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Oh dear, here we go again. What about my boy Idolomantis?

Is that "fresh" female the one you got from me?

Kid you not!

I remember my fridge being not cold enough to get maggots into that little torpor they are in when it's really cold. So, there was a little opening in the container, and almost all maggots managed to get out overnight. This was on the first day of Christmas - you don't have to guess that my...

Are we looking at an introduction of a new species into culture or what?

Says the Gerbil King.

Dude, seeing how lanky you are... you should buff up! Say it with me: Beefcake! Beefcake! Beefcake!!!!!!!

Wow! This is some good stuff!

Get Empusidae - these mantids are really, I mean really "dumb".

There's a reason why people choose mantids as their little pet predators - you don't have to do what you describe. Don't tell people how to feel about using verts as feeder animals, not everyone wants or can get over it. People have different levels of sensitivity to such things - you must take...

Regardless, it's not something that should be ommitted.

You realise that your advice is missing a critical component, which is the diapause?

I really hope that your husband won't get drunk and get that drawing of a mantis perma-inked in his calf by an easy to persuade and equally drunk tatooist.

I really could not care less about you assessing my English - you're not giving me my diploma. This is a forum devoted to mantis rearing, not to the proper use of English. I know that you like to get attention by flaunting your knowledge and write longish and redundant "essays" on every subject...

I promised mysef to ignore you, but since you've misinterpreted what I wrote, I have to address that. I did not say I'm a better person - I just said that I'm better than doing the activity described in this thread. I don't feel the need to throw every living creature in front of my mantids and...

Nevermind. I'm way better that doing something that cruel.

I reckon you got conned big time. The way they were packed clearly indicates a lack of general knowledge of this species, and total disregard for their comfort and safety - no one serious would have done something that idiotic. Do you remember the state of them nymphs? Were they soft/limp, or...

No! The last time I visited that link, it re-directed me to a site with Bruce Vilanch's naked pictures! But hey, my Idolomantis are from Tansania too :)

I dunno what the heck is IGM 25. Shed a bit of light on it, please.

What do you mean by saying "this stock"?