Where the Weird Gets Wonderful!
Where the Weird Gets Wonderful!
Step into our living library of knowledge — the Care Guides archive is where we gather every thread of wisdom for our Myco-Pets and beyond. Here you’ll find practical guides for nurturing living companions like millipedes, frogs, and scorpions, alongside transcendent works of preservation such as framed entomology pieces and carefully prepared wet specimens. It’s equal parts handbook and gallery — a place where Patrons can learn, appreciate, and connect with the full spectrum of life, from the quietly thriving detritivores to the preserved wonders that tell their eternal stories.
American Green Treefrog — Introduction & Overview The American Green Treefrog (Dryophytes cinereus) is the Myco-Emporium equivalent of a tiny neon boombox that only plays “rainforest jazz.” Bright, vibrant, sticky-toed, and always ready for a vertical adventure, this arboreal gem…
Antlion (Doodlebug) [The Cosmic Predator] — Myrmeleontidae spp. Meet the “sandworm-in-miniature.” Antlion larvae are precision ambushers that sculpt gravitational funnels, then lurk at the event horizon with serrated jaws. Imagine a Tremors-style graboid scaled to a teacup, or a desert…
Heterometrus longimanus — Introduction & Overview The Asian Forest Scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus) is a glossy, jet-black forest dweller from Southeast Asia that commands attention under normal light and glows an ethereal turquoise under UV. It’s a classic display scorpion—robust, secretive,…
Barking Treefrog — Introduction & Overview MYCO-EMPORIUMS, behold the amphibian equivalent of a neon gumball that yells at thunderstorms. The Barking Treefrog radiates smooth lime-to-emerald tones, inflates like a squishy balloon of cosmic sass when calling, and somehow manages to…
Bumblebee Millipedes (Anadenobolus monilicornis) — Introduction & Overview Bumblebee Millipedes (Anadenobolus monilicornis) glow with bold black-and-yellow bands that pop in planted terraria. Gentle, tidy, and endlessly busy, they aerate soil and recycle leaf litter—perfect for bioactive builds or as a…
Central American Giant Tailless Whipspiders (Phrynus whitei) — Introduction & Overview Meet the Central American Giant Tailless Whipspider (Phrynus whitei), the living embodiment of “did my enclosure just grow a boss fight?” These amblypygids look like flat, two-dimensional crab-spiders with…
Costa Rican Stripe Knee Tarantula (Aphonopelma seemanni) — Introduction & Overview The Costa Rican Stripe Knee Tarantula, Aphonopelma seemanni, is what happens when the forest floor decides to cos-play as a racing spider. Dark chocolate legs wrapped in bold cream…
Crested Geckos (Correlophus ciliatus) — Introduction & Overview Meet the Crested Gecko, Correlophus ciliatus—a soft-spined, big-eyed, gravity-defying LIVE SPECIMEN that looks like a tiny dragon and moves like a caffeinated tree frog. Those “eyelashes” along the crest, the velvet skin,…
Desert Giant Millipedes (Orthoporus ornatus) — Introduction & Overview MYCO-EMPORIUMS, welcome to one of the desert’s most peaceful wanderers: the massive, segment-by-segment powerhouse known as the Desert Giant Millipede (Orthoporus ornatus). A sand-toned titan with a conveyor-belt walk, a mellow…
Dune Scorpion — Smeringurus mesaensis Forged by wind and heat, the Dune Scorpion is a nocturnal sand-swimmer that engineers stable burrows and patrols open ground for prey. Under UV light it glows an eerie blue-green, making a stunning—yet low-maintenance—desert centerpiece.…
Egyptian Sandfish — Scincus scincus — Introduction & Overview Part lizard, part magic trick, the Egyptian Sandfish “swims” through desert dunes like water. A wedge snout, smooth armor-scales, and fringed toes let it dive beneath the surface in a flash—then…
Florida Ivory Millipedes — Introduction & Overview Florida Ivory Millipedes (Chicobolus spinigerus) are gentle, glossy, cream-banded detritivores native to the southeastern United States. Calm, hardy, and captivating to watch as they sift leaf litter, they excel as a low-maintenance bioactive…