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I bought a small batch of Macromantis at a great price, and they all arrived alive and well! Very accommodating and overall a good experience. Recommended.

Interesting! Yeah, I'm really looking forward to raising a new generation, it'll be interesting to divide up the siblings with different conditions and see. It also makes me wonder if orchid mantises are affected by the same factors. Another interesting thing is that it's been particularly dry...

Yeah, I stopped checking in here regularly a few years back, even a year or two before the pandemic. High school freshman me was too embarrassed to have a hobby that could potentially freak people out, even though pretty much everyone I knew either didn't care or even thought it was cool and...

Late reply, lol, but it may have either been light exposure or heat. I kept her outside in the shade over summer, and ofc in SoCal, it was pretty dang warm. So I'm not sure if it has to do with sun exposure, heat, or both, but something I may experiment with further. The ones I got from you have...

I had a pretty vibrantly colored female a few months back, though still not comparable to some of those photos from iNaturalist! She eventually faded back to a more typical white color as she got older, peaking in color I believe around L5-ish. She passed just before her final molt :(

Bought a group of 4 Spiny Flower mantises from Nathaniel, and in addition to everything arriving wonderfully packed, earlier than expected, and all healthy and alive, he sent 7 instead, and a Texas Unicorn ooth and Brunner's Stick ooth! Both of which, especially the Brunner's, have been species...

Looking for a breeding pair or group of Macromantis hyalina. Currently not looking to trade. Thanks

Looking for a male spiny flower mantis, ideally subadult or presubadult, for my subadult female. Willing to buy or work out some kind of ooth exchange arrangement.

I’ve only ever seen Chinese mantis ooths for sale, never any other species and of course no natives unfortunately, but it might be different where you live if you’re lucky. So far I’ve had no failures in my memory, but I stopped buying them a few years ago, so I could be mistaken. But yeah...

Received an Otomantis scutigera ooth, free of all charges including shipping. Very kind, very fast, very good packaging, and a very unscathed ootheca. Could not be more thankful for such a kind welcoming back into mantiskeeping. Highly recommend them!

Thank you!

I use PostImages. Very easy to upload and store, and you don’t even need an account to upload (but I recommend you do to keep control over the image). Upload the photo, hit the share icon in the top right corner, and click ‘direct link.’ Copy the link. After that, paste it into your comment...

I have a female D. desiccata approximately L5 or 6 for sale. I’m asking $15 +$10 shipped Priority. Ships from California, to US only. She last molted on June 10, so I may hold her if she shows signs of premolt I’m open accept trades if you want to offer

I vaguely remember something like two animals who cannot produce fertile offspring are not the same species, but they do not always have to be the same species to produce fertile offspring.

@Mitch65009 Psst!  ;) Leave one for me though!

Ant alates, the queens and kings. Afaik, the males are defenseless. That happened to one of my first mantises. Had a friend watch him over vacation, but he had an ant problem and they killed him 😕

I have an extra adult male P. paradoxa for sale. Not open to trades atm. he molted about a month ago on May 8, but still going strong. He was mated just yesterday, so if you have a female to mate asap, he’s the man.  USA only, $25 shipped 

Way more indoor gardening. I love gardening, but my patio’s full of pots, so now I’ve got nowhere else to go but inside. Not that I’m complaining  :D Took some cuttings of my Schefflera today, have to wait a few weeks to see if they take. Also got a huge Sweet Dario peace lily from my garden...

It’s a male

Chinese mantises are easy to hatch. Just put them outside where they’d hatch in the wild or keep them at room temp and mist once every few days. Most if the time when I used to hatch Chinese ooths from a garden center, there would only be about 20-40 per ooth, so I wouldn’t be too worried about...