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I'm a bit pessimistic, but I'd say another 6 weeks or so before we start getting down to what the eastern or northern US considers "hot." Like I said, I'm reasonably comfortable shipping now, but it has to be an overnight shipment(which adds another $27+ onto any order), and it has to be held...

In Vegas as well. I haven't been ordering any inverts (even feeders) since early June because of the heat, and I know I'm going to miss out on some species I really want because of it since we don't cool down until mid-late September and all. The required overnight shipping costs kill me, and...

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Interesting. That was my experience as well; my I oratoria was way too willing to jump the 5 feet to the floor. My other mantids (admittedly only 2) are much more calm around me. heck, even wild mantids I find around my parents' place in Idaho are less jumpy. Edit: the forum autocorrecting to...

That's definitely good information to have. I was not aware of that. Thanks!

Unfortunately, the little dude (Hilberto) died sometime last night. I found him laying legs up on the substrate, bundled like they sometimes do when you disturb their containers. The remaining stump of the leg he had chewed off (I didn't realize there was a stump left at all until now) was...

Unfortunately, he wasn't content with just chewing that leg off where it bent during his molt, and has now chewed off the entire leg, so I don't think there's any coming back for that one. His other rear walking leg looks whole to me, but seems to have some trouble gripping, so I'm definitely...

My little gentleman here just molted (mismolted, unfortunately) and his wing buds are clearly visible now, so I figured it might be possible to get a decent ID. He was wild caught in Las Vegas, NV. I tried bugguide.net, but I’m not familiar enough with that site to use it effectively...

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Sorry for the late reply; life has been a little hectic. Just wanted to say thanks. I appreciate the feedback. I'll definitely do a double-check when it next molts (or even the one after) to make sure the segment count was right.

I'm pretty sure my L4 Rhombodera megaera is a male, but I'm extremely new at this, so figured some confirmation would be nice. Long/thin antenna, though I understand that this rule isn't always applicable to all species (pardon the fingernails; it's paint, not dirt, for whatever that's worth)...

Thank you for the suggestions. I'll try putting them in a smaller temporary feeding container. I'm also going to try putting out a shrimp trap to hopefully catch some house flies. It's just been so damn hot out that we don't seem to have any flying insects around the house lately. I actually...

Looking for some pointers on the title. I've got a wild caught nymph (L4 or L5 if I had to guess) that just molted 3 days ago and hasn't touched food since. I think it may have simply gotten too large to be interested in the D hydei running around its container, and I just happened to have...

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Fellow dweller of hellish heats here. If you do manage to get a tracking number from them and they shipped USPS you should be able to stop it at the post office for pickup. It's an extra hassle, but I promise it's a lot cooler in the back of the post office than it is on those trucks, and if...

Welcome, John! I'm a total noob here myself, and would like to see your mantids as well!

I PM'd you so I don't push this thread too far into a help request sort of deal. Thank you all again for the warm welcome!

Thanks, everbody! I'm actually pretty sure my shield is a male after playing around with a macro lens (which was surprisingly hard to use). I'm counting 8 segments unless I'm starting/ending in the wrong place, but that's a question for another thread. The unidentified nymph is going to be a...

New to mantids (I'm a beetle guy), but really enjoying the experience so far. An unidentified wild caught nymph from work kickstarted me on this road, and I've got a newly-L3 R megaera from Peter now as well. It's amazing how different the personalities are between the two. I look forward to...