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Oh boy if i don't know you Rebecca i would thought you are an entomologist working on your research in the lab..... remind me of the movie "The Fly"!!
Fisherman_Brazil
Well-known member
Hard to believe! Truly amazing!
HaH! I had you all fooled, I AM THE FLY!
So it is hibiscusFLY... :lol:
Due to the numerous requests I have on how to make the containers look nice I thought I would just post it here.
Here's how the (Bugmiester, new name precious gave me) makes the mantis houses! First you need the plastic house
, then you need a
drill and a hole saw the size to fit the hole you want to make.
After drilling, you need to debur the hole with a razor knife.
Next, you need some flowers and leaves from Walmart
or craft store.
I use the flower heads, the leaves, and the stems,
depending on what kind of mantis I am going to house. If it
is a Dead Leaf, I like to put a big leaf at the bottom of the
container and a stem with a small flower on it. The stem is
bent with a small pair of needlenose pliers into an L shape
and the L is hot glued to the bottom, kinda like a flag pole
with the flower as the flag! Then I just start hot gluing the
flowers and leaves inside the container.
I try to make sure that there is something every inch
and a half around the container. This is so the mantis can walk
around and has sure footing, otherwise they do not seem
comfortable when trying to move from one place to another.
The last thing I do is hot glue screen to the
opening I made with the drill and the lid.
Now the most important thing about making an enclosure for
your mantis is the Hot Glue! The glue will be sticky even when cold. Sticky glue will trap your mantis and he will lose extreminities
and maybe even his life. I use mineral oil very lightly. VERY LIGHTLY,
I repeat. This is because oil is used to smother insects, fish,
avians and the like. I really prefer to use Ear Wax! But most
of the time I do not have enough of my own to go around.
That's it! Laugh and get it out of your system! Ok are
you done yet! Good, Sometimes when visitors come I make
em leave their ear wax at the door. ha ha, Or you can use a
greasy forehead, all you gotta do when hubby or misses comes
in from work is just rub their temples like you want to relax them
and walaah! you have grease that won't hurt the mantis!
Rub this on the glue and you should be all set. I do wash the
containers out before desticking them. Usually the only part
you need to worry aabout is the lid with the screen, if you are
careful with your glue when applying it, the flowers and leaves
should cover it up. I do not use a substrate in my containers as
I can easily wash them out once a week very quickly while feeding.
Hope this helps all you DIY-ers!
Here's how the (Bugmiester, new name precious gave me) makes the mantis houses! First you need the plastic house
, then you need adrill and a hole saw the size to fit the hole you want to make.
After drilling, you need to debur the hole with a razor knife.
Next, you need some flowers and leaves from Walmart
or craft store.
I use the flower heads, the leaves, and the stems,
depending on what kind of mantis I am going to house. If it
is a Dead Leaf, I like to put a big leaf at the bottom of the
container and a stem with a small flower on it. The stem is
bent with a small pair of needlenose pliers into an L shape
and the L is hot glued to the bottom, kinda like a flag pole
with the flower as the flag! Then I just start hot gluing the
flowers and leaves inside the container.
I try to make sure that there is something every inch
and a half around the container. This is so the mantis can walk
around and has sure footing, otherwise they do not seem
comfortable when trying to move from one place to another.
The last thing I do is hot glue screen to the
opening I made with the drill and the lid.
Now the most important thing about making an enclosure for
your mantis is the Hot Glue! The glue will be sticky even when cold. Sticky glue will trap your mantis and he will lose extreminities
and maybe even his life. I use mineral oil very lightly. VERY LIGHTLY,
I repeat. This is because oil is used to smother insects, fish,
avians and the like. I really prefer to use Ear Wax! But most
of the time I do not have enough of my own to go around.
That's it! Laugh and get it out of your system!
Ok areyou done yet! Good, Sometimes when visitors come I make
em leave their ear wax at the door. ha ha, Or you can use a
greasy forehead, all you gotta do when hubby or misses comes
in from work is just rub their temples like you want to relax them
and walaah! you have grease that won't hurt the mantis!
Rub this on the glue and you should be all set. I do wash the
containers out before desticking them. Usually the only part
you need to worry aabout is the lid with the screen, if you are
careful with your glue when applying it, the flowers and leaves
should cover it up. I do not use a substrate in my containers as
I can easily wash them out once a week very quickly while feeding.
Hope this helps all you DIY-ers!
OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
Awesome guide! I am wondering, though, why your hot glue is sticky when cold. The kind I use is not sticky at all when cold and it's just like plastic. I get it from stores like Dollar Tree or 99cents stores.
I get it from all over, am I missing something, Yen what is your glue called? I noticed the last glue shipment wasn't sticky!
Oh boy Rebecca, where do you find all the time for that kind of work!! i am jealous :evil:
I use the low temperature glue stick, it is not sticky when cool.
Well, now you have to buy cotton swab for your ear wax :wink:
I use the low temperature glue stick, it is not sticky when cool.
Well, now you have to buy cotton swab for your ear wax :wink:
OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
I use low temperature too... 10 watts.
Oh :!: so bigger and hotter is not always better! MikHailsDinos you see this? This is where we went wrong, good news we can just clean our ears after the shower now :lol:
OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
How in the world did you come up with using earwax in the first place?? :lol: :lol:
Earwax is good for a lot of things, can't think of one right off the top of me head, but...I guess cause it is a type of wax? I don't know. I'm gonna pretend you didn't ask that question :lol:
:lol: 
MikhailsDinos
Well-known member
:lol:
It was fun! Now I can clean my ears again, "Yes" !!
Rebecca, I thought it was a great idea, & it worked very well. But all this means we can now do as much work as we want, Without waiting for the next day for our ear wax to be ready. :roll:
It was fun!
Now I can clean my ears again, "Yes" !!Rebecca, I thought it was a great idea, & it worked very well. But all this means we can now do as much work as we want, Without waiting for the next day for our ear wax to be ready. :roll:
Well it prevents bugs from getting further into your ear :lol:
True, true Yen, some people go the extra mile for their bugs though! :roll:
OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
I better not clean my ears too well now, or else bugs will find their home in my ear!
:angry: [SIZE=12pt]Been cleaning and feeding all day, My hands are like sandpaper, wish I could shed too![/SIZE]
When the video comes out I will post a link to it!These Giant Asians are being featured in a music video by EdisonWoods around the 15th of October. The asians are featured in this video with Julia Frodahl & her song Baby Doll ! They have been back in the Bugatorium for about 4 weeks now and are doing fine from their Hollywood tour!This is just a picture of one of the mantis from her video, she used 40 of them! This is a link
to her site with the song she sings with them.
http://www.myspace.com/edisonwoods or http://www.edisonwoods.net/
She has just finished a tour in Milan and Paris!
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