12/12/2025
You know I like to talk ethics and after seeing framed bats at a ‘sustainable’ market today, I wanted to give a good example of ethically sourced specimens. I can say with confidence that all of these specimens have lived their full lives. How? Because I reached out to small breeders and bought their bugs and you can clearly see their tokens of life. No they are not perfect, but are we?
And yes I still use perfect specimens, lots of them I bought a long time ago. And it’s hard to completely stop using them, because small breeders will never be able to breed every single bug that has ever existed. But I really want to focus on finding those breeders that share my ethics or buy more vintage collections. So if my current work looks different, that’s why. Any opinions? Feel free to share them 👇🏼