The Bug Den

03/09/2026

Hello everyone!
We all had an amazing mini break away to end the school holidays 🥰
The kids started secondary school this week and they are loving it so far 🙂 I hope everyones little ones are either enjoying being back to school or excited to start back next week.
Nice to start to get back to a normal work routine now though.
We came back from our break to an amazing amount of online orders so thank you everyone. Just about restocked now (just about to update Etsy stock)! It was our busiest weekend to date 🥳
We really do appreciate all of our amazing customers 🫶🏼
I think I am just about caught up on messages now. If I have missed you please message again 😊

Here is "Fluffy" my gorgeous David Bowie spider (Heteropoda davidbowie) I think she is female if anyone can confirm my guess 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

29/08/2026

Some more little friends we met yesterday. I fell in love with a little baby goat but Phil said I couldn't take him home 😂😔

29/08/2026

Morning everyone!
So we made some new friends yesterday on the first day of our holiday 😍
Honestly this was just magical and we loved every moment of it. We went on a tractor train and we met and fed red deer, sheep and llamas.
The kids also bottle fed some baby goats and cows 🥹

28/08/2026

Hello everyone! We are now on the way to our little mini break 🥳
All orders have been dispatched this morning. Any orders placed from now will dispatch on Tuesday after the bank holiday.
I will check messages when I can but I won't be online much especially during the daytime. Looking forward to a lovely few days with my little family 🥰
Thanks everyone and I hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday 🫶🏼

27/08/2026

Hello everyone!
Just a heads up we are going away tomorrow for a little family break over the long weekend before the kids start secondary school next week!
Any orders placed before 9am tomorrow morning will go out tomorrow but any orders that come in after that will not be dispatched until Tuesday next week (1st September) it is also a bank holiday on Monday so obviously the post office is shut!
Thanks everyone 🫶🏼

Cute little photo of one of my orchid vampire crabs. I love these little guys and we picked up two more females from Bugzuk Store at the Essex show last weekend! 🥰

23/08/2026

All set up and ready to go at The Essex Arachnid & Invert Show 🥳🥳

21/08/2026

Good morning everyone!
Just a reminder that there will be no posting tomorrow as we are travelling to Essex for the show on Sunday. So get your orders in by 2.30pm today for dispatch today!

I picked up this little cutie last weekend at the Plymouth show from the lovely Woodland Webs
What a little cutie 🥰 caribena versicolour (Antilles pinktoe tarantula)

Does anyone else keep this species? Share some photos of yours below 😁

20/08/2026

Ohhh look at all these goodies from the amazing Little Viv of Horrors.
Make sure you go check them out on Sunday at the The Essex Arachnid & Invert Show 😍

20/08/2026

This Sunday everyone!
What a great list of traders 😍

Meet your traders for this years show.

Sunday 23rd August 2026

The Essex Arachnid and Invertebrate Show
Matthew, Custom Aquaria
Kristiāns Spila- Zoo on wheels
Rick Shoults-Ricks Bug Room
Francesca Sorrell- Creature coven
Sophie Taylor- Taloured Terrariums
Curtis Lakin - stickinsectsand others.
Luke Huges- Spa Spiders
Chris Hale -animals Addictive
Sue Fox, Invicta Arachnid Club
Kate Whitlock- emerald inverts
Megan Webb- Carnivorous plant girl
SarahJane Ambrose - The Skull shed
Andy Quirk- stick insects
Martin Spicer- Creature Tech
Kelly snowling- SKT Inverts
Shelly Edwards-curiosities from the 5th corner
Brian Hammer- spider monkey
Andrew kirkpatrick - NaturesZion
Steve day- Steve Day
Christopher Thomas, Thomas reptiles ltd & Victoria Antoinette
Cara Jones- The underpods
Janie Shuttlewood- Jay's beaded bugs
Victoria Haval- Essex Wildlife Trust
Leslie Fox -Fox Exotics
Mark Balmer - Subversive Inverts
John Connolly-Butterfly framing company
Emiel Durbal- BioScales
Paul Muggeridge - Bugnut Ltd
Rebecca Kingsley- lil viv of Horrors
Nigel Johnson- Millipods
Martin French- BugsUk ltd
David Fisher- Daves Little Beastie's
Kelly Jefferies-Mantis Mayhem
Tony Webb - Venomous Visions
Stephen Fletcher- up in the Tree's
Nichola Norman The bug Den
Kelly King- Just tarantulas
Maddy Whittle- Oi Cakes
Richard Jarrared- Exotic Pet Temple
Rachel George- B&L Bugs
Brandon Seeley- Spartan Exotics
Phil Barber- Incredible Inverts
Donna Banks- The Treat shop
Becky warboys Practically Magic
Emma Lee - Pods and peculiararities
Eloise Roberts- Tabletop Forests
Charlotte Lennon Reeve - Lotties-Looks facepainting
Colour corner

Food vendors outside.

Russell's Burger Bar, Gelato ice cream, Charlie Canes pizza

19/08/2026

Our next show is the amazing The Essex Arachnid & Invert Show in Brentwood. It's this Sunday 23rd August!
We had so much fun at this one last year so we cannot wait to be there again this year!
Who is coming along? 🤩