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it dies after stinging something because the barbs from the end of the sting get stuck in a mammel or any other animal with thick skin it has to mortally wound itself to get free, im pretty sure they can sting other insects without killing themselves.

you can if they will eat them...one thing to make sure of is that no pesticides are sprayed in the area that you caught them.

hi i just got my first ooth today im not sure what sp it is, its some kind of hierodula it has one little white spot on the side of both of its wings if that helps identify it. i was wondering how to take care of it does it need a cool period or not.

dont keep terrestrials but id imagine she will be in a dark place low to the ground, look under your bed (good luck with that if the under of your bed looks like mine) places like that. Hope you find her

i have 2 roaches currently moulting one into another juvenile stage and the other into adult, the first seems to be going smootly but the adult moult doesnt look like it is going so well. i dont have a digital camera so i will do my best to describe what it looks like. The head has spilt...

nice pics. i only recently plucked up enough courage to handle my a.avic

thats what i thought but strangely this bowl that i had was on the floor and he was just hanging underneath the rim of it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-HELLSTROM-CHRONI...VQQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-HELLSTROM-CHRONI...VQQcmdZViewItem i saw it go for about £15-£20 (about $30-$40) but maybe the top link will go for less only at $15 as i post this

i left the feeding hole in one of my deli cups open which contained a Hierodula membranacea male, it seemed he wanted to get away from this meal so much that he just made a dart for it. i was looking for him for ages putting myself in the mind of a mantis...where would i go etc. Anyway i gave...

ive been looking into getting this for a while now from ahem a torrent but have had no luck...its available on ebay for quite cheap (postage to uk put me off) but good luck in finding yourself a copy

creeping fig (ficus pumila) can be very agressive with its roots system ive heard of it forcing through the silicon seal in some glass terrarium so be careful if using this plant. also sundew (Drosera -----) is a carvivourous plant that uses the moisiture trapped in its leaves as a lure to...

hes beautifull, if i get a dog if will definetly be a husky :)

that might be a bit too big for one mantis :|

ive only heard of other spiders being able to do that, there is a sp (forgot which one) that steals a much larger spiders prey by cutting off the strings around the prey item and attaching it to its own line, all under the others nose.

i didnt realise it was an assissin they are very similar must have been blown over there, quite a distance for one to travel though :shock:

just been watching living planet (a david attenborough series) and i came across this strange creature that lives on hawaii, praying mantis didnt reach as far as these islands so this flightless bug evolved the same claws as them. its strange how convergent evolution can produce animals which...

i have done a bit of research on the internet and have found out there there are more than one species of budwing i have found that one has different colour wings than the other does anyone have any pictures or can provide a good description about the differeces and can these different species...

thanks for the link padkinson :)

im thinking about getting this species of T (Avicularia avicularia) alot of sites seem to claim that they can be kept communally i was just wondering how much truth there is in this. And how large a terrarium would be needed to avoid any conflicts. Also im looking for advice on terrarium set up...

I have been feeding my mantis on locusts recently (hate crix) till my roach colony is up and running. I've have a hard time keeping them alive. i just bought a little plastic viv to keep them in so the have room to perch and moult got a heat mat in there too to keep it a nice temp for them and...