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Usually I just say something like "its a little bigger than you said on the phone" Of course there are the ones who think their 10 inch Oscars are worth their weight in gold and are "willing to trade them for about $25.00 in store credit"

People exaggerate the size of everything... like reptiles. Did you know there are place by me where 5 foot garter snakes appear to be the norm? I have a pretty good sized bearded dragon (she is about 18 inches) and truthfully she is one of the largest ones I have ever seen. I know larger ones...

If and ad doesn't have a price I just hit the back button. I have yet to see anything I want so badly that I have to ask. After a while you get to know who has a tendency not to include prices so I don't even bother opening their ads. If it is just a "look what I hatched" post and not a for...

How long would it take for a grasshopper with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?

I was going to guess on the hood of the car but then I saw it.

PMP- I never thought of ebay- those look like they are pretty clear. Blood- I was hoping to find something a little taller and a bit thinner than the 16oz cups but I may have to go that route. I do need some 16oz cups for my vinegaroons though. Jay- Thanks for that link. I'll have to...

Last year I purchased two WC female vinegaroons that both produced egg sacs. One hatched and gave me 39 awesome babies. The other one I guess the female ate them. These two adult females slowed down their eating but they never dug in this winter like my young adults did. Now the same female...

that's a pretty fast maturity isn't it. Maybe mine is a female after all. It is about 4 inches and I was told it was a male but I have had it for almost 3 years and it has only molted twice for me. Chacos are one of my favorite spiders big, beautiful, docile, hardy and visible, can't get much...

Cool pictures. I have read a couple of sources (can't find them now) that claim cannibalism can occur from about 3rd instar to adulthood and I have also read where they are completely communal. I'm guessing if there were to be any cannibalism it would be with the freshly molted ones. Just to...

I have 4 oz condiment cups with lids and I have 32oz deli cups with lids but I just got a bunch of C. pictipinnes that would probably benefit from something in between soon. I picked up some 9oz plastic cups from Walmart but I had to cut the edges of my lids to get them to fit. Does anyone...

Derek claimed to be running out of room so he gave me a cup of about 35 C pictipinnes. I'm not saying he will give everyone free stuff (I'm sure he will add extras to your order though) but he is a guy who is in it for the love of the animals and the hobby and not just to make some extra money...

Just completed a trade with Precarious and received an excellent box of nymphs. Packaged well with extras. He was very patient with this newbie and answered lots of questions. I've been looking at his ads for a while now and I'm sure I will be back when he has more stuff to offer. He is a...

these are cheap at walmart. I put a piece of meat (usually a pinky mouse) in a film canister with a few holes drilled in it and put it out in the sun. Depending on conditions I can get 25-100 flies a day...

we have a Woodmans grocery store close by and they set out old fruit pretty much every day. If you get there at the right time you can get great deals (99 cents for a bag of 10 or so apples or oranges for example) and the majority of it is perfectly fine to eat. I hesitate to tell you that I...

Man I just turned the big five oh and got about 6 cases of beer as gifts from my friends. At the rate I drink now I won't need to buy beer until I turn 60. I love the stuff I just don't drink much anymore. My fridge has more food in it for roaches (fruits and veggies) than it does for me...

I thought nymphants were baby elephants?

Thanks Cos. Neat diagrams. Once the holiday fracas settles down I'll look into it. I don't have any mantids in it right now and if I use it for baby TL whips I won't need it but it might come in handy for the next one. Quick question what program did you use to do the diagram? I've been...

I had a very bad experience with plastic wrap once. click here for a link to the story http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=32312&page=2 its the second post on the page. Its a long story but kinda funny.

Great ideas with the acrylic cut outs I'll look into it. I could even use trim pieces from woodworking/paneling etc. to give it a more finished look. I guess I should have asked Santa for a roto zip or some other cutting tool. as far as the shelf goes I'm not even sure I would need it...

A friend of mine (dwalls247) gave me a bunch of Chinese mantid nymphs a while back and this is the grow out enclosure I built for them. Start with a 31qt homz style container (16x13x12) from Wal Mart. next I cut a round hole in the top just a bit smaller than the diameter of a 32oz deli cup...