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High Five :D -Kevin

My limbatas violently swing back and forth and sometimes up and down before molting. This behavior seems normal and similar with other Mantid species. -Kevin

Eh, reminds me of Darth Maul

Understood ;) -Kevin

Welcome to the Forum.

Nice collection you got there.

I was wondering what the definition of Exotic means; kind of confussed. Last week I purchased several Extatosoma tiaratums from a local pet store here in the State of Washington and these insects are from Australia. I did purchase the same species 15 years ago here from a different pet store...

I'm sorry for your losses guys, that sucks. :( I wish you the very best with your survivors. -Kevin

I believe that is your male Chinese having a meal, nice. At the 5 min. mark your video goes black for 6 mins. and 19 secs. with sound only. -Kevin

Yes :)

Use mite paper and set fresh, clean fruit fly cultures on top of them. This will kill any mites trying to get into your cultures. Throw out your infected cultures you have now. Where did you get your cultures from? I see a bunch of fruit fly cultures in Petco and Petsmart here in the Seattle...

That is one hot looking Mantis. Very nice.

She had no problem eating that big, juicy fly. Nice.

Beautiful!

If your Mantis is just hanging in one spot and not moving much, then she may be ready to molt. My limbatas tend to stay stationary for several hours to almost one day before molting. They don't eat and just hang there - this would be a good sign of getting ready to molt. Most of my Mantids molt...

Welcome Vincent, great to have you. Nice to see another member here in the Pacific Northwest. Boo Timbers!!! Go Sounders!!! -Kevin

ANIMALS!

Is B.E. on HBO?

Welcome Sara great to have you. -Kevin

Hi Amanda and welcome to the Forum. I agree with LG, she knows her stuff. There are quite a few Mantidforum members here in the Pacific Northwest and all very friendly, informative, and helpful. -Kevin