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I've been raising Blepharopsis mendica for 2.5 years now. It sounds like you changed your mind, but if you do get them, consider the humidity in your house and type of enclosure you keep them in. I raise most of mine in net cages. The few in plastic have extra ventilation added. Nowadays I've...

Happy Birthday Rebecca

Happy Birthday Pat! Hope you have a great day.

Welcome from Minnesota

That photo looks like your Heterochaeta wants to give you a big hug. I only have one. Someone gave me one nymph as an extra as part of a trade last fall. I've had her for 14 months now, and she's been an adult for a long time. At the moment, she is my oldest mantid.

A courtesy flush might be a lot cheaper than using poo pourri...especially if it's not your toilet you are flushing.

Oh, they're kind of expensive, or I'd buy some for the bathroom downstairs.

When I first saw this, I thought it had to be a joke. I looked at their products for sale on Amazon.com. Funny product names.

He started a thread on Nov 1 about his recent trip: http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=31693&hl=%2Bestero+%2Bllano

Is there a type of Elmer's glue that can be sprayed without getting sticky? If not, I wouldn't directly spray your ooth and would mist the enclosure instead. I tried super glue once when I was out of hot glue. It seemed like it seeped into the ooth. I can't remember if it hatched. Nowadays I...

Welcome from Minnesota.

Yen, it looks like you had a great trip. I saw all of your photos on Facebook and am amazed that you saw so much on such a short trip. I'm tentatively planning on visiting Estero Llano for one day on my trip next spring. Too bad it's the wrong time of year for mantids.

Those look great! What kind of camera are you using and what are you doing for lighting? Too bad you didn't get started a month earlier. I could have used one of your images for the annual calendar! I hope you can get an Orchid mantis again. They make great subjects (as nymphs) and Idolos do if...

Smugmug rolled out a new look and feel to their website in the summer, and I finally got around to migrating my site. Here's a link if anyone is interested in seeing what I do part-time. http://twolfephotos.smugmug.com/ It's still a works in progress. I've been re-organizing my folders and...

Congrats! I have an adult female Violin but no adult males.

Nick, hope you're having a great birthday.

Welcome Bernie and Rob.

Like Paradoxica said, you can upload a photo directly from your iPad. I'm not sure if that's what you tried when you said that you tried again. If it doesn't work, let us know what it says. If you need help resizing the image, I can help you. However, I won't be available to do so until Sunday.

I agree with the others that you could have been sold older mantids. Did the seller give you any indication when they molted to adults? You may have had your female ghost long enough for her to lay an ooth. If she did, how big was it? I've been raising ghosts for a couple of years. Typically my...

Such a cool variety! I think a couple of those photos you just posted are your best ones yet.