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Just got my order of h. venosa from him. Not only was all of my interaction with him EXTREMELY professional and pleasant, all the nymphs arriving alive and healthy, with the packaging beautifully prepared, but he included an extra venosa nymph and a carolina nymph in my order! He's also been...

One of my t. sinensis molted last night--sort of. She got MOSTLY free, but her two back legs seem to be stuck in the molt (after the first joint) and this afternoon she is dragging the old skin around with it through her enclosure. Unsurprisingly, this is stressing us both out--is there anything...

New Zealand, lol. Aussies/New Zealanders are on opposite seasons than the rest of the world. Their summer is our winter and vice versa. 

Aww look at the weird little squid babies!

The twig pose was something I was wondering about, too! I called it the "superman" pose in my posts about it, though. They look like they're about to go soaring off into the sky. 

Took a vid of one of my lovely L4s chilling on my arm and enjoying some grown-up food! The bigger the prey, the more fun it is to watch them eat--I especially love when they slurp up the antennae like spaghetti. It's amazing that they eat every last bit! 

Hey, guys! A quick question; I'm going out of town for four days, and I'd rather not ask my roommate to have to feed or mess with my mantids. He's not squeamish (he's an entomologist, in fact) but he's already taking care of my cats, rats, and hamster, so I'd rather not add one more chore to his...

The Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, maybe? It's pretty large. 

Oh I hope so!! I spend a lot of time gardening and I am always on the lookout for insects, but I never see mantids.  I took some better pictures, although I wish I had a camera and not just my phone. They'll get easier to photograph as they grow, at least (and I'll get my photog friend and her...

These are fantastic pictures! <3 They're already so striking-looking, too. 

Thanks, Digger! Yeah, I love the t. sinensis. I don't see many mantids around here, so having them in my house feels somewhat miraculous. I DID find a female stagmomantis carolina (I think!) last fall, hanging around the trashbins, and completely geeked out. Took a million pictures:  I was...

Oh my gosh! Welcome! :D  I used to love raising butterflies and moths as a kid, too. Mostly boring stuff like eastern tent caterpillars and painted ladies, but I once successfully raised a Hickory Horned Devil to a moth. What's your favorite lepidopteran to raise? 

These are my t. sinensis. There are many like them, but these are mine.  A friend bought an ooth from Home Depot for his garden, and kindly kept a few for me because he knew I wanted to try to raise some.  Three-day-old nymphs, April 10th:  I started out with six, but one died the...

I'm gonna avoid roaches if I can. I'm with your wife on that one. ;) There's a local pet store that stocks them for their beardies, though, so if needs must... uuuugh. The things I do for love. I'll see if I can stick to flies, crickets, and the occasional mealworm and wild-caught moth...

I've noticed! I've been feeding them hydei and I have to put fresh flies in basically every day. I'm already gathering materials to construct an outdoor fly trap so I'll have larger prey for them soon--it's one of my projects for this weekend, along with constructing a rot-cage for a cardinal I...

I would think 2-day shipping over a long distance would probably mean the bugs went on a plane, and a plane's cargo hold is really cold. No matter the temperature at your starting point or destination, I'd assume the package is gonna get cold at some point and put a heat pack in there. (Feel...

Hi, all! My name is Ru, I'm a writer from the deep south US, and I've always wanted to own mantids. Right now I just have four little t. sinensis that a friend gave me from a garden ooth about a month ago, because he knew of my yearnings. I'm proud that I've managed to shepherd them all to L3...