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I can't be too shaken up over it, he was an old man and lived a good, buggy life. As for giving up, I've already posted a wanted ad. :lol:

So, I left them be, witnessed one occasion where the male had climbed on the female's back without connecting saturday morning, but he had moved off less than three hours later with no sign of connection. Yesterday at about 9 PM he died. *grumble*

I'm looking for an adult male Ghost, preferably one that's ready to breed. Located in USA.

Tried it out last night. I fed the female a cricket so she'd be nice and distracted and maneuvered him onto her back. he seemed to be getting on okay, until she freaked out, dropped her cricket half eaten and tossed him off (pinching me a little in the process, which to be honest I probably...

To be entirely honest, you might not be able to find even those. Idaho is almost entirely mountains and mantids aren't known for being terribly mountainous. It's just plain too cold during the winters for them to make it. I wouldn't be surprised if 90% of the state's mantis population didn't...

Six hours is fine.

Sweet, I'll give that a try.

While I have a healthy level of doubt concerning online competitions regarding whether they have an actual impact on anything ever, I did sign it as it is well-written and I believe in this statement. Just because I don't have strong convictions that it will make any difference doesn't mean I'm...

What would you suggest is the best way to put the male directly on the female's back? Do you pick the male up by the thorax and put him down, have him crawl off your hand and just position your hand so his direct path is onto her back, or something else entirely? The reason I ask is because...

Saw it this weekend, and I really enjoyed it! Always been a fan of Disney 2D features, and I'm glad they returned to the medium. I mean, CGI looks great and all, but there's something lacking compared to hand drawn. You a tweener, or did you get to work on key cels?

I believe the spanish word for mantis is 'predicador' which means preacher.

No ooth as of 7:00 this morning. Hopefully I'll come home to one tonight, but I'm not stressin' it.

Glad to hear you got it off without much trouble!

Heat packs can be ordered online or picked up from most pet shops that sell herps (my local Petco has them). They get to something like 100-130 F on their surface, so they can safely warm a box for the 40 hours they last, and you can carry extras if needed for a longer trip.

One of my females is green and the other is chocolatey brown. Adult females are not exclusively green, in fact it's somewhat rare.

Indeed there is a book that says something to that affect. If memory serves, I believe it's called "the Bible." :D

L. minor is a fairly warm desert/plains species, so there's certainly a limit in those regards to where you can expect to find them in a given state/province. I've not caught any here in Colorado, but I haven't really gone looking for them. The bug hunting I've done has been around denver...

Haha, no kidding. Good luck trying to find them any time. Tiny speed-demons.

Litaneutria minor is native to Idaho as well; they're native from Colorado up to British Columbia, and Idaho's smack dab in the middle of that.

Ordered a mess of deli cups, humidity foam, etc. from Mantisplace. Everything got here quickly, smooth as silk.