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A lot of boxer type mantis are doing the rounds on the euro circuit at the moment :-)

Small nymphs are kept in a variety of containers,once past their 2nd instar the containers get a lot more uniformed ;-) Older instars in these,stood upright and appropriately meshed: http://www.thespidershop.co.uk/insect/product_info.php?products_id=521 Older Instars again I keep in 1.3l...

I was the one to lock the above thread and was also the mod to be involved in the 'action' today. Nobody is perfect and the locked thread couldve been dealt with better,I believe what I did today to be far more inline with how it should be handled. Don't think it needs to be any more than that...

The only way you could do it is to post them Back to yourself and hope they survive/get through customs. Very dodgy grounds though so best to avoid :-/

Oh ya he said lol

Deffo a ghostie ooth

Nymphs[/] Deroplatys Lobata: 1st instar £3.50 Deroplatys Lobata: 2nd instar £4.00 P.paradoxa: 1st Instar £4.00 P.paradoxa: 2nd instar £4.50 Tenodera sp: 1st instar £0.50 Older Nymphs/Adults[/] Blepharopsis Mendica IGM 9: Sub Adult Female £10.00 Ootheca[/] Taumantis sigiana: Ootheca £10...

Had some ooths arrive,thought that they didnt look as expected but sent a picture and asked him to clarify.This past weekend the odd ones out hatched and were Chinese Mantis,Not the ones that we had agreed on. I have tried to contact everyday but have heard nothing back yet.Seems strange to me...

It has been identified as a 'dermestes' species of beetle that usually feeds on animal proteins and can sometimes infest good stores.The ootheca came from China and there is a fair bit of documentation about them. Gonna give it a few days then feed it to a mantis lol ;-)

A while back I posted about parasitic wasps from a WC ootheca.That prompted me to pick up a cheap macro thingy for my iPhone,anyways long story short,I kept the infected ooth and today this emerged! Only realised after I had misted the container. That's the hole it came from It can...

The most important one there is no crickets!

I need to put mine together in the next couple of weeks.Not looking forward to it in the slightest!

I use a dremel with the grinding attachment to put feeder holes in and a plastic cutting wheel for straight lines :-)

Just a broad,sweeping statement. Seriously though,Mantis are the same the world over :-)

One of my smallest Creos went for a GB yesterday,it literally rode it around! So gutsy!

Ah the Internet,bringing people together even when they have no desire to expand. Reading this it sounds like some of the posters think the world is still square! Sheesh,who knows why there's all this 'them over there' and such.

Hehe,Im glad that I'm taking part in this experience and have a hand in making mantis better known :-) Not gonna talk it up as yet but yeah it's good to be involved :-)

Yeah i saw that as well,blooming disgusting! I've had 9hatch now.They seem to hatch at first light from what I've seen :-)

Was just worried they would have laid in my other ooths already lol

Howdy, I had my first wc ooth produce parasitic wasps overnight. So far I've found 3females Just wondering how long before they are able to reproduce and also how many can I be expecting to hatch? Thanks :-)