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Hello! I haven't posted in quite a while due to success with my last and first batch of mantids, but I've recently grown highly interested in phasmids of all sorts! I was wondering if any experts could advise me on a good starting species, I have been personally looking at heteropteryx...

Seeking 2 chinese adults, preferably male and female. Please tell me where you are located for shipping safety.

Ello All, I have found a rather otheca like thing in my front yard that was laid just like an otheca to the branch of one of my papya (pardon spelling) trees. Im not sure wat it belongs to or if it's fertile or not, but i will try to describe it: It is extremely soft, and is as white as...

Hi guys! I'm currently doin a progect on the classification of Idolomantis Diabolica and i need your help! If anyone has any photos of thier giant devils flower mantis, please post them here so that i might use them in the progect. The reason i'm asking people on the forum is that I don't...

Hello all, I havent poated for a million years so I thought id give it a go! ;) This topic is purely for you to prove to me how butiful cockrouaches can be. Ive never seen any kind of cockroach that looks pretty at all to me, and I was just wondering what the buetiful ones look like. If...

Hi guys, just wondering what your favorite Olympic sport is? I like gymnastics by far, I even used to be a gymnist. Does anyone else have any sports they do?

I tried the method of shining a light on a large hung up sheat but it doesent atract a thing! Any Tips?

After weeks of waiting i'm finnaly gonna get my first foot long remote controled Rc coppter! :D Is anyone else here In the hobby of planes and coppters? I'm sort of strarting to get the hang of it, but i'm still a little bit wobbley, lol. :lol:

Well, I found a lot that is right next to a lake that Is packed with hundreds of feeder insects, bees, crickets, moths, butterflys, wasps, ants, wierd small spike like insects that I cant identify. It has a lush rainforest of grass, bushes, vines, moss, ferns, herbs, etc. WHY CANT I FIND ANY...

Hi, Im just about to get a few chinese mantids and I have no clue on what is the best way to handle you mantis without it taking ofence and riping a tiny piece of your flesh of :lol: . I know that they like to crawl all up your arms so what do you do about that (I dont mind them doing that...

Hi, I just thought I would share this flash game with everyone! http://jiggmin.com/play.php?game=Platform_Racing Its a foot racing game thats pretty fun, tell me what you think of it. It gets a little boring after you have beaten all the levels though. P.S. Later I will post the link to a...

This is sort of a response to my other topic about mantis bites. So here's my other questions: When a mantis bites down on the soft flesh of your finger, does it hold on? If so, whats the best way to get it of? :huh: Also, Id like to know how sharp are mantis claws? Are they basiccly...

Hi. just wondering if anyone here likes world of warcraft! I just started playing and im a level 11 night elf druid, lol! :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

Hello all people who had for some reason desided to click on this thread! Well, you read the topic title, "Tell the truth: are you afraid of mantids?" I can tell you that I am actualy terrified of roaches! Are you afraid of mantids? Here is the story of how I became afraid of roaches: One...

Hey, does anyone know if chinese mantids are canabelistic or not? can they be kept together in the same cage if you feed them enof? :wacko: :D

Hey, first of all I just want to say that I just played two roles (Oberon and Theseus ) in the shakespeare classic, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"! Anyway, after we finished the performance I got a copy of "Man of La Mancha" and I absolutly loved this song caled: I Don Quixote! Here it is on you...

Two question: Have 2 different mantid species ever been breed together? Are mantids nocternal? -_-

Does anyone know if some people will do taxidermy to thier mantids after they die? :mellow: Is there such thing as mantid taxidermy? :huh: Does it requre a lot of chemicals? :ph34r: Is there a way I could preserve the dead body of a mantid? :P

Hey, I live in a realy great place for mantids and im wondring if anyone knows how to make a mantid trap? Ive heardd various ways of catching insects in general, (like diging a big hole in the ground) but does anyone know of a trap devised spasificly for mantids? :huh:

Does it hurt when a giant asian mantis bites you? Can it draw blood if it bites you? :mellow: