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Nope, no problems at all. But I need to buy some lamps and stuff and distribute nymphs to other enclosures - otherwise it will be too crowded inside those I use now. I don't wanna one nymph walkin' all over another while it's molting.

Mozoltov on the first ooth! My Idolomantis started maturing a while ago - I expect a whole lotta adults by the end of the month :) Let's hope that as many of them make it.

You remember how long they were at L3/L4?

I think that's locust.

Holy cow! This mantis is beastly!!! Seriously man, you've got one huge monster there.

How does keeping records ruins a hobby?

There is no guarantee on WC ooths - I kept such, and only some of them hatched. You might get lucky if you buy more than just 1-2 ooths, but it might always go other way. There's a fair amount of reliable breeders keeping Idolomantis - I don't know why people resort to cheap, WC caught ooths...

100$ per Idolomatis ooth seems a bit off for me. But I've seen similar bargains, where the trader dropped down on the price, but underlined that only some of the ooths will hatch. Don L might be taking ooths from the same person I'm talking about (a guy from Tanzania), and raising prices...

I want mine to mature! Now, now, now!!!

You lucky *******! They are getting to it fast, eh? Man, wing-buds on my females are getting nicely fat - I cannot wait to see adults!

Looks like he is ordering something in a restaurant :P I did not know that you still keep Didymocorypha.

They look more like Phasmids.

It might be possible, you should give it a try - just to play around ;)

That ain't nothing special. Try to get some "incest" in - someone I know had a Hymenopus male jump and mate with its "mother". Now that's a challenge.

Yeah, they do. But males live only 3-4 weeks.

I would not be worried about their ability to catch prey. Their raptorial arms are very tiny, but L1 nymphs han handle medium sized D. melanogaster with ease. Adult females can unleash quite a whoopage, and don't even seem to struggle. I'd save some D. hydei for adult males though, they are...

Why so? The ark was actualy made from Shittah Tree, it ain't his fault that there is a mookie stink word in shittah-tree, just like there is a pineapple, but there ain't no apple in it.

Why you little!...

I almost had a "Mother" tatoo on my arm, but the tatooist run out of ink and I was left with just "Moth"...

It's actually a quote from Deus Ex, I always wanted to use it ;) Besides, I don't dream - 15 pairs I keep for myself ain't no dream, it's as real as it gets ;)