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I have three L2 Phyllocrania paradoxa for sale. $10 each and $10 shipping. I have more L1s that should molt any time now, but there is a warm window this week for shipping, so I'm just listing what I have.  EDIT: Three more have molted. 5 for $40.

Chicobolus spinigerus jouviniles for sale. Around 2" long. Sexing is available. $5 each. $10 shipping. U.S. only. LAG as long as temps are between 40°F and 90°F.

L2-L3 Ghosts for sale $10 each. $10 shipping. Free shipping for orders $50 or more. LAG covers shipping for replacement. Temperature must be above 40° for LAG. US only. 

$10 for L2 and $15 for an L4-L5 sexed pair. $10 priority mail shipping or free shipping for orders $50 or more. To be clear, only the L4-L5 are sexed. I am not talented enough to sex the L2.  Sorrybut I am sold out for now. I would remove this post, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how. 

L2 Phyllocrania paradoxa $10 or 5 for $40. $10 priority mail. LAG covers replacement and shipping for replacement. 

SOLD OUT FOR NOW. MORE TO COME THOUGH!  Phyllocrania paradoxa L2 and L3 - $10 or 5 for $40 $10 priority mail shipping LAG as long as temps are below 90°. Guarantee also covers shipping. 

Simandoa conserfariam - $5 or 5 for $20 Schultesia lampyrydiformis (firefly roach) great feeders for mantids - 15 nymphs for $10 Common hissers - nymphs for $2 or 7 for $10. No adults for sale.  $10 priority mail. U.S. only. LAG if temps are below 90° includes shipping. 

Phyllocrania paradoxa L2 and L3 - $10 or 5 for $40 $10 express mail shipping LAG including shipping as long as temps are below 90°

L2 Phyllocrania paradoxa for sale. $10 and $10 shipping. U.S. only. LAG. If it is not alive upon arrival, contact me the day of. I will reimburse including shipping or cover shipping for the free replacement.

I have two P. Paradoxa that are probably a molt or two from adulthood. One male and one female. I'd love to breed them, but I bought them from the same vendor at the same time. The female is about two weeks behind the male in development, but it's probably pretty safe to say that they're...

Ah, okay. In that case you want to make sure the leaf litter is already decayed so it makes good food for the isopods. This is a pretty good time of year for it since the most recently fallen leaves have already decayed a bit. The best stuff will be slightly below the surface though. I'm talking...

When I collect leaf litter for my millipede and beetle substrate I go deep into some woods, about 50 yards from any man-made structures or roads. That way I can be pretty certain that there are no pesticides on it. When I get it home, I put it in the microwave for a minute or two to make sure...

This is what blew me away when I got my first mantises a few months ago. I'm not very new to the invert hobby, but nothing is quite like a mantis in how it will look at you and is seemingly unafraid. The only non-mantis predator I have is an Amblypygid. I love my Ambly, but it is nearly blind...

Thanks everyone! @CosbyArt I really hope so.

Hello. I'm 34, from Detroit. I got into the invert hobby about a year ago, but just acquired my first mantis within the past week. It's a Sphodromantis viridis (giant african), and I have a Deroplatys desiccata (Malasian dead leaf) on the way. I did a bug presentation for my son's preschool last...