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Purchased several Stagmomantis gracilipes from Kermit. He was very informative, punctual, and helpful through the entire process. He even appeased my wishes and waited to ship until after I returned from a vacation! I would strongly recommend.

Yes, yes indeed! The operation in South Carolina was entirely Chinese Mantis, as was one that was somewhere in the Midwest. There was another that just naturally had populations of Carolina Mantis and Chinese Mantis, so they just collected the ooths in two piles. I also forgot to mention that...

Since it's related, I thought I'd share a bit of information I've gleaned: There are many people who do rather large-scale wild collection of ooths. I can't speak for those in foreign nations, but several people I have spoken with actually have large tracts of planted forest (usually...

Just as the name says, I am looking to get both of these.I would prefer pupae of both, but I will also take spikes, and even adults that will probably die en route (I have fish that really enjoy their flies). Send me what you have and what you want for them, as well as shipping, in a PM. I'm...

I currently have 40+ mantises, just hatched. Will be selling them for $1.00/ea or $.80/ea for 10 or more at a time. Will ship as cheaply as possible, but will add on heat pack as appropriate for small fee (whatever my cost to buy it is). EDIT: All mantises have sold. Thanks for looking.

For dubia roaches: Oranges, rolled oats, and bok choy. I did a pretty large-scale (i.e. tens of thousands) Dubia Roach breeding stint for a while, and I learned that I had the best success (fastest growth, highest reproduction rate) with a combination of a constant supply of oranges, bok choy...

I have four unsexed 2013 hatched California King babies. San Diego locality (naturally hypomelanistic striped). Eating whatever is put in front of them with excellent growth. $30 a piece. Male 2013 Lesser Ball Python. Strongly prefers to eat live. $120. Male 2013 Ghost Ball Python. Also...

It should be noted that, from what I know from growing up in a beekeeping family and studying agricultural law (and I'm sure people will disagree), that all honey is essentially organic. The flowers used to produce honey are in no way recombinant, and they don't insecticide them because, well...

Just received my lot of C. pictipennis from Aryia. All are healthy, happy, and gorgeous. Package was supposed to arrive on Saturday, but arrived on THURSDAY (to Arizona)! Very exciting, as I am not in any of the main postal areas, either. Excellent packing, excellent delivery time (with tracking...

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I actually hadn't thought of that! I don't have a Trader Joe's, but I do have a Cost Plus, so I'll have to go see what they've got. I totally forgot about import stores. Thanks!

Interested in buying a few nymphs, adults, and/or ooths from the Indian Flower Mantis and/or the Orchid mantis. Looking for US sellers only. Can pay via paypal or trade for certain reptiles (that's my original hobby). Just send me an offer. Would also consider any of the other smaller species.

Interesting, I definitely want to try that idea, though we don't appear to have Weetabix on this side of the pond. So, in your opinion, what would work best? I'm going to go kind of scientific, since this seems like something the hobby needs more knowledge on, and that's kind of what I nerd out...

Interesting. Do you know if they absolutely need to eat honey? Do they need wax or a place to crawl to to pupate or anything?

I know this is a kind of old thread, but I would just like to say thank you SO much for this. I hadn't ever thought of it, and it's brilliant! I will be hatching out T. sinensis and was trying to wrap my head around the ~$40 I would have to pay to create housing for all of the nymphs. This...