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Plants are fine mate . i use them myself . no worries there . the only trouble i get with em is when moths hide behind em so i poke em out lol . but you shouldnt have any worries . a heat mat/rock might not have to be used as such ( especially during the summer ) but i keep one on during the...

Hi Guys ... i think this is a shielded mantis .. but the shield looks a lil too big to me compared to other pictures ive seen of them . it was in my book saying un-named specie from costa rica ! any ideas guys ? sorry about the scale. i even resized the bloomin thing in photobucket and it still...

Ahh ok . sorry for that then . he showed me the forum though .. it was made and everything. but he was still thinking of scrapping it because he thought not that many would be interested ! Neil

Ian should give you all the answers your looking for .. he even designed a phasmid forum but was thinking of scrapping it ! ( not sure if he did ) why dont you give him a PM . thanks Neil

Hi everyone .. so i just gave my mantis a moth to munch on .. and it has done very nicely .. however i think the moth has layed some eggs in its enclousure while being eaten. theres these little white dotty things near where its backside was . so was just wondering are these eggs or are they...

that sounds ok to me for nymphs i but i personally wouldn't put my adults in them unless i was keeping very small species, also ventalation might be an issue if you stack em up together. ill let someone else post on this because im not THE expert in this field . thanks Neil

Happy Birthday mate !!! one year older eh !!! 1 more year to go and you go " make Babies" legally :wink:

i agree with ian ! mine never climb .. they just pupate in the substrate ! thanks Neil

That's such a great photo !!!! one of the best laughs ive had in ages too ( not meaning to be mean, but my mantis died on her final shed and i like how you saved yours ) :) , i like your style !!! maybe you could paint em so they look like a cast from a broken leg or arm ( don't know how ) ...

Hey guys ... one of my L2 H grandis nymph has not eaten its dinner which is a micro cricket ... its in one of them plastic party cups so the cric cant climb up to it ! as its around 1 in the morning and i cant be doing with fiddling about , i was just pondering if this is ok if it moults...

lol , not my problem , i find it interesting ! :P thanks Neil

Hey guys , was browsing and come across this site .. it has pictures when you get to the exact species you want and so far they have about 180 on there, i don't know if this has been posted on here before if it has, please forgive me :( i just thought i'd share my find with you all ...

They look evil, no wonder they called assassins !!! slurping out the insides through there beak !!! i still favour the mantis though !!! " Go Go Mantis Rangers :twisted: !!!! " cummon guys , i wanna hear everyones views on this !!! :)

lol damm .. i was hoping i could get rid of the dead alien before the FBi arrive !! but thankx for the rule !! Neil

ok thankx guys ... they don't seem to last long in there anyway .. gobbled up virtually straight away !!! i just aint heard of people feeding maggots and got worried !! but if you lot do it .. i might have to do it everytime i run out of food !!! keep em happy .. thankx Neil

Thats good idea nympho !!! i think i would do the same , also would make sure the mantis is an adult female and very hunguary !!!

my new shipment of wax worms and crix aint arrived yet and my mantis not eaten in several days due to chucking up , so in desperation i have fed her a couple of maggots so she has at least somthing to eat . just wondering they are safe arnt they ? thankx Neil

Hey .. i was wondering has anyone got any ideas on who would win , i know it would be pretty cruel to find out and that obviously the species and sex would make the outcome different . so say its your average female chinese mantis . who do you think would come out on top ? i dont keep assassins...

Sh*te , My Mantis Has it !!! 13ollox 13ollox 13ollox , she is my 1st mantis and i dont want her to die !!! theres nasty reddy brown stuff all over its enclousure and its spewing loads right now , i have only fed her crix and so i guess thats the end for her ... thats really peeved me off ...

heres me .. part of the british clan !! rock on guys !!!