About Us
Our mission is Good Nutrition
We’re focused on reliably supplying healthy, nutritious and sustainable live insects to pet owners, zoos, and wildlife parks & carers around Australia.
How Bugs Alive Started
We started Bugs Alive in Cairns to provide North Queenslanders a local option for their live insects. Currently, we are the only commercial insect breeding operation north of South East Queensland.
At Bugs Alive, our focus on insect health and welfare through innovative production methods allows us to provide our customers with the ultimate foods for their pets.
Responsibly Raised in North Queensland
We are a new and growing insect producer, constantly improving our production processes and the quality of our insects. This ensures our customers will always receive the highest quality food for their beloved companions.
Bugs Alive insects are ‘human food grade’ quality, meaning we are also growing and developing insect protein for human food markets.
The local climate is generally hot, just how insects like it. Therefore, we have minimal heating costs, meaning north Queensland is one of the best places to grow insects in Australia.
Bugs Alive started with a vision to supply North Queenslanders with a local source of insect products
Stirling is the owner of Bugs Alive, and began studying and growing insects in early 2018, after identifying local demand and a growing global need for protein.
Bugs Alive started from humble beginnings, growing Black Soldier Fly, crickets, wood roaches & mealworms for the human, live petfood and livestock protein market.
As there is very little available information on how to grow insects commercially, Stirling had to research and develop methods through trial and error and seek advice from researchers around the world to improve production methods. He’s developed multiple technologies and equipment to improve production and is constantly striving to improve.
Food production and natural resource utilisation are extremely important global issues today and into the foreseeable future – this is why Stirling is trying to develop technologies to re-use by-products or materials for high quality protein and food production.
Concepts such as the ‘Circular economy’, re-use or re-purpose food production wastes (ugly or second grade fruit & vegetables, fruit packaging, Brewer’s waste (highly nutritious), etc) are key factors in motivation and methods to develop these alternative food products for humans, pets and livestock.
FEATURED PRODUCTS
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Live small rats = Pets
$35.00 Add to cart -
Frozen Mice
$14.00 – $28.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Live Black Soldier Fly Larvae – large
$6.00 – $85.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Medium Live Crickets
$6.50 – $99.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Frozen chicks -1wk old, 3 pack (110g each)
$19.50 Add to cart -
Calcium supplement 300g
$12.00 Add to cart -
Frass
$18.00 Add to cart -
Frozen Rats
$16.50 – $32.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page