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I think you know where you are going and understand how the animal moves which will help you a lot in finishing it. I'm just a hobbyist, I have no formal education or training in drawing. I've never taken a class so I'm not sure what they teach you but one of the big things I've learned is that...

Thanks a bunch everyone, my friend and roommate just bought it from the mantisplace.com so we know that it is an I. diabolica. It should be arriving either Wednesday or Thursday. I'll search the forum for that thread later today when I have access to a computer unless someone can link me there...

Hi, I use to be on this forum in the past and I inquired about orchid mantis care. Now I live with my friend and we are getting a devil's flower mantis. I've got a few questions: What would be the proper enclosure size for a nymph (unknown instar) What would be the optimum food source? I...

Now I want one...

Thanks for the suggestion. What I was looking for was a handheld illuminated measuring scope. I looked up some sites and found this: http://www.coleparmer.com/catalog/product_index.asp?cls=57381 I really like the lenscope handheld magnifier and the hastings measuring magnifier. They're a...

Me and my friend were geeking it out last night and looking at insects under a portable scope with a light source when I had an idea. We use microscopes in lab with camera attachments, there's gotta be a portable scope out there for insects that can take pics right? Can you guys point me in the...

You can't help someone who doesn't want to change. I've tried to help many people and have devoted hundreds of dollars and hours of my time before I finally learned this. I pretty much just gave up after being taken advantaged of for so long. I put my time into places that don't involve people...

Silica, if eaten by ants will expand inside their stomach and cause it to rupture. I don't know what effect it would have on a mantis though.

The exact opposite usually happens with me. I love talking about this stuff with people I barely know, you should see their reactions! They're completely amazed at some of the stuff. When I was keeping cuttlefish and mantis shrimp I'd tell people all about them and show youtube videos and pics...

For those of you with the time to watch two seven minute videos: These are from a guy that I posted with on a UK website, Timmy Grohrock. He probably has made the best videos I have ever seen featuring mantis shrimp. He's very knowledgeable regarding these little guys, much more so than I, and...

Dr. Roy Caldwell's video of a "peacock" mantis shrimp killing a blue ring octopus. (This was for scientific purposes)

Alright! Took awhile but I found the time to embed these videos (thanks Peter!)

Then I shall include photos and videos! I was just unsure about posting photos in this subforum because there was another one titled "other invert photos". These are photos of Stomatopods I have kept in the past. The quality is poor and they were taken sometime ago unfortunately. I had kept two...

I've got some time between classes right now and I thought I'd post some basic info on these little creatures. In my introduction I stated that I migrated over from mantis shrimp to praying mantids and I got some questions/responses about these guys. So here it goes for those of you who are...

Thanks for the information. Though it is a little sad that they don't survive well in captivity. Oh well... :(

Now that I've dived into the world of the mantid (again kind of...) I've taken a renewed interest in entomology! I'm spending hours on end browsing the Internet and reading about pet terrestrial inverts (think that encompasses the general group well instead of saying "insects"). Anyway, one day...

Care sheets are very nice indeed for a new hobbiest. When I was first starting out with stomatopods I couldn't fine anything until I stumbled upon this webpage called Roy's List. After I saw what it had in terms of info, I almost had a seizure due to the excitement and joy. That page of care...

Awesome. I greatly appreciate the rapid responses! I'm still sifting through info but I may order everything today or tomorrow. Really excited! I have a few more questions: 1. I want my mantis to have the distinctive pink coloration. I know they molt the color of their environment. What would...

Ok so, if anyone has read my introduction, you know this will be my first mantis and I'm set on an orchid. I went through and read the threads on this section from the last year but I want to make sure everything is in place before the animal is shipped. I'm planning on buying most of this...

How hard are mantis shrimp to keep? Very easy and most species available in the hobby are extremely hardy however you still must be careful of volatile organic solvents and copper. They're my favorite animal to keep in reefing next to cuttlefish. Cuttles are a different story however, I studied...