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Hi,personally im a fan of Nikon camera's,i use a D90 with 60mm Nikon Macro lens and a Fuji J150W compact which is superb for the money...

Great specimens..i think you just need to practice focus with your camera a little,its quite easy to rush but if you take your time and review in the viewfinder you should get good results...i took some great macro shots on a recent trip using a Fuji J150,which at £100 currently is a snip! I...

Anyone out there in the UK got a surplus adult female Cilnia humeralis? I have just lost my only female and have four eager males!

Ok,i see the point but as we all know,its damn near impossible to feed mantis 'dead' prey,however,it is entirely possilble to do this with fish,reptiles and amphibians..fish and frog species become addicted very easily to certain food-types in captivity and become very difficult to wean off them...

There is absolutely no point in feeding live 'feeder' fish to reptiles/amphibians,not only is it cruel but the chances of passing disease are high as they are when you feed them to large species of fish such as Cichlids,which will always succumb to a diet of 'frozen' fish such as...

The male was roughly 80mm in length,i did a quick measurement while they were 'on the job' and distracted,ha,ha..i still have the female,she has laid another ooth today making 7 in total. As for sexing around L4..i use a magnifying glass to count the segments when they are in the 'raised'...

hi rob,sadly no,i picked these up from someone on ebay of all places,only managed to get two so i dropped lucky to get both sexes really...i matured the female for 6wks before mating and fed her predominantly on pollen feeding insects and adult locusts fed on vegetable matter. She is...

I too have noticed that too,but my theory is that it is down to artificial light...i had a sub-adult Grandis nymph that developed a spot on one eye which disappeared on the final moult..

Tell me about it! Cheers anyway,ive got loads of pics of them,i just picked a few out of the batch and now i have my new Nikon 60mm macro lens i should produce more!!

Ive used bee's and other pollen feeding insects for years with no problems,although now with the decline of the bee's i wouldnt bother..however,i once fed a huge bee to one of my large mantids (a rhombodera sp..) and it stung the mantid directly in the mouth! There was a lot of mouth cleaning...

Thanks! At last they are up! Technical hitches aside...and i must apologise for my mis-spelling of Rhombodera too...i was rushing,ha,ha..

Must be the site i loaded them to,its my friends' photo site...will rectify asap!

Hi all These pics were taken approximately 4 months ago when I matured a pair of said species, with a Nikon D40 SLR with standard 18-55 mm lens (I now own a D80) and a lot of patience. Sadly I fell asleep and the female ate the male, and so far has produced 6 fertile ootheca resulting in many...

As promised, some pictures of my Cilnia humeralis brown form adult female and green form adult male (I have sub-adult brown males almost there) Female Female Male Male

Hi,i have one that has just matured today,kind of a pinkish-brown,and 5 males in brown and green..if i get chance to photograph them & post i will do so...

Thanks for the remarks,i appreciate any feedback!

Yeah,you remove one of the end panels (you need a fine blade to do this) but i have them made now without that panel for ease,cost wasnt really an issue. The black plastic trim is purchase from B&Q,about £1.99 per 2mtr length and is siliconed in place...i have recently made a new set of...

I personally would microwave the heck out of the soil to kill off any bugs...

Im not 100% sure,but with reference to feeding crane flies-i believe they carry a toxin?

Aquarium silicone sealer is also as safe as houses,i prefer this to the glue gun method as im not too sure about the glue leaching toxins when exposed to (sprayed) water..