Search results

In all honesty I haven't had a bad experience with anyone in the mantid hobby Lots of helpful people and I totally feel bad for anyone who has had a bad experience. I hope to stay on the good end of the stick and so far every transaction has been great.

I have gotten 5 different species from Kevin In the last several months and had no issues he even sold me a pair of mantids out of personal breeding stock this is just my experience 

The pet store where I get my crickets seems to always have phorid flies  so i dont trust the crickets any more. The vendor where they get the crickets from is less thsan 2 hours away  and a very reputable vendor so not sure  when the crickets are being infected (from the vendor or at the pet...

95 by day and 70 night will change set up next time and run a dedicated heat source for these (they were sharing the heat source I use for my violins)  I guess the  over 20 degree drop in temperature is just as important as the high temperature ?  so small twigs with a bark texture for grip ...

Next time around Thats what I am going to try the net cages . I was keeping them right next to my violins the daytime high was about 86 to 88 and about 79 to 80 night time  is this good or do they need higher temps

Thanks for sharing. Do you have a picture of there enclosures as nymphs L2 through L5  Mine seemed to suffer from mismolts  (fell before molting) I have tried tulle fabric and paper towell , bamboo skewers at the top of cup and only got one two L3 before it two was face down on the bottom of the...

Sorry to hear that  My male sub adult violin also went through some thing simular He would catch the pray take a bite or two and through it down and I couldn't force feed him either. My female molted twice through my males ordeal witch took weeks then finaly the male went to the bottom of the...

The motorcycle in my profile picture is my 11 shadow. Glad your friend is alright. As long as you understand a few things about motorcycles your choice is exactly your choice. First learn how a bike leans using the profile of the tires which leads to understanding countersteer (not understanding...

that is very cool to have a parent that supports your mantid hobby. Also nice work bench.

one female miomantis playkulli one female sub adult violin mantis four female hierdula venosa and one male six ghost mantids 3 female and 3 male four Sphodromantis gastrica nymphs five Rhombodera basalis nymphs five L2/L3 violin nymphs Tarantulas four  female gramostola pulchripes two...

I also use mealworms as a emergency backup they can be stored for a very long time. there are several fruitfly medium recipes that you can use to make your own culture just get a couple vials of fruit flies next time and dump a few from each vial into new culture. also some of the petstore fruit...

Received my orders yesterday from mantiskindom rhobadero basilis and violin mantid bundle very happy with transaction  everything arived healthy with extras thanks for another great trans action.

This is the second year  dealing with Mantis Monarch and still great to deal with very helpful even after the sale  will be dealing with Mantis monarch next year too. Great packaging and beautiful healthy Mantids every time. Thank you Mantis Monarch

My female didn't produce fertile ooth but with collaboration from others on the Forum I did get them to connect. copy and paste in search and you can see my several week ordeal and tips from others. hope this helps. (copy paste below in search) not sure how to make a link   Female ghost...

Glad to see you back . :)  

I will post a picture of the completed project. I haven't committed to a plan yet I have two different routs to go with this build. Hope to have a decision after this weekend. That lizard will almost take mealworms from my hand but the camera made noises when it auto focused so that is about...

I was waiting a few days to see if any one replied that the orange enclosure was a a good idea or not. Being as no one has replied it to be a bad idea I am going to try it. I will just keep tabs that it is acting healthy eating and so on if  there are any changes I will move it back to clear...

Will a colored enclosure stress a Gecko? I have one of my little Geckos in a clear parrot food container and would like to give it a more permanent enclosure at least till its more mature in size. This orange container was a halloween candy container that was given to me. It is about rough...