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I think I might. Especially if I could get a Fruit-Fly only diet going. Like you, I'm happy to be cricket-free (and fly free) at the moment.

Hmmm. Not my experience, at all. As adults, some of the males were a bit jumpy, but they all calmed down after a bit. They LOVED being out, so when I'd open the cage and offer a hand, they were pretty quick to get on (generally). And they were great photo ops for my staff and friends...

Ha, ha, ha! Very funny!

Off topic, but I didn't really care for euchomenella macrops when I had them. I had Heterochaetas and Gongys at the same time, and they just didn't win in any of the categories. Also, seem a bit fragile. Even the brunners seemed to cover the category of big/long/stick-looking mantis better...

Amen. Love, love, love the clicking!! Any other species do that...?

Yeah - I had SOOOOO many Gongy's at one point. But Idolos were more fun, more impressive and (at that time) more challenging. But I am still a HUGE Gongy fan. IMO, Gongy, Idolo and Ghosts are the gold standard in the hobby, with Orchids being in their own category (just gorgeous). I know...

I'm starting to lean towards Chameleons as a contender for my next desk hobby (I'm thinking I'll restart mantids with an Orchid Army, when they start popping up again). I'm looking for a Chameleon that will stay relatively small (the micro cham post eariler today sort of set me off). Any...

No way! Did those come from MY critters!?! BTW, I LOVE donating to schools and museums. Let me know if they ever need other things that I might have creeping around.

Awesome! I'm guessing just the hoot of saying your stuff is exhibited with that much prestige is worth it! Great portfolio piece, as well (or demo reel, or whatever).

Congratulation!!

Yeah. I've noticed there aren't a lot of people making posts in the Classifieds for what they WANT, vs. what they're selling. I know there are a lot of people who HAVE mantids that they would sell or trade, if someone asked. Like me, they just don't want to be an active breeder.

The only illness I've seen (that I can remember) is the "dripping death", which seems (to me) to be molt-related (mentioned previously in the thread). I suspect, at this point, that I could get 16 out of 20 from L2 to adult sucessfully. Or real close to that.

You'd probably have to leave the net cage behind eventually - just for molting purposes. You could attach (glue or sew-in) a molting grid to the top of your net cage, to save a few bucks.

I had one very dark nymph - around l4. But the dark color went away with the next molt.

God Bless "Firefly". I got to play laser tag with "Jane" - awesome!

The rumors of early Idolo demises are greatly exaggerated. :-) In the right conditions, I found them no more fragile than Gongys or Ghosts.

I want to re-emphasize: I just proved that it doesn't ALWAYS mean infertile - not that it MIGHT mean infertile. Or that the crickets used in Europe might be different that the variety here. BTW, If someone in SoCal wants my brave little L1 Idolo - shoot me a PM. I think he's an only child...

Here's a good thread for Creos that we all worked on. A lot of content - only a few pages. "Too Hot For Creos" http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=20845&hl=&fromsearch=1

Yeah - I got mine trained by flicking them around on tongs and making (possibly useless) buzzing sounds. I also saw mantids that were resistant, getting interested only AFTER they saw a sibling greedily chowing down!

There are some really good posts on the forum about how to plan out your flies. I think, at most, you should only need deliveries every other week.