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wow thats amazing! i guess mantis armor is too tough for any insect to penetrate through. some of my mantids ate scorpions i caught. it tried to sting it for quite a while before the mantis got a grip of the wandering stinger. i was watching the whole time and the scorpion wasnt able to...

great pics! :D wow that Modesta one is pretty cool! where did you get that? is it a type of flower mantis? Joe

nice photos! Joe

hey, has anyone had a mantis infected with a parasite called horse hair worms? it typically infects grasshoppers, crickets and roaches but can also commonly infect mantises as well.captive bred mantids are almost never infected but wild mantids are usually infected and the way to get them out...

wow!!! truly amazing! i didnt know there was such a decorative mantis out there! god sure did make amazing creatures. i wonder what that mantis is called probably the real giant devil's mantis lol :D Joe

that is one cool looking mantis especially with those eyespots. are they pretty easy to keep and are they related to any other mantis? the body looks familiar to another mantis but i'm not sure Joe

that first black one is awesome! especially with the bright green eyes! definitly get those lol. that last pic the the lichen looking stick insect is pretty awesome too. Joe

wow interesting replies! thats cool theyre about 2-3 cm i was expecting them to me 1 cm lol. let us know if anyone finds them! you guys that live in florida are pretty lucky. doesnt florida have about 6 species of mantis? i heard that somewhere but i'm not sure. Joe

every european mantis i've caught and seen do this and its a clear liquid i guess its either pee or its just cleaning out its rectum or something cause otherwise all my mantids would be sick Joe

thats too bad :( i had a sub european mantis that had the same thing. it was about to molt and was to weak to do anything and it died over night:( Joe

hey, i looked around on the net for a few minutes and came acrossed this: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4436 heres some info about it: (definitly a must READ!) http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/SN/SN001...02/98p02997.pdf They say its called a Little Yucatan mantis(Mantoida maya) that's...

I've just succesfully mated the adult pair yesterday!!! heres a pic of them below. hopefully the female will produce lots of ooths. so far i know they are a communal species, as i am keeping all three L6 females together. It also appears that it doesnt matter how bulky they prey is, it just has...

the top photo has the three L6 females(as i know so far, they are almost too fast to sex lol) and the rest are the pics of the adult female and adult male. and yea they look exactly as the one yen has :D i read there are 4 species of ground mantis and i'm pretty sure mine's the Litaneutria...

hey everyone! i just got back from a 2 1/2 week vacation and with me came lots of mantids including ground mantids and eauropean mantids. i found 11 ground mantids but 6 died on the way home since they were really small(prob L2 or L3) and we couldnt find a pet shop with the smaller species of...

purchased ghost mantids from dartania with no fatalities plus a freebie also! :D will definitly buy from him again! excellent mantis breeder! Joe

during the summers, i always put a few mantids out side on flowers and watch them hunt, theyve eaten averything from butterflies to large bumble bees and i havent had one get injured yet. i usualy see them adjust their arms to grab the bee's head and thorax and they seem to be smarter than i...

Great Job!! i wasnt succesful with this species even with 4 tries:(. my female fell during her finale molt since she was very huge and heavy! i'm proud of you Rib, yen and any of those who succesfuly bred dessi, my most favorite mantids lol. i hope to succeed next time! Joe

i have one more question, can a 3 month old 21 inch baby python eat full grown mice or not, it looks like it can but i dont want to end up with ripped open snake.and to yen..not really lol, mantids are still my priority! :D because of the money i've spent onf their food and time i've spent in...

wow nice little guys! :D did you hatch them of catch them from the wild? anyways good luck with them! :D i've always failed in breeding them. Joe

hey guys! thanks for the info! i went to a pet shop about it and they said it was stress and holding it right when i got it! you were right rick:). they told me that it would take about a month till it can gain its weight back. :( and i meant round by its fatness lol. thanks for all the info...