| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1010 | Mixed Protozoa | Contains a variety of pond water protozoans. We will include any available genera at your request. | See Price Group 2 |
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| 1015 | Pond water mixture | Protozoans, algae, & crustacea. | See Price Group 3 |
| 1020 | Amoeba proteus | The large commonly studied amoeba. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1030 | Pelomyxa carolinensis | (Chaos chaos) | See Price Group 3 |
| 1050 | Mixed Amoebae | A mixture of the above sarcodines. | See Price Group 2 |
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| 1060 | Paramecium caudatum | The large commonly studied paramecium. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1100 | Blepharisma | A large pink ciliate. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1110 | Spirostomum | A long slender ciliate. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1120 | Stentor | Coeruleus is usually the species. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1130 | Vorticella | or similar stalked ciliate. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1150 | Euglena | A flagellate exhibiting both plant and animal characteristics. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1160 | Peranema | Has two flagella, one of which is easily observed. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1170 | Volvox | A large colonial flagellate. | See Price Group 1 |
| 6135 | Methyl Cellulose | For slowing protozoa. | $3.10 per 1 oz. jar |
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| 1300 | Brown Hydra | Individuals with buds and gonads are included when avvailable. | See Price Group 6 |
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| 1340 | Small Planaria | Average length is about 1/4 inch. Brown species are usually supplied as available. | See Price Group 6 |
| 1350 | Large Planaria | Average length is 1/2 inch or larger when extended. black and brown species are supplied as available. | See Price Group 5 |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1360 | Vinegar Eels | Turbatrix aceti. | See Price Group 1 |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1370 | Earthworms | Lumbricus terrestris. Large mature specimens with clitellum. | $5.65 per dozen |
| 1375 | Red Worms | Small earthworm for fish food or composting. | $5.30 per 30 $10.50 per 100 |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1380 | Rotifers | Usually a mixture of several species. | See Price Group 1 |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1390 | Pond Snails | Sizes as collected. We will send large or small sizes if requested. | See Price Group 5 |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1420 | Ostracods | A small "clam-like" crustacean. | See Price Group 2 |
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| 1430 | Amphipods | Gammarus is usually supplied. | See Price Group 5 |
| 1445 | Terrestrial Isopods | Sow bugs. | See Price Group 5 |
| 1466 | Pill bugs. | See Price Group 5 | |
| 2420 | Bug Set | Set of 50 Isopods and 50 beetles. | $41.25 |
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| 1400 | Daphnia magna & pulex | Our cultures contain various sizes with ample amounts of large specimens. For feeding Hydra request smaller sizes. | See Price Group 2 |
| 1410 | Cyclops | Copepods. | See Price Group 2 |
| 1450 | Crayfish | Sizes as collected, usually 2-4". | $2.00 each; $21.00 per dozen; $155.00 per 100 |
| 2410 | Structures crayfish set | Set of 12 each crayfish and anacharis elodea.****** DO NOT RELEASE OUTDOORS, DISPOSE OF BY FREEZING ****** | $28.00 |
| 2580 | Bess beetles | Large black beetle for structures set. | $35.00 per Dozen; $3.25 each |
| Bedding and food matrix for bess beetle | $5.00 | ||
| 1460 | Mixed Crustacea | Includes Daphnia, cylcops, Ostracods or Amphipods. | See Price Group 2 |
| 1470 | Brine Shrimp Eggs | $7.00 per six dram vial | |
| 1480 | Mealworms | Tenebrio larvae. | See Price Group 4 |
| 2430 | Tenebrio life cycle | Set of adults, pupae and mealworms. Contains 100 mixed insect stages | $14.35 |
| 1486 | Wax Worms | Study life cycle, fish, amphibian, reptile food. | See Price Group 2 |
| 1489 | Crickets | Behavioral & life cycle studies or amphibian food. | $3.05 per dozen; $17.85 per 100 |
| 1479 | Tenebrio Beetles | Darkling beetles. | $5.75 per dozen |
| 1485 | Bran | For growing Tenebrio. | $1.50 per pound |
| 1487 | Dermestid Beetles | For skeletal preparations. | $8.75 per culture |
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| 2585 | Madagascar Hissing Cockroach | The large cockroach. Very easy to culture in the classroom. Various sizes available. | $4.00 each; $42.00 dozen |
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| 1490 | Guppies | Mixed Sexes. Not available during winter. | $6.50 per dozen |
| 1495 | Goldfish | The common comet goldfish. | $7.10 per dozen |
Rana Pipiens Northern grassfrogs. Supplies are often limited, especially in late winter and early spring. Please order well in advance.
| Item# | Size | Price |
| 1500 | 2-2.25" | $3.00 each; 32.00 dozen |
| 1505 | 2.5-3" | $4.25 each; $42.00 dozen |
| 1510 | 3-3.5" | $5.25 each; $57.00 dozen |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1525 | Tadpoles | Check availability early April. | $10.00 per dozen |
We start your Drosophila cultures with adults from our stocks. New cultures can be shipped when larvae appear, usually about 7 days. New adults begin emerging in 10-14 days. ORDER WELL IN ADVANCE to allow for this. Adult flies sometimes do not survive shipment, but eggs and larvae travel well.
Drosophila melanogaster:
| Item # | Description | Price |
| 1550 | Wild (red eye) | ![]() $8.00 per culture; $7.25 for 4 or more cultures |
| Chromosome I mutants (sex-linked): | ||
| 1551 | Bar eye | |
| 1552 | miniature wing | |
| 1553 | white eye | |
| 1554 | yellow body | |
| Chromosome II mutants: | ||
| 1559 | black body | |
| 1561 | curved wing | |
| 1562 | dumpy wing | |
| 1563 | vestigial wing | |
| 1564 | brown eye | |
| Chromosome III mutants: | ||
| 1569 | ebony body | |
| 1570 | sepia | |
| Chromosome IV mutants: | ||
| 1575 | eyeless | |
| 1576 | polished eye |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1585 | Drosophila virilis | Virilis is larger than melanogaster. It is excellent for pet food and for chromosome studies. (can be assorted with melanogaster) | $8.00 per culture; $7.25 each for 4 or more cultures |
| 1588 | F1 Crosses | Specify any of the above melanogaster parents. We will cross and ship when larvae appear.
6 WEEKS NOTICE PLEASE | $24.00 per culture |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1600 | Mixed Algae | A mixture of more than six common pond water algae. We will include any available genera at your request. | See Price Group 2 |
| 1605 | Green Algae | A planktonic mixture. | $7.80 per pint |
| 1610 | Anabaena | A filamentous blue-green. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1620 | Chlamydomonas | A common unicellular, motile, green alga. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1630 | Chlorella | A unicellular, nonmotile, planktonic green alga. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1640 | Closterium | A large desmid with gypsum granules that exhibit brownian movement. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1635 | Cosmarium | A common desmid. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1650 | Diatoms | A mixture of several genera. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1660 | Eudorina | A spherical colony with round or oval evenly spaced cells. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1665 | Gloeocapsa | A blue-green whose cells are enclosed in a gelatinous sheath. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1670 | Gonium | Cells form square plates. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1680 | Hydrodictyon | The familiar water net. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1690 | Nostoc | Trichomes are numerous and twisted within a gelatinous enelope of ball. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1700 | Oedogonium | Oospores usually present. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1710 | Oscillatoria | The common filamentous blue-green. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1720 | Pandorina | A spherical colony with compact pear shaped cells. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1730 | Pediastrum | Cells form circular plates | See Price Group 1 |
| 1740 | Scenedesmus | Our species has two to four cells arranged in a single row with spines on the terminal cells. | See Price Group 1 |
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| 1750 | Spirogyra | A common filamentous green with spiral shaped chloroplasts. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1760 | Ulothrix | Exhibits a single collar shaped chloroplast. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1770 | Volvox | Large spherical colonies with biflagellate cells. Daughter colonies present. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1780 | Zygnema | A filamentous green with star shaped chloroplasts. | See Price Group 1 |
| 1150 | Euglena | Listed here as well as with protozoa. | See Price Group 1 |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1800 | Aerobacter aerogenes | A gram- rod. | $8.75 per culture; $8.00 each for 4 or more |
| 1805 | Agrobacterium tumefaciens | B-6, Causes crown gall in plants. | |
| 1810 | Alcaligenes faecalis | A gram- rod. | |
| 1815 | Azotobacter chroococcum | ||
| 1820 | Bacillus cereus | A spore forming rod. | |
| 1825 | Bacillus megaterium | A spore forming rod. | |
| 1830 | Bacillus subtilis | A spore forming rod. | |
| 1835 | Bacilis mycoides | A spore forming rod. | |
| 1840 | Corynebacterium xerose | A gram+ rod. | |
| 1845 | Escherichia coli | The common colon bacillus. | |
| 1850 | Micrococcus luteus | A gram+ rod. | |
| 1855 | Micrococcus roseus | Red pigment. | |
| 1860 | Mycobacterium phlei | A gram+ rod. | |
| 1865 | Proteus vulgaris | A gram- rod with flagells. | |
| 1870 | Pseudomonas fluorescens | A gram- rod. | |
| 1875 | Rhodospirillum rubrum | A gram- spiral. | |
| 1880 | Sarcina lutea | A yellow gram+ coccus. | |
| 1885 | Serratia marcescens | A red gram- rod. | |
| 1890 | Staphylococcus epidermidis | A gram+ coccus. | |
| 1895 | Streptococcus lactis | A gram+ coccus. |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1900 | Aspergillus niger | A common aspergillus. | $8.75 per culture; $8.00 each for 4 or more; (can be assorted with bacteria) |
| 1905 | Penicillium notatum | Source of penicillin. | |
| 1910 | Rhizopus stolonifer | The common bread mold. | |
| 1915 | Saccharomyces cereviseae | Bread yeast. | |
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| 1930 | Physarum polycephalum | The yellow slime mold. Sclerotial stage. A vial contains several pieces of dried sclerotium. Instructions included. | $7.75 per vial; $7.25 each for 4 or more vials |
| 1931 | Physarum polycephalum | Actively growing plasmodium on an agar plate. | $8.55 each; $7.85 each for 4 or more. |
| 1932 | Slime mold set | Includes sclerotia, oatmeal for feeding and 5 plain agar plates. | $14.75 each; $13.50 each for 4 or more. |
| Item # | Name | Description | Price |
| 1950 | Lichens | A set contains representative samples of the three forms (crustose, foliose, and fruticose). | $5.75 per set |
| 1960 | Liverworts | Conocephalum is usually supplied. Marchantia is somethimes available. Selection and quality are best in the fall. | $4.75 per 4" clump |
| 1970 | Mosses | Polytrichum or other woodland moss. Selection and quality are best in the fall. | $4.75 per 4" clump |
| Fruiting Mosses | $6.50 each | ||
| 1980 | Ferns | Small fern plants suitable for the terrarium. | $5.30 each |
| Sporing Ferns | Limited availability. | $8.75 each | |
| 1990 | Duckweed | Lemna minor. the small floating monocot. | $3.10 per 1 oz. jar |
| 1998 | Hornwort | A bushy, rooted or floating, aquitic plant. | $2.10 per bunch |
| 1999 | Dwarf Sagittaria | A grass-like, rooted, aquatic plant. | $1.50 per plant |
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| 2000 | Elodea tips | 2-5 inches long. Use for cellular study and oxygenation. Available only in early fall. | See Price Group 7 |
| 2010 | Anacharis | This is the large southern Elodea which is suitable for planting in the aquarium. An excellent oxygenator. | See Price Group 7 |
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| 2528 | Milkweed bugs | Usually adults are sent as available. When they are not available large juveniles are sent.
3 WEEKS NOTICE PLEASE. Weather conditions apply | $18.00 dozen |
| Milkweed bugs Male/Female sets | 1 MONTH NOTICE IS REQUIRED for healthy viable bugs. We will ship them when they have emerged & as close as possible to your desired use date. Weather conditions apply | $27.00 dozen | |
| 2527 | Milkweed bug cultures | A mixture of adults; juveniles and eggs for starting a new culture. | $16.00 |
| 2525 | Milkweed bug eggs | A set of 30 or more eggs. | $10.60 |
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| 2530 | Painted lady butterfly set of 6 | $23.20 each; $21.65 for 4 or more sets | |
| Item # | Name | Each | Dozen | 100 |
| 5420 | USP plain agar | $1.55 | $15.15 | $102.75 |
| 5440 | Nutrient | $1.85 | $17.75 | $145.00 |
| 5450 | Potato Dextrose | $1.85 | $17.75 | $145.75 |