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Ordered some Cat eye nymphs from precarious, and everything went mostly well. He had added another extra just in case of some error, and unfortunately, two of them decided to molt in shipping. One didn't make it, one is currently being rehabbed (doing very well so far), and the 4 others are...

It's happening again! I'm getting a nasty smell from a hydei culture! How does one prevent this? The culture is not that old, and the media is josh's frogs'. I made it about a week ago, and there are larva, but its starting to smell gross again. What could be the cause of this? Too much water...

@Synapze I currently have some iris that are growing up! I'm carrying on my older bro's tradition of catch a few, breed, incubate, release. Though now that I have much more experience, am not ten years old, and have the dedication, I can be a lot more successful! 😂 I'll let you know when I...

Pete, would you still like me to write up what we discussed earlier here?

Challenge accepted ;)

I wouldn't unless you alter the lid, as stated above. the slits are awkward and can be uncomfortable for the mantis.

Very informative. Seems like you're the go to person in terms of regulations 😉

Would any action be taken against online stores? For example, DeShawn's website. I'm assuming no, since the site and others like it stay up without issue. If that's the case, it seems an actual storefront wouldn't work out in trying to sell non natives, correct?

R. valida that got sprayed a bit, a Ghost that's a bit shocked at its own molt! Also another Ghost that molted this morning

Ask them for their certifications, they may not have them and just say they do. A lot of stores say they're certified, but can't back it up. Of course there are some, but getting permits to sell mantises and other exotics that most people aren't interested in seems a bit too niche for a business...

Nice apistos! I got some Flame Red Agassizii myself a while ago, but no pairing off yet 😕  There's so many streams and tributaries that is almost guaranteed that any WC will be different than another unless their from the same body of water.

I'll be keeping two native species this year, Iris and Brunneria. Can't take those 😁

So my canadian friend, how do you bring ooths over to Canada? I'll most likely be moving over there myself and you know I gotta have my mantids! I'm guessing just ship ooths right? Maybe I'll bring them in my luggage in a baggy or something when I go? 😏

THEY'LL NEVER CATCH ME ALIVE!

Don't know if you still need help, but I send out my caresheet to customers that buy cultures from me or starter cultures: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bBjx3DudxJpOaaDmkSz30t5vzswRNe4nL_eq0LVwMeI/edit?usp=sharing Hope it helps!

A bit of an update: So I went to a few stores over the last few days, and it looks like there is not much for me to find- at least where I live. I did however find at dollar tree some cylindrical canisters with a screw on lid that were almost perfect. They were tall, they were wide, they house...

Back in elementary I brought in one of my adult females to show off, and I did a live feeding demo as well. Needless to say, the whole class was very interested and I was the "kid who liked bugs" which I happily embraced! 

No no, the joke is that Chinese mantis is probably the most common mantis around- everyone has probably seen it

It is, they have the nymphs coming out of the ooth on their Instagram page An amazing feat. Here I am about to get into brunners and they're working with the dragon mantis 😂 Some day!

TND does not do a good job of showing proper mantis care.