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FINALLY got 'em ID'd at L4 , they're Budwings :)

will do , I'll keep the plants in the center of the enclosure at the halfway-point between the hottest and coolest side , that should give a good choice

to be fair the abdomen is only kinked when she's hanging , if I take her out myself she can walk about fine , and theres no deformity , the only way the abdomen is going to stop her from laying is because of the weight , and the fact that she won't be able to bend it up towards the top of the...

wil do , ive had 3/4 ooths laid in that exact enclosure before , I'll get some more foliage , put a heat mat in one side and spray a bit more often and see what happens

My adult female pseudempusa pinnapavonis has been adult for about three months now and hasn't laid a single ooth yet , her abdomen is MASSIVE and hangs at a strange angle (almost 90 degrees) when she's hanging upside-down from her enclosure and it's getting a bit worrying that it could kill her...

as long as I wasn't scammed for cash I'm fine , I take back what I said about him as his account was banne dbecause of his "selling and shipping methods" but I still think I've been given the wrong mantids on purpose , all are now L2 and look exactly the same :P his username was k_and_b on...

just letting you know it appears ive been scammed , the user i bought the nymphs from has been banned and the classified ad has been locked. all nymphs have moulted and look exactly the same , still no ID on them so deffo not wahlbergiis or r. basilis :/

ah who knows , I made 100% sure the guy was sending me 2x Wahlbergiis and 2x R.Basilis , but instead of 4 I got 7 of the same , guess Ill let you know in a few weeks :P

that one that moulted was green/brown at first , now it's gone dark. they aren't very sparkly either , just plain , what the heck am I keeping?! Ill have to wait out a few moults I guess haha :P

one of them has moulted , cant get a decent shot at all , blurry at best :( before they moulted they were pretty plain , jet black all over , the parts between the abdominal segments were brown when stratched after feeding , long black antennae on all nymphs and jet black eyes with white...

strange that's exactly what I did , I put all 4 of the pictures in the post at first and only two workes , least you got 'em up now , cheers

heres the good ones that aren't working : http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k97/longhairedjordo/Photo021.jpg http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k97/longhairedjordo/Photo023-1.jpg (Ill try uploading them again in this reply just incase it works) forgot to say , cant get a good pic of the...

for some reason these three (the good ones!) arent working let me know if you can see them.

One more moult to go until adult

ah , they're all jet black , I did tell him I wanted two of each but it seems he's sent all the same ones. although I did ask him earlier when I should be able to identify between them , he said within the next 1/2 moults , very confusing. thanks anyway

Recently got a very good deal on some Rhombodera Basalis / Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergii nymphs , had them shipper over from poland (two of each) for only £14 and instead of that , 6 of them arrived in perfect condition yesterday (to make up for any losses in transit I guess) They were ment to be...

she had a few of bluebottles on and off but nothing big , the size of the abdomen was worrying me , she still hasn't laid an ooth at all , looks like trouble

thanks a lot , looks like mine has two sheds to go , not one as i thought

a male Idolomantis Diabolica one and/or two sheds before adult ?

I doubt it , there would be less of a chance of him being eaten if he did , he was approaching her slowly but surely for about half an hour before I left them to it but I think she probabyl just turned around and went straight for him , breeding probably would've been difficult with her big fat...