The lists below contain two types of sources, commercial suppliers who are used to providing large numbers of insects of various stages, and private research colonies. The commercial suppliers have all of the necessary permits to ship live materials. Private research laboratories do not have the budget, facilities nor permits to ship live insects, but are usually willing to supply a small number of insects as a courtesy to fellow researchers. Indeed, sometimes new research contacts come about this way.

If anyone requests insects from a commercial supplier, the fees and costs will be included automatically. Private or University laboratories, on the other hand, are usually supported by sponsors with research as the primary and overriding goal.

Miscellaneous Online Insect Resources

Other Insect Resources

Specialized colonies

Benson Research: We currently rear 15 pest species and supply them to many companies and Universities including UC Riverside, UC Davis, and UC Berkeley.  I've attached a list which gives pricing. Eggs of all but 2 or 3 of the species are available to ship immediately on any week day. Other stages are available but usually require some lead time. An up-to-date list can also be found at www.benzonresearch.com and in
American Entomologist.

Aedes aegypti --- Mark Brown, University of Georgia

Thermobia domesticaedes ( firebrats) --- Glenn Holbrook, Pennsylvania State University

Manduca sexta (Yamato strain), Helicoverpa zea, and Heliothis virescens --- Beverly Pagura, Email: beverly_pagura@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University Insectary http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/entomology/INSECTARY/homepg.html

Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm), Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm), Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm), Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm) --- Agripest, Email: agripest@intrex.net
http://www.intrex.net/agripest/

Tribolium castaneum, (red flour beetle) mutant (and normal) stocks from Dr. Richard W. Beeman.

Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea Gay G. McCain, Supervisory Entomologist USDA, ARS Biological Control and Mass Rearing Research Unit P. O. Box 5367 Hwy 12 E Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA Phone: (662) 320-7466 FAX: (662) 320-7571 Email: mccaing@bcmrru.ars.usda.gov
http://msa.ars.usda.gov/ms/msstate/bcmrru/bcmrru.htm

General Sources

Carolina Biological Supply Company: ants, aquatics, beetles, butterflies, crickets, flies, hemipterans, mantids, mosquitos, moths, roaches, termites, wasps, & "wow" bugs
http://www.carolina.com/

Fluker Farms: crickets, mealworms, waxworms, flightless fruit flies, cockroaches (hissing, asian) , crabs, millipedes, scorpions, and tarantulas
http://www.flukerfarms.com/

Kunafin: Trichogramma, fly parasites, lacewings, ladybugs
http://www.kunafin.com/

Exotics and Small Orders

Don Oehlke: North American saturniid moths
Phone: 908-439-2462 (No email.)

Bill Oehlke: saturniid moths
http://www3.islandtelecom.com/~oehlkew/

Sericulum: Silk moth (Bombyx mori), and related products
http://www.sericulum.com

Worldwide Exotics: tarantulas http://www.tarantulas.com

Berkshire Biological: aphids, butterflies, crickets, fruit flies, mealworms, waxmoths, other arthropods http://www.berkshirebio.com/

Cicada Biological: http://www.invertebrates.co.uk/

The Spider Patch: tarantulas and millipedes http://www.spiderpatch.com

Ronald's Roaches: hissing cockroaches http://lonestar.texas.net/~rtremper/roach.html

Wings and Things: http://www.wingsandthings.com/

Bees

Bee Works: http://www.beeworks.com/

Ferris Apiaries: http://www.radix.net/~honeybs/

R. Weaver Apiaries: http://www.rweaver.com/

S and F Honey Farm: http://www.sfhoneyfarm.com/