Enhance your invertebrates’ enclosure with our 100% natural, pesticide-free dried oak leaves. Packed with essential cellulose, nutrients, and fibre, which provide everything your detritivores need to grow and moult successfully. Additionally, as leaves decay, they naturally support the growth of fungi, bacteria, and biofilms. Invertebrates consume these microbes, which are crucial for their gut health. Humidity is essential to invertebrates for respiration. Leaf litter covers the floor and traps moisture, creating a moisture gradient and a safe environment to hide. These leaves are heated in water to 100°C, killing off potentially dangerous pests or pathogens, enabling the leaves to be recolonised by the beneficial bacteria and fungi already living in your soil substrate.