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and ive just got my first ghosts too. AT LAST!! i got 6 healthy L1 nymps off ebay (yes its possible -there are good sellers ot there!) dont they grow fast - they are now L3 with no shedding problems or any issues - really easy so far. eating a ton of f flies and no sign of canibalism or...

anyone keep these amazing animals. where would you get them in the uk -never seen any for sale. are they hard to look after? ive heard they are considered a pest in aquariums, but cant belive ppl would rather keep fish than these awesome critters! theyve got to be the kings of the invert...

up to you. if you just want to make ca$h out of them, see ya later. probably got too many 'lightweight' non naturalists here just interested in mantids cos of the $, or because they are 'cool', before they get bored and bugger off. i agree however. its pointless going on about morals in mere...

my gambians were starting to get guite a complex about their size, but now theyre feeling alot better. :P

i know its a supply and demand issue n all, but asking for well over £20 ($40) for a couple of insects (which are many steps away from successful breeding) is takin the piss IMO. and just cos 'mantidplace' charges more doesnt make it ok. it just makes them wrong too. theres wanting to make your...

bloody heck. pricey :unsure:

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yep the ooths are tiny. but the nymps that come out are not THAT tiny its amazing they all fit in. you need some kind of heating esp in winter so cage is about 25c. but that will tend to dry it out quickly. you need to mist the cage and the nymphs alittle with water every few days to raise the...

so do you actually remove one of the sides made of glass? and is that some kind of reinforcing youve put around the edges or does the tank come like that. its a very nice set up. i use tanks vertical like this to house my locusts and rear silkmoth caterpillers. the only mod ive done is a piece...

no its not like that one. thanks for posting - very interesting. its got little inbuilt doors for them to pop out of. awww lol. so mines definately not hatched then. anyway he's agreed a refund so thats that maybe i'll get some nymps or another ooth soon from somewhere.

thanks, yeah the zig zag line looks like an exit point, ie it looks like a split has occured down the middle, or they were coming out but they died before i got it. but ive never seen one before so i dont know. maybe someone could confirm if they have that line. the seller has definitely...

i disagree. if s**t happens' the person who originated the item and took money in exchange should be responsible -all things being equal; which they are as nobody can know its 'viability' and nobody but me can know the care it was put under. they are both assumptions. again the onus is on the...

this f***ing ghost ooth still hasnt hatched looks like ive been scammed. i think its at least 8 weeks old - probably more like 9 months! this is the item and seller. now hes not replying to my polite and detailed explanation why he must refund, so now its war. i ve got the gist of the...

i thought it meant level too. what does instar mean anyway. nothing in english certainly. maybe its french or... german. L=larven is more meaningful than instar. the word has the same origin within the related languages ie larven =larvae :lol: even though it really should be NYMPHEN! that...

hi, i have eyed hawkmoth (willow, sallow, apple), lime hawkmoth (lime tree, elm), american moon moth (birch), chinese oak silk moth ova/larvae (oak, apple etc etc) now, and hopefully tree of heaven silkmoth (privet) and privet hawk moth (privet, ash, lilac) in a month if they hatch/mate. let me...

yeah, they can be tricky- dropping while final shedding and foot damage problems made mine fail - which i didnt anticipate (wrong cage materials) exacerbated by their sloooooooow growth and therefore the length of time to develop problems. just get the cage and feeding conditions dead right by...

well, there certainly diabolically expensive. :lol:

'idolomantis diabolica' is such a fantastic* name, why use anything else. :P *1 imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality • of extraordinary size or degree • (of a shape or design) bizarre or exotic; seeming more appropriate to a fairy tale than to reality or practical use 2 informal...

you can definately tell at subadult as the male antenae are longer. you'd have dificulty much earlier though :mellow:

hi. they are not canabalistic as long as they have lots of fruit flies to eat, they generally run away when they bump into each other. or display, and then run away! i never saw them stalk each other, although i wouldnt totally trust hungry adult females. you can feed them on ff till they are...