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    Lost its head!

    pictures? a video?
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    what in blazes is this?

    ok ive been asked to find out what species this is, it was found in texas, and is obviously at an earlier instar what am i? what is it? the long spindly raptorial arms completely threw me...ideas?
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    mantid heating.

    heat matts work fine, but because temperatures are more stable in larger spaces, i usually put all my little cups in one container (ie a tank/cuboard) and heat that, this also gives you some form of heat gradient so you can put males and females in different places thus making the mature at...
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    Mantis Wont Come of Top Of Cage Help?

    ok can it grip the top of the cage easily, also where does the most light fall onto in the cage, insects are naturally attracted to light , if there is more light seen at the bottom of the cage it will hang out down there, if there is more at the top like in the wild it will go as it comfortably...
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    looking for ooths...

    looking for ooths of begginer sp. preferably sphrodomantis sp, pseudoempusa pinnopavonis, H.membraneca ect may consider chinese ooths if the price is right, must be able to send to the uk pm me with details :) Dan
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    INBREEDING

    mate it happens all the time, can be lack of diapause in some sp. insufficiant or tainted food stuffs, aresols and other chemicals, being left in direct sunlight, lethal genes, a cockup in general husbandry, ive had this a few times with ooths (always with the european's) try again, it probably...
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    P. pinnapavonis issues

    70-80% humidity? i keep mine at like 40-50 and they love it dry, never had an issue with night time temps, and never have thought of it and ive always had a constant temp of 25 in my house... i just keep mine with plenty of space spray them once a week (if there lucky) and feed them anything...
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    P. pinnapavonis issues

    70-80% humidity? i keep mine at like 40-50 and they love it dry, never had an issue with night time temps, and never have thought of it and ive always had a constant temp of 25 in my house... i just keep mine with plenty of space spray them once a week (if there lucky) and feed them anything...
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    posting ooths

    i use small plastic containers packed with tissue (dry) smaller sp will fit happily inside a camera film container, ensureing it wont be squashed, it then can be packed inside a partially squashed loo roll tube to save postage :D sorted :)
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    Bugs in Asia

    haha i got owned! i love you christian :lol: morph im about just up 2 my neck in uni stuff, give me a txt or something :)
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    Bugs in Asia

    looks like phllium gigantium (sp) but im often rather wrong at phasmids, but the top left pic is an adult male...the top right what looks to be a juvinile adult , and the bottom pic a rather impressive adult female:) phyllium are very nice animals and quite easy to keep imho i have one living...
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    Bugs in Asia

    looks like phllium gigantium (sp) but im often rather wrong at phasmids, but the top left pic is an adult male...the top right what looks to be a juvinile adult , and the bottom pic a rather impressive adult female:) phyllium are very nice animals and quite easy to keep imho i have one living...
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    giant asian: grandis or membranacea?

    basicly dude, people like to stick names on things so they sell better, h.grandis and h.mems look to the naked eye stupidly similar so (rather annoying) people just pic one of the names at random. i have mated so called h.grandis with h.mems to give viable offspring, and as one was deffinately...
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    your pick?

    over rated Hymenopus, they arnt actually that cool, and they seem to loose their beautiful pink tinge at adult for a dirty brown/cream, nice mimic and all that but pfft underated... pseudoempusa pinnapavonis... these havnt really picked up at all, but they are savage, females are absolutely...
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    Odd pets

    other than whipscorpions, mantids and silk moths, my weirdest pets have to be the racing pigeons or the harris hawk, and i have the more normal ferrets cats , dog ect
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