Recent content by awesomebillfromdawsonvill

bumping, still in need.

yep just had my last male die before I was able to pair him with the female =(. Please pm me with any offers. Thanks.

I ordered a few mantids from nick and they came to me in a prompt and timely manner. I believe due to the unusually humid weather in texas right now a couple of the nymps i ordered died in transit. While this situation was completely out of his control he still wasted no time in correcting the...

got a bug room huh? you should share pics! Ive always wanted to do somthing like this. and now back to topic-

bah! i say Bah! How do you know that the only thing stopping them from spreading up further is not due to natural ecosystems damaged by mankind? Most manti reproduce and spew out hundreds of nymps at a time, and very few of these survive in nature. It would not be hard to belive that we would...

The suggestion to yen to start a wild uinicorn pop in his city? I just wanted to say heck yeah to that!!! Thats probly legal.... right? Any ways thats the best ideas ive heard all day, go for it! Unicorns are mybe a little endagered even, no? I thought that they are some what rare in the wild...

Ok, thanks for the heads up. But what about the feeding pics where the feeder looks dusted mybe? am i just crazy?

I keep seeing reference to "gutloading" a crickit or mantis. Im a little new, so im not to sure what this means. i also see feeding pics that look as if the feeder animal has been covered in somthing, is this gut load? What is the substance on these feeders, what are the benefits of this?

Lol! thats awsome!.... kinda horrible too.

Wow, youve got some #@$@&*up mantid there. Eating from the bottom down that guys sadistic! What a long horrible death for that poor roach :twisted: I cant help but feel a little bad for the feeders when they go down like that. But then again face first cant be that fun either.

Wow I had no idea there was such a wide range of mantids here, i always figured it was the same species! Thanks for the info and ill make sure and keep an eye out this yr and try to post pics of what i find.

Just wondering what kind of mantids ive been catching and keeping through out my childhood here in austin texas. Thanks for any feed back.

Great post fellas! I gotta say i agree with the statement that mantids like to climb on humans, or at least large moving things. I have also noticed that a mantis left from its cage make a nice little trip and leap onto my hand while i was working with anothers container. I have also noticed...

Anyone know a good online breeder with healthy clean crickits? I read some post about bad crickits and would rather not take any chances.

lol , yeah srry bout that. Thanks for the old school post though, I found the cam after googling and spent a good chunck of yesterday watching it, very cool!