Worldwide Butterflies has been supplying butterflies and moths for half a century. There is a range of species available as livestock. Schools can see Recommended School Species.

Butterflies and moths are supplied for historic, scientific and identification collections, medical research, for photography and conservation, and even just for their incredible beauty and natural history interest.

Schools and educational establishments are prominent in Worldwide Butterflies’ list of customers. A number people started by buying from Worldwide Butterflies, and have gone on to become professional in Entomology and Natural History in a number of ways. In fact in fact this has now continued in subsequent generations. To read about Worldwide Butterflies from the earliest days please see History.

Welcome to the new WWB Website which we hope you will not only find attractive and interesting for its diversity and content, but when you login to My Account you will find it useful to be able to follow availability of booked items,  create your Wish List to come back to, and there too you can sign up for email News and Updates.

When the website first loads on your screen pictures on the home page may require a few moments to appear.

Some items on the website pages have multiple pictures which show when you click the main picure. If you hover the cursor on a picture, arrows appear left or right so you can scroll through the pictures enlarged.

TIME IN THE POST Customers sometimes expect their orders to arrive next day. Please take into account the anticipated season for the item (shown near the price) and the fact that several items may be sent from different sources, often from another country. Post is often slower in holiday periods, especially overseas.

Gift Certificates - You can purchase a WWB gift certificate from here.

CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS: Spanish Moon Moth form ceballosi: eggs at lower price and available NOW.  Eggs of Yamamai Silkmoth,  Silver-studded Blue, Small Tortoiseshell, Cocoons of the Emperor Gum Moth, Tussore Silkmoth, Puss Moth cocoons specially reduced!

Edwardsii ova available this summer! Please order NOW.

See SPECIAL OFFERS Section - quite a few good reductions!

Very fine Collector's Cabinet (Click to see) mahogany and walnut veneer, with glazed library shelves

NETTING at prices lower than ever! Click to see

SEE THE NEW MOONLANDER MOTH TRAP

Click to see

and the Goodden GemLight. A completely new kind of moth light. Click here

CAGES  See the new PYJAMA CAGES Click here

LIVESTOCK

If you are a beginner and need information on rearing from small caterpillars, or hatching out pupae, please order the book shown above. INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT SENT WITH EACH SPECIES, you need to acquire basic skills and this book is a simple way to learn them.

LIVESTOCK ON OUR WEBSITE  is very wide-ranging. Please scroll down the different sections. There are some very interesting species for the connoisseur and for the beginner.

AWAY DATES

ON YOUR ACCOUNT please enter dates when you cannot receive livestock. Letting us know by any other means will not apply the dates to the system and will not prevent dispatch of orders when you cannot receive them.

NEWS and UPDATES

We will email you: just go to My Account and click to receive these.

Newly hatched or small larvae are too small to be put into a cage or aquarium. If you can put them on growing foodplant, protected with a sleeve, that is ideal. Alternatively keep in a plastic box , lined with absorbent paper, in close confinement with fresh foodplant, and changed daily. For details see the All Colour Paperback BUTTERFLIES.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Livestock orders not able to be supplied are carried over for priority supply the next season. Please inform us if you wish to cancel and be refunded.

Please note that all prices are subject to 20% VAT (except books and orders from non-EU countries),and carriage charges, which will be added to your order at the checkout.

Livestock sent outside the UK, whilst we do our best to see that it arrives safely, is sent at the BUYER'S RISK. Livestock to Italy is often subject to delay and hot climate. Best to order dormant stages for Italy. Livestock sent to USA need USDA permits. We cannot send to AUS or NZ, unless government authorised.

email: sales@wwb.co.uk