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I am curious as to the M/F ratio other people have. My ratio for the sub adults is 1 male to 3 females. I have 1 sub sub adult that I have not determined yet.

The sub adults I have are about the size of P. agrionina sub adults except there doesn't appear to be as much of a size difference in the sexes. I'm expecting the adult females to be slightly shorter than a P. agrionina female and also to have a slighter build. I expect the males to be larger...

Brachypelma auratum Grammostola pulchra Avicularia versicolor Aphonopelma chalcodes

Nigerian Flower Mantis Adult Female

Nigerian Flower Mantis Asian Giant Female African Budwing Female & Male

If drosophilia fed to new hatchlings is cause for stunting, that would explain the size of our captive raised Chinese. They were caught at about 1" and were fed small roaches. They never ate fruit flies. Never knew that P. agrionina were mostly green in the wild. Mine are always mottled...

I tossed a hissing cockroach in with some assassin bugs I used to have. The hisser was bigger than the assassins, but I had heard they would take down big prey and then all feed on it. The hisser was too much for them, so I thought I would disable it by cutting off its head. The hisser ran...

B. lateralis

I am finding it very interesting to see everyones' opinions. Helps me rethink what I want to culture from new perspectives.

We reared a male chinese last summer from about L3 and it achieved what memory tells me is full size. I don't have access to the picture since my computer is in the shop, but will post later. We also raised a female from a wild caught nymph and she was comparable to the wild caught adult, but...

Ok, If it were me (and I am not you, beauty is in the eye of the beholder), I would drop 1. Florida bark mantis (interesting but not a real beauty) 2. Nigerian flower mantis (cute little guys but not a lot of pizazz) 8. Desert pebble mantis (interesting but not fascinating) 9. Texas...

African Budwing adult male

Peruvian male

Room temperature works fine for these guys.

It's a female. At penultimate stage, I can definitely see the difference in number of abdominal segments. Also, the male's antenna become feathery looking. I have 1 penultimate male, 2 penultimate females, a pre-penultimate female, and one who is 2 molts behind all the others due to timid...

The wolf spiders are in the woods or grassy areas near the woods depending on the species. Go out to a wooded area at night when temps are in the 50s or better. You can spot them by their glowing eyes. The bottom one has a sac.

Congratulations.

Avicularia versicolor eating roach Rabidosa Wolf Spiders eating

I sent a PM to Christian and got this reply. Christian, I saw your post regarding mantis food for Grizzled Mantids and other species. Were you refering to Thermobia domestica, the Firebrat? If so, what is needed to culture these and where does one find a starter culture? Also, is there a...