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  1. Frack

    Certain plants poisonous to mantids?

    Hi, I just ment its weird because I knew someone that actually gave an insect marijuana not that your wierd for thinking it, it is an interesting thought and I would imagine that there probly are some good uses for it medicinaly since there are for people, makes me think of what other types of...
  2. Frack

    Certain plants poisonous to mantids?

    Hi, its weird you talk about giving mantis about giving mantis weed smoke, I think it would probly be cruel and wouldnt help in any other way than pain relieve even if it did that I would think the harm of the smoke would outway any benefits. But as for feeding them marijuana I actually had a...
  3. Frack

    Hug a Bug event at Houston Museum of Natural Science

    Cool, Ill defenetly be there! I didnt know they raised mantis there thats pretty cool, Ive seen there butterfly garden they have online though and its awsome. I think the last time I was at that museum was on a field trip in the 80's lol should be neat to see how much its changed since I was...
  4. Frack

    TAMU Insect Collection open house - Saturday, January 10, 2009

    There were so many cool things there I think I could have spent a week walking around that place. I was wishing I coulda brought some of them back to live lol, I really liked there roach collection. Thx again Yen! :D
  5. Frack

    Freshwater Invertabrates

    Water scorpions are cool, I caught one recently but let it go because I didnt have any food for it. The one I had was a Ranatra sp. they look alot like grass mantis but underwater, very cool. :D
  6. Frack

    Thesprotia graminis

    Gratz! Thats funny the oothecas are hidden lol, my females laid all hers on the lid.
  7. Frack

    New pics in my Blog

    Awsome pics!
  8. Frack

    Thanks for all the B'day wishing.

    Happy Birthday! Looks like your getting some use out of your new toy :P some of those pics are pretty impresive.
  9. Frack

    Petco

    Petco is generaly different at each location when it comes to the exotic stuff, the one closest to my house is almost unrecognizable from the way it looked 6 months ago inside so I dont know how much good feedback can do when it comes to a place like this. I go there every once in awhile to buy...
  10. Frack

    Howdy!

    lol, the howdy makes it obvious your a texan. The good thing about living in texas is that theres a few cool mantis species right where we live, maybe you could start by keeping a native mantis. But since its winter theres a few months before you can find em outside again you may not want to...
  11. Frack

    Thesprotia graminis...

    Hi, sorry to hear your having problems with them. Out of the different species I have this 1 is by far the least hardy. Goodluck with the other ones!
  12. Frack

    Thesprotia graminis mating.

    Well I went out to eat and when I came home I found an extra little present for me, my first ooth hatched! I only got 3 out of it but it was oddly shaped and only about 1/3 normal size so I expected less than usual. Merry christmas! B) :lol: :) :rolleyes: ;) :P :D
  13. Frack

    Merry Christmas!!!

    Happy holidays!
  14. Frack

    Discovery Channel Mantis program ?

    Cool link kamakiri, lots of documentaries I havent seen before, thx! Theres another mantis documentary called enter the mantis with david attenburough thats probly pretty good as well, I have the life in the undergrowth documentaries with him in it and there all good. Also the Insectia series is...
  15. Frack

    Fluker's cricket quencher

    I dont know about the other types but Ive used the flukers orange cubes for my crickets and roaches and nothing will eat it unless there starving. The only time I have seen anything actually eat it is when I got an order of 1k crickets I put some in right after opening the box and they ate it...
  16. Frack

    Thesprotia graminis

    Cool pics and thx for the caresheet, but its just a little late for me lol I just breed mine a couple weeks ago. Everything went really easy it wasnt hard at all to breed them and shes laid 4 ooths over the past 2 weeks. It is really surprising how big of a feeder insect they can eat with there...
  17. Frack

    Thesprotia graminis

    Cool pics and thx for the caresheet, but its just a little late for me lol I just breed mine a couple weeks ago. Everything went really easy it wasnt hard at all to breed them and shes laid 4 ooths over the past 2 weeks. It is really surprising how big of a feeder insect they can eat with there...
  18. Frack

    New macro pics with my upgraded camera

    Gratz on the new toy! lol The close ups look great, Im sure after you take that class youll be a pro at photography. Knowing about all the lighting and stuff makes a big difference, even as bad as my camera is it can atcually take a good pic if everythings just right.
  19. Frack

    Schizocephala bicornis

    Cool mantis! Good luck with breeding them!
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