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Am I reading that right? A full 4" female? Damn...

Trojon, I figured tackle shops would have it, but I can't find any around here. I called Wal-Mart, since I know they stock Canadian nightcrawlers in small mini fridges, but alas no fly maggots. I did, however, place an order with Rebecca through mantisplace. :rolleyes:

Any good, reliable sources for these, please let me know. Any help appreciated.

Nothing bigger than $100 bills.

Thor -- have you been to mantisuniverse.net yet? You might notice some key pictures ;)

i clicked on your pic and got spam..great pic tho AHAHAHAHAAHAH. When did we get on the subject of Idolomorpha by the way? Idolomorpha is not the same as Idolomantis. Tier, what do you feed your Idolomorpha? Temps? Humidity?

The cool thing about S. pretiosa is, up until about L7, you feed them a couple FF's, and they're full for a week. Seem to be hardy in the long run for such a fragile build. Do you prepare any special enclosure for the adults, Yen? I'm currently keeping mine in a FF container, but I wonder if...

Have you noted any cannibalism with the L1's? I know as they grow older they won't touch each other.

Gorgeous. Such a streamlined mantis shape, you have to hope the female molts error-free!

For anyone drooling at the auction, keep in mind, postage to UK only it appears.

Quick question about the honey thing...how well does honey keep? I keep reading about people gutloading their crix and flies with honey, but I've had a bottle of some honey in my cabinet for maybe a decade now. Still think it has the goods or should I get a fresh bottle? Yes, I'm that cheap to...

I have to say, the last time I read one of Christian's comments regarding Idolomantis, he pointed out that people point-blank just put them in wrong conditions which is why they have such high mortality rates in captivity. He said they should be just as successful as any other species (like...

Yen, how many shields make it to 3rd instar of the hatched group? You must have hundreds you've been advertising them for so long!

Yen, aren't the antennae on the S. pretiosa too long? What do a male's antennae look like? I ask because I have a single specimen (L5 I believe) and I want to *** it.

Haha, just making sure. Nothing was more blatantly stupid to me than someone coming on saying he was afraid the species was dwindling in captivity, and then showing us pictures of Violins being killed by their own kind. But yeah, I totally understand the situation and the pictures are very cool...

Correct me, but it appears as though you are feeding one Violin Mantis another Violin Mantis in those pictures? The first one looks like the bigger one already ripped part of the body off of the smaller one and has the chunk in his left claw?

Thor, how big are these guys full grown male/female?

Thank God for macro equipment. I wouldn't have ever known those organs even exist on that level, haha. Cool picture and thanks for sharing.

Based on what I did see of the pictures, he's got African Mantis and Giant Asians, so nothing special I can note.

She's beautiful! Love how you kept the yellow coloration even into adulthood! Could you post some pictures or describe your enclosure for her? I had bad luck with these species and suspect it was due to lack of ventilation.