Bizarre Bugs Being Sold Online as Pets

by Tim Stevens, posted Aug 14th 2007 at 1:07PM

You can buy anything on the Internet, and our curent favorite is a site selling insects as pets. No, we're not talking about the (relatively) typical big creepy spiders, we're talking about ant lions, scary looking beetle things with giant fangs. They hide under sand, eat anything that walks over them, and, according to AntLionDen.com, make great pets!

We're not so sure about that last part, but the site is certainly an interesting place to peruse. They have a series of Steve Irwin-style videos about the critters, a whole suite of ant lion-related products for sale, and even have a "Wrangler" program where you and your kids can capture the critters and mail them in for $.20 each ... only to have the site turn around and sell them in packs of 3 for $9.95.

Seems e-commerce is alive and well in the insect kingdom!

From Boing Boing

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Filed under: Computers

Tags: Ant Lion, AntLion, Bugs

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Sal @ Aug 14th 2007 2:19PM

lol the site looks neat going to order for my daughters school . She would enjoy having this in science class

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Steve @ Aug 14th 2007 3:05PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they use those things in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as those mind control bugs that burrow in through your ear?

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