stephane Le Tirant - collections manager of the Montreal Insectarium.
Rodatzi Giant African Land Snails
Scientific Name: Achatina fulica ''Rodatzi''
Where they live:East Africa
Habitat: agricultural areas, coastal areas, wetlands, forests, urban areas, and riparian zones.
Lifespan: 10-15 years
Adult size: 18cm, 32g
Diet: Fruits & Veg, occasional protein source - dried insects, and calcium
Activity: Nocturnal
Sociability: Solitary in wild
Interesting fact: Giant African land snails are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both male and female reproductive parts. However they still need a mate to produce viable offspring.
Black Beauty Stick Insect
Scientific Name: Peruphasma schultei
Where they live: Peru,
Cordillera del Condor
IUCN Status: Critically endangered
Habitat: Volcanoes or mountains
Lifespan: Up to 1 year
Adult size: 5.5cm
Diet: Privet, Lilac, Japanese Laurel and Honeysuckle
Activity: Nocturnal
Sociability: Social
Interesting fact: This species was first discovered in 2005 by German wildlife expert Rainer Schulte.
Giant Olive / Ghana Speckled Leg Millipede
Scientific Name: Telodeinopus autii
Where they live: Africa (Togo, Ghana)
Habitat: Tropical forests
Lifespan: Up to 1 year
Adult size: 16-19cm
Diet: Detrious, fruit & veg, calcium/cuttle fish
Activity: Crepuscular & Nocturnal
Sociability: Solitary
Interesting fact: Males can be identified easily as the legs on the 7th segment are replaced by gonopods.
Macleay's Spectre / Giant prickly stick insect Stick Insect
Scientific Name: Extatosoma tiaratum
Where they live: Australia
Habitat: Eucalyptus forests
Lifespan: Up to 1 year
Adult size: 10-13cm
Diet: Eucalyptus, Bramble
Activity: Nocturnal
Sociability: Solitary
Interesting fact: When feeling threatened, they will curl their tail up over their body to mimic a scorpion. These are however completely harmless and easy to handle.
Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches
Scientific Name: Gromphadorhina portentosa
Where they live: Madagascar, Africa
Habitat: tropical lowland rainforests
Lifespan: Up to 5 years
Adult size: 5-7.5cm
Diet: Omnivorous, fruits & veg, protein, grains
Activity: Nocturnal
Sociability: Colonies
Interesting fact: These are one of the largest species of cockroach worldwide. These raoches are not pests and do not infest homes - phew!
Unicorn Snail
Scientific Name: Subulina octona
Where they live: Indonesia
Habitat: Tropical forests
Lifespan: 2.5 years - 4years
Adult size: 2-3 cm
Diet: Herbivorous & detrivorous - fungi, lichens, vascular plants, veg & calcium source like cuttlefish or kale
Activity: Nocturnal
Sociability: Highly social, living in large colonies
Interesting fact: They are hermaphroditic meaning they have both male & female reproductive organs. They reproduce through internal self-fertilisation.
'Dairy Cow' Isopod (Woodlice)
Scientific Name: Porcellio laevis "Dairy Cow'
Where they live: Europe
Habitat: Tropical forests
Lifespan: 2-3 years
Adult size: 1.5 - 2 cm
Diet: Detrivorous - forest materials such as decaying wood & leaf litter
Activity: Nocturnal
Sociability: Colonies
Interesting fact: Females carry their fertilised eggs in a pouch under their abdomen until they hatch.
Giant West African Land Snail / Banana Rasp Snail
Scientific Name: Archachatina Marginata ''Cameroon'
Where they live: Africa
Habitat: Tropical forests
Lifespan: 5-88 years
Adult size: 15cm+ shell length
Diet: omnivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Sociability: Solitary
Interesting fact: Archachatina marginata meat is considered a delicacy in the forest zone of West African. Apart from its nutritional value, it is also used in traditional medicine to cure kidney disease, tuberculosis, anaemia, diabetes, and asthma.
Tropical Grey/Powder Blue Isopod (woodlice)
Scientific Name: Porcellionides pruinosus
Where they live: Europe
Habitat: Forests
Lifespan: 1-2 years
Adult size: 1-1.2cm
Diet: Detrivorous - forest materials such as decaying wood & leaf litter
Activity: Nocturnal
Sociability: Colonies
Interesting fact: This species has a unique appearance, as if coated in a powdery substance, giving it a pretty, velvety look.
Gold-edged bandtail millipede
Scientific Name: Coromus diaphorus
Where they live: Western Africa
Habitat: Humid & shady forests
Lifespan: Approx. 1 year
Adult size: 6-8cm
Diet: Detrivorous
Activity: Crepuscular &
Sociability: Solitary
Interesting fact: This species of millipede has 17 body segments. It is a species of Polydesmida, which is the largest order of millipedes.
Blue Ironclad Beetles
Scientific Name: Asbolus Verrucosus
Where they live: southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
Habitat: Sonoran and Mojave Deserts
Lifespan: 8 years
Adult size: 1.3-2.5 cm
Diet: Decaying organic matter
Activity: Diurnal
Sociability: Solitary but can be kept communally in captivity
Interesting fact: These beetles appear blue due to a waxy secretion designed to keep them cool under the hot sun.