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 New for 2012

It is some time now since I have had visitors to my bug house but I have decided to 'open my doors' once again. I will be welcoming visitors by appointment on Saturdays. If you would like to call in, look around, have a chat and of course acquire some new bugs please ring or email for an appointment. I will not be available every Saturday so please book well in advance if you can (I will obviously try and be around when people would like to visit). I need to have visitors by appointment as there isn't a lot of space if several people turn up as once!

It is now 30 years since I started my entomological business! I have price lists from 1982 that I hope to reproduce on my website soon (when I can find the time!)
 

If you are from outside the UK and finding it hard to understand my website I find Google translate is excellent www.translate.google.com

Important Information: This information is shown elsewhere on my website but I am still asked almost every day! Please read my terms and conditions / FAQ page before asking questions (in the information box on the left hand side).

1) When an order has been despatched you will receive an email, delivery should then be expected the following day before 1pm.
2) I cannot sex immature tarantulas, I do not know how to.
3) If the animal that you are looking for is not showing on my site then I do not have it and I cannot say when it may be in. I never know what is coming in next!
4) I cannot put instructions on the parcel for your postman, you may wish to put a note on your door (leave next door, come around to the back door, hoot horn loudly and any other requests). The parcel will require a signature.
5) Site Search box (above), if you enter the name or part of the name of the animal you are looking for, it will locate the animal if it exists on my site. This is very useful if the animal is on special offer or a bulk buy deal as it will show all the pages that it occurs on.
6) Your order will arrive the day after it is posted / this may not be the day after you have placed the order. 

Virginia Cheeseman
21 Willow Close
Flackwell Heath
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire HP10 9LH
Tel. 07971 838724 /
virginia@virginiacheeseman.co.uk
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I am the original 'Bug Lady', breeding and supplying many types of creepy crawlies for almost 30 years but in the last couple of years I have found myself becoming more and more the ‘Spider Lady’. Trends seem to be changing and arachnids are far more popular than they have ever been before. I have a large log cabin in my garden where I keep a multitude of creatures. Since moving out of London my work is mainly postal . I am not keen on change and it took me a long time to actually reach the 21st century and see the potential of customers ordering online. I am now fully convinced, business has increased tremendously since setting up my online store in 2009. I am still easily accessible by email and telephone and I strive to maintain my position as the most friendly and reliable bug supplier!

In years gone by I bred lepidoptera for schools and private individuals, I manufactured a range of net cages and visited primary schools with my mini-beast show. I now concentrate on breeding and supplying live bugs within the UK and Europe. I appeared on television quite frequently in the past (the Big Breakfast and various children's TV shows), these days I am generally behind the scenes, supplying the bugs to be filmed. I supply many schools, universities, butterfly farms, zoos and private individuals. Associated equipment is also stocked e.g. heat mats, books, containers, thermometers and hygrometers. I do not import any animals, consequently the vast majority of my creatures are captive bred.


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An uneventful week, bug wise. 27/01/2012

An uneventful week, bug wise. I've had a busy week personally and due to my cold and feeling very unwell for a few days I still have some catching up to do. I was working in the bug house until 9pm yesterday, I just thought right, I have got to get to grips with this week's feeding rota or the week will be over! I'm glad I put in the time because I do feel a bit calmer today. My hubby took a couple of days off to help but quite honestly there is little he can do to help with my work. Still he comes in very handy running his mum to hospital appointments, walking the loony dog and making endless cups of tea (which I live on). 

We are off to a spider show on Sunday, it was very good last year so I am hoping it is as good this year. I wish it was a bit closer to where we live. I will be more careful than usual about what I buy, sales have picked up a little but are way down on this time last year. I have found that spider sales especially are down. I have bought in a great deal of new spiderlings this month, they are extremely labour intensive and selling so slowly that I have to be incredibly careful not to overdo it. I certainly don't want the animals to suffer because I have too many to feed (I've seen the cat hoarders on the Houston ASPCA - Animal Planet TV channel). I'm sure I will get some new spiders as it is a spider show but top of my 'shopping list' is millipedes. I am hoping to get some Train millipedes but there certainly don't seem to be many around and the price has shot up. I am of course famous for my endless lists and I do have a long written list for the show. I'm not sure how many dealers are going, I have asked a couple of people who I thought would attend but they said "not this year". I always enjoy the shows, it is good to chat to people and see what other people are keeping. I have some beautiful adult female tarantulas so it would be great to find males and hopefully breed them.
 
With all the new stock that I have this month my paperwork has been neglected, the pile seems to be increasing by the day. I just haven't had the time to properly catch up on it since Christmas. I am out and about today, Friday is the only day that I don't post orders (due to the lack of weekend postal deliveries), so I generally run errands on this day. However tomorrow I intend to concentrate on paperwork! I have only one person visiting my bug house tomorrow. Since deciding to open my doors on a Saturday I have had a few enquiries but it seems a lot of people work on a Saturday and children have activities planned eg. football and other weekly events. I am therefore thinking of having the odd open day during half term, Easter etc. (let me know what you think).
 
It is not like me, I am struggling to find anything to say, I must still be ill! I expect to have far more to say next week after the show and after clearing my desk (um). Hopefully I will be deluged with orders, many people have told me they get paid at the end of the month and will be placing an order with me then! I had a really yucky thing happen the other day. I went to feed my crested geckoes and saw that one of the adult females had lost her tail. The tail was just lying on the cage floor, I have no idea what happened. I know lizards can lose their tails but it has never happened to me. All I can think is that the status quo had been upset. I transferred my last remaining baby from my other tank into this one. I think the baby is female, she is quite large now. I doubt if she has been fighting, she looks perfect but I wonder if the male attacked the older female. The gecko without a tail came to me as an adult and has never been as tame as my others. She is the only one to bite so I wonder if the male was protecting the younger female. They all seem ok now but she looks very strange with no tail.
 
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Salmon Pink Birdeater (Lasiodora parahybana) Juvenile
Salmon Pink Birdeater (Lasiodora parahybana) Juvenile
£15.00
Giant Horned Baboon (Ceratogyrus marshalli) Small x 4
Giant Horned Baboon (Ceratogyrus marshalli) Small x 4
£12.00
Mindanao Stick Insect (Brasidas foveolatus) Nymph
Mindanao Stick Insect (Brasidas foveolatus) Nymph
£2.00
Spotted Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata) Larva x 6
Spotted Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata) Larva x 6
£5.00
Violet Tree Spider (Tapinauchenius cupreus) Small x 6
Violet Tree Spider (Tapinauchenius cupreus) Small x 6
£20.00
Violet Tree Spider (Tapinauchenius cupreus) Small x 3
Violet Tree Spider (Tapinauchenius cupreus) Small x 3
£12.00
Violet Tree Spider (Tapinauchenius cupreus) Small
Violet Tree Spider (Tapinauchenius cupreus) Small
£5.00
Trinidad Chevron (Psalmopoeus cambridgei) Small
Trinidad Chevron (Psalmopoeus cambridgei) Small
£8.00
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An uneventful week, bug wise. 27/01/2012
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