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Wow! Amazing collection of so many unique species. It would be fun to see them in the wild. And there are a couple of very nice camouflage images in one of the earlier series. Enjoy the rest of your trip!

Aryia, do you have the option to use the report feature? If so, then go ahead and report this issue. This is something Peter may have to fix. If you can't use report, then I'll let him know that you're still having issues.

Rich, the package did arrive today...but not before causing me some anxiety about a potential lost package or Monday delivery. All 70 made it. I started to save plastic enclosures from McDonald's Smoothies and using those. My a while back, I started to save the plastic containers from a local...

Jude, it's good to see you on the forum! I, too, have been busy this year. I started a second part-time job and don't have as much free time as I did in the past. So, what did you guys give each other? Is there another thread somewhere?

Rich, my package guaranteed for 3 pm yesterday did NOT make it yesterday. I was worried about today, too, because it's usually updated by 10 am CST. I finally got a notification from the Portland sorting facility. The box contains 70 mantids. So, I sure hope that it gets delivered today...

I shipped an express package to Oregon yesterday, and it's not showing that it made it. The last update was from last night when it said that it was departing the sorting facility. I don't know if it really left Minnesota. It's really a bad time of year to be shipping live insects. I had an...

I hatched out a limbata ooth I got from another member and kept a couple of females to mate. One of them had pink tones to it, too. Some of her babies are the same color and others are green. The same thing happened with my S. carolina nymphs. I don't remember if I counted the babies, but the...

Very cute and clever. Your card makes me wonder if we'll get any new members this year from ooths hatching in their Christmas trees. I think there have been at least three or four members who joined after finding an ooth or mantids in their tree. I wonder if any of those people are still around.

I've never had an issue in the winter with express packages...only priority. I line my boxes with foam insulation in the winter and in the summer. There are some areas that cannot get overnight express. If it was guaranteed next day and arrived a day late, you should be able to get a refund...

It would be interesting to put several L1s each into their own deli cup and then mark the dates of the molts and then see what *** is once they are large enough. As you probably know since you already mentioned we are hobbyists and not scientists, It would be hard to do a true scientific test...

Rich, I actually thought someone once thought you intentionally held back the males and only shipped her female nymphs. Later I noticed that person posting an ad to look for females. So, perhaps she may have sexed them wrong. Don't the females have two extra molts? I've only hatched one ooth...

I think he has stalii. One way to tell when they are bigger is the size of the shield. The valida has a larger shield.

I don't get attached to all of mine because I have too many, and it would be hard to sell them. But I almost always feel bad whenever an adult mantis that I've had for 10 - 12+ months dies. The ones I seem to get attached to most are the ones that aren't perfect and need my assistance. I guess...

Be careful at this time of year. I ship most of my packages express, and I rarely have an issue. However, I did have a priority package sent to me take three extra days the week before Christmas and the package I shipped to that person was also delayed by two days. It's a busy time of year at...

I haven't paid a lot of attention to the sub adult males, but I know the adult males don't eat that much and often appear to be thin. If it just molted, I wouldn't worry too much about it, but I'd definitely order some fly pupae.

I love your wahlbergii threat pose photo. Hope you can keep the wahlbergii going. I did for 2 years and then could not get them to mate. I still have some adult females but they are laying infertile ooths. I never had to speed up the females as the males live a long time. Congrats on your...

Strange. I have never seen vomit that color. As others suggested, keep her hydrated.

Congratulations! Wonderful news....

Cool species! Wishing you success with breeding them.

Congratulations!