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Well, I'm leaving the hobby. I might not be going back into the hobby forever. This has always been a GREAT forum and I always got my answers very fast and they were detail and very effctive. As some of you have noticed, I have not been on the for a long time. I was thinking about leaving but I...

Here is my ant mantid lying an ooth. It's her first one. After she laid it, I let her go because I wanted her to find a male and get a fertile ooth.

My dad hired some guys to plant some new plants in our garden. After planting all the plants, They sprayed my WHOLE garden with insecticide :( . I think they probably killed most of the mantids in my garden :( . I was trying to raise the number of ant mantids in my garden but now I don't...

I can get a lizard of some sort. What should I get? What is good for a begginer like me? I have never kept a lizard before so I also need to know the basic needs of the lizards. I was thinking about getting a leopard gecko. How is that for a begginer? Any advice would be appreaciated

There were a lot of mealworm pupa in a container full of mealworms. They all disappeared for no reason. I really don't know why. Could the mealworms have eaten them while they were still soft? I noticed one pupa that just molted. I was still coming out of its exoskeleton. The next day, I...

An ant mantid ooth that I found in school just hatched just now. About 24 nymphs came running out. They were in a closed container but they could somehow find a way out. I checked the container again and again but I could not find out how they came out. I released all the nymphs that survived...

I have 4 chinese mantid ooths. I have no idea how to take care of them. Advice needed. Temp: Humidity: Ventalation: Etc.....

Here are some pics of it. Can you tell me if it's a male judging from its abdomen size? It molted six times. Here are it's molts... The ant mantid. This one is about 2cm. The female is 2.5. Please tell me its a male... :D

Here are a few of my homegrown and homemade enclosures. They are all made of bamboo, mesh and duct tape. My dad planted the grew the bamboo in my house compound. It takes about 1 day to finish a cage. I'm thinking of housing some giant asian in these after they outgrow their 32oz cups. First I...

I looked on the internet and found out about this. Looked dangerous towards my spiders. I think I found few in my garden. Since I thought they were assassin spiders, I took them and dropped them in my spiders web. They made a good meal. :D

Just curious. Has anyones mantid caught your finger and started chewing on it before? Has anyone been bitten/scratched by a mantid? Can a big mantid like a Giant Malaysian Shield Mantid catch a finger in its claws and start chewing? Would it do that if you wiggled your finger in front of it?

Here are some L1 Tropidomantid nymphs that hatched from an ooth I found in my garden. There were 18 of them but 4 didn't make it and I released another four to keep the balance of nature equal. They are really, really small and they are translucent so they are very hard to see. As in small I...

One of my Tropidomantid ooths hatch today. A nymph costs $15 each. PM me if interested.

I have many Tropidomantid ooths. Note that they were caught in the wild so I don't know if they are fertile or not. I also don't know when they will hatch. I'm not sure how to ship items so any advice on how to ship the ooths would be greatly appreciated. I also would like to trade them for...

Her are some pics of my ooth hunting. I found almost all of these today. They're really common. They will be ready to trade soon.

Does anyone have any pointers on how to take care of this ooth? Can someone state the Temp: How many sprays: Ventilation: Etc..... Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :D

What in the world is this? I got it with a bottlecap of mealworms. The one at the top left corner was moving.

I am going to get a giant asian ooth and I am wondering how many nymphs can I keep in an enclosure which measures 13"x13"x13" without risking canabalism.. I would also like to know if this species is very canabalistic.

I let my Tropidomantid go in my garden today. I looked at her and her 9 infertile ooths and I thought. She should be free. She may find a male and lay some fertile ooths. After I fed her, I put her into a monkey palm bush in my garden. My garden has lots of Tropidomantids but I just can't seem...

Here is my ant mantid molting from L4-L5. Unfortunately the pics are not very clear as they were taken through plastic which was not clear. After molt... Closer inspection...