Recent content by sean

I love this species. i currently have an adult pair. the female just molted into adulthood yesterday. i will be attempting to breed them in the next few weeks. any tips rob? and yes the females are quite large.

i agree with afk. ogiga, if a human baby was dumped at birth it would die (100% of the time, unless found by an adoptive parent). a human baby needs care. it needs to be fed and kept safe, warm etc. a mantis like many other animals are born already capable of looking after themselves from day 1...

nice species, i like the blue colour these have.

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if a child was dumped it would die no matter how strong it was... a human child needs care. of course children can be raised by one parent or parents that dont love each other, i was just stating that in the past, two parents providing the child with care was better than one, and the emotion...

welcome, you will find this site very useful in preparing for your new hobby.

thats not entirely true. emotions in humans help continuation of the species. for example 'love' in humans (in the past at least), helps a couple stay together whilst raising a child, contributing both thier efforts in protecting and caring for it (and thier genes)... giving the child a much...

glad to see another potential enthusiast joining. welcome.

i would define instinct as an inbuilt guide on how to survive. reflex to a stimulus plays a great part. they can be insticntive or conditioned (learnt). an example of an automatic response would be flinching away from something that is causing pain. an example of a conditioned response would be...

i think its all instinct. all of these 'mantid emotions' can be explained in instinct terms.

that is correct. insects have tubes all over their body through which oxygen diffuses. they are called spiracles. by pumping their abdomen.. they expel used air so the spiracles are low in oxgen, this increases the rate of diffusion so that more oxygen can be obtained at the time of feeding...

i agree... gravid african females are the most agressive mantids ive come across.

received some Pseudempusa Pinnapavonis from ian this morning. cannot fault anything and will order from him again.

what do you keep them in to make handling large numbers a bit easier?

nice pics. what happened to that last ones eye?