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i personally think thats an oversimplistic way of looking at it but i do agree that some could see it that way. i think certainly in many creatures it is only sensory reflex action, but i dont think its fair to say it is this way for all animals in general. anyway, i think the whole "are we...

its not the same. that the fish is being eaten alive is not the main issue, the main issue is that it has a more evolved nervous system so being eaten alive is not the same experience for the fish as for something with a less developed nervous system.

L is short for "larval instar". I is short for "instar", and only used when referring to larval instars (not adults) so is also short for "larval instar". it has nothing to do with language, simply preference.

oh dear! well i can only speak for my own experiences, and i organised a trade with spotvogel last weekend. unfortunately my part of the trade has not reached him yet, hopefully it will soon. but his side of the trade arrived today, very well packaged and all alive. communication was good and...

im stumped, thats amazing! i always thought mantids could only change colour from moult to moult. like i said, i have no idea :huh:

haha no problem! i went off and could only find one that wasnt even the one i was thinking of, here it is: http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?sh...ic=7956&hl= the one i was thinking of was that first one you posted, thanks for finding it!

there was a good discussion on this before. i'll go look for it...

he wont be interested in mating so will basically be just another prey item wandering about the container, getting himself into trouble.

exactly (if you feed them both enough and wait until theyre both old enough).

while i have no actual proof, i'm pretty sure this was just an internet myth.

its all very subjective so each to their own! it would be good to have these in the uk, i wish you luck in breeding them.

i am not trading to usa.

if it is only 1cm long then chances are it is not subadult yet. my males are just over 2cm and are still not adult (i dont even think they are subadult).

^ this. /thread

what does "boring" even mean when describing mantids? do some species sing, dance and perform stand-up? regardless, i would love to be keeping any deroplatys species right now, i just haven't seen them for sale in ages, maybe i haven't been looking hard enough!

i have sorted a trade now so the ootheca is no longer available. thank you.

i'll be there too, just a short train ride from london. hopefully it will be nice weather like last year.

i've got some gongylus gongylodes oothecae i would like to swap. if anyone has some interesting species they would like to swap please pm me. ideally ceratomantis but i know that is a bit of a long shot :P :( (where did this species go?! :blink: :( )thank you.

i helped out a few years back doing similar stuff in the coleoptera with max barclay and in the hymenoptera with john noyes. i think his main interest (at the time) was parasitic hymenoptera. was the lady in charge of the keys to the mantis drawers blonde and with glasses? it may have been...

the droppings in the water dish doesnt mean the mantis spent any time on/near it, im assuming it just happened to be on the lid/branch directly above the dish and happen to "pass waste" there. having a water dish is completely up to you but it is not common and certainly not necessary. for most...