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Jeez, that's a lot. I buy maybe 20 at a time..

Weeird. I was hoping you got a quick photo. I guess time will tell if she's mated.

Aw.. I'm sorry to hear that, Stanley. That really sucks. Certainly good to know. I'm very fortunate to have a small, locally owned reptile store nearby that does a wonderful job of caring for their animals, invertebrates included. I quickly learned to buy from them over the big chain pet stores...

What about "this side up"?

haha What is going through the minds of these employees...

Is there anywhere to buy "live feeder insects" or similar labels? I guess it'd be cheaper to make my own.

That's yet another thing I worried about- if I bring a package labeled in such a way that I get interrogated (though most of the postal workers around here are jaded enough that they totally don't care). All good advice. Thanks, folks.

I was wondering- Do you guys put any kind of "fragile" or "live insects" stickers on your packages? Is that necessary or beneficial? Also, when asked at the post office "is there anything liquid, fragile, perishable, or potentially hazardous?" how do you respond? Last time, I said "fragile" so...

Yes, keep us posted! Are you far far away or in the States?

I know someone on here has too many Extatosoma tiaratum. Haha I turned them down 'cause they look Freaky! I was also looking at Peter's Blue Death Feigning Beetles. They look pretty cool. Or a brahmin moth caterpillar.

Hard to keep, hard to breed, rare, beautiful.. I don't think they look the same at all. There is much variation among the species.

That's what I was afraid of. I hope I did the right thing. When my Idolo hurt his tarsi, I kept checking and checking, and he never chewed them off and it spread. Poor buddy. Special banana treats!

Yeah, go for it! I think the general rule they use on the UK forum is that you only add to the thread if you have a hatch that you personally bred yourself.

I ended up cutting it off at the joint because it looked like it was bothering him. He didn't like that.. I gave him some banana, and he calmed down and eventually got back to being upside down which he couldn't do before. I noticed that too about his colors. He's been adult for a while, but...

Oh no! Sad.. but glad it was ok. Makes sense though. And one can certainly ask a salesperson when buying or like someone said, just wait a while after you buy a plant.

No, he won't use it. Just tries to keep it out of the way. He's having trouble getting around with it.

the back left walking leg that's up in the air that's a different color.

Mannn.. My Blepharopsis mendica has been an adult for over a month. He's always been ship-shape. I guess I haven't picked him up for a while, because today I found him this way: Sad! I really don't know what happened. He hasn't had a cricket for a while (usually flies). He doesn't have any...

They are good eaters!

"UPDATED 9/14/11 - Our Gryllus assimilis are thriving just fine, but building up the colony to commercial sales numbers is a slow process. We are now estimating that we will be able to begin shipping Gryllus assimilis sometime shortly after the first the year (maybe Feb 2012). Watch closely -...