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Ok thanks Ric k for your help. cheers, JeAn.

Do anyone know of heard if you keep a female mantid virgin she will live longer and less fat?

This morning while I was transfering old fruit flies cultures into new ones, at my grand surprise I saw there were large house fly maggots in it. I didn't think that house flies liked fruit fly media. Tonight after work I will see if I can keep those large maggots and see if I can keep a...

Hi Rick, Yes it is all the way backward, she is tripping on it with her back legs. How far should I cut it from her body?

I received a pair of p.wahlbergii today and when I opened up the container it seem like she got one of her front catching arm bended backward, she still can move it somehow but she seem to be cumbersome by it because her back legs get caught in it. It seem to most logic thing to do would be to...

kept me informed, great packaging, fast shipment, will definately trade or buy more in the future. JeAn.

I am trying to find good pictures of Idolomantis Diabolica, does anyone know of a good site or has some? hard to beleive there isn't much to find on the net. Thanks, JeAn.

Julian sent me an ootheca the other day, very nice guy to deal with, very friendly and quick to respond to my questions, got my ootheca fast and kept me updated with the shipping. Julian is the sort of person I wish I was dealing with more often. Seem very passionate about mantis. I would...

I know someone who is a school teacher and she needs some

Hello All, please pm me if you have hissing roaches for sale. Thanks, JeAn.

I recommand this guy because he was always prompt at answering my emails I got my ghost mantis the other day, nicely packed even though it took a week to get to me (I live in canada) the mantis were alright, really loved the way they were packaged to assure they stay alive. Ian is very friendy...

My first buy from Yen and he has been very helpful getting me started, prompt response by email with status of shipment. and thanks for the extra. I will deffenitly deal with him again. :D

I've noticed before that Deshawn was selling them on his website store check the link below, I think it's exactly what you are looking for http://www.mantiskingdom.com/mantisstore/p...6e3d0c4768ce621

Hello Mike. Yes you should so we can trade later ;-) What kind of fish do you breed by the way? There is that lady in Vancouver that breed Bettas, I never seen so many nice looking bettas, here is her website http://freshaquarium.about.com/gi/dynamic/....com/stock.html

Hi Lee, yes and thanks for your quick replies. Yes I've always asked for oothecas because I didn't think that live mantids would survive the trip. But if you telling me that you've shipped live species in the past I might want to order some too. right now I've been able to order some sub...

No I don't know felix but I know you Ian, :D I recently written you asking what you would have avaible this summer for oothecas

Ok Thanks for the answers It make sense. I bought last year one of those moth trap with the light inside and got lots of insects that way, I even came across lacedwings that I used to feed my mantids but this year will keep them put put them loose in the bay wiindow to eat the fluit flies that...

I need your advice on what is the best food to give to the female so she lays nice oothecas, I always thought that waxwoms were the best, but I recently bought a book called "Keeping Aliens" which tells you that waxmorm were not very good and that crickets was the best food to give them. Any...

Thank you Rick! I'm looking forward to know you guys/girls :wink: Hi Metzgermeister! nice to meet you.

I've been in mantids for over a year now, and I've been successful at breeding the species I had so far, I'm looking forward to buy/exchange new species with others. It's been very difficult to get different species outside Canada, so hopefully there are others from Canada in this forum that I...