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    Enviromental effect on Mantid colouration

    Another thing that you have to take into consideration Chamelionare, is that only ghost females will turn green... Males simply dont, and no amount of environmental conditioning will turn a male ghost green.
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    New from Alaska

    Welcome Katie! You might want to truy using a lamp to keep your mantis warm A good warm halogen light can create a nice warm spot for your mantis to bask regardless of surrounding temperatures.
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    Spamming the Scammers

    Actually these are beyond bot based or dummy addresses, but rather both... A bot that creates and sends out spam from disposeable emails... meaning that for every address that you tag as spam, the bot has created hundreds more, which is why no matter how many times you tag that viagra email as...
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    Oh dear, got myself another BBC interview

    I never knew bug breeding could lead to stardom.
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    How I make fruit fly medium!

    This seemed relevant for search purposes...
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    Housefly (Musca Domestica) rearing

    I have some interesting news about my findings from my recent test involving a hydei culture made with milk solids as an ingredient. While it is rather easy to come up with powdered milk, the majority is of a powdered skim variety wheras my experiment was conducted using powdered whole milk. 7...
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    New idea for keeping houseflys...

    I dont have any pics to speak of...and since my garage was my only place to keep such a foul smelling culture I have not kept any due to the cold. But now it is warmer, and I have mantids large enough to need them, so I will probably start a housefly culture soon. Not to mention I am working on...
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    Subcoccinella 24-punctata

    Do all of them really have 24 spots?
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    Red velvet mite

    In first pic it looks like a little red potato with legs :lol: Nice shots tho!
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    Hiya!

    Haha!! :lol: :lol: .... Rebecca you are so goofy! :P Welcome to the forum Marilyn.
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    Ghost mantis not eating regularly.

    Older ghosts are very picky eaters... almost anorexic in their shunning of available food. A fat ghost is a rare sight to see.
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    17 today :D

    Felicidades!!!
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    mantisguy101

    Purchased his Rhombodera Basilis subs. The price was awesome, and considering the circumstances I couldnt let them go the cold way out. He answered all of my questions quickly and even threw in a surprise Clinea Humeralis. I would do bussiness with him again
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    weird mantis behavior

    I wonder if it is due to the coloration... That behavior may be locked in their genetic memory, and unlocked if they find thmselves in an overly red environment, as if to hide from a certain predator that is found around red flowers where they are from. You'd be surprised. What color are your...
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    Lets see what you use

    Me too.
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    Empusa pennata

    No, Thank you! ;) Please show us more.
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    Pseudocreobotra ocellata

    Here are some shots of "Blanco" For some reason this guy didnt turn green and beige like the other two, but rather green, white and grey. I havent ever seen one this light colored...
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    Empusa pennata

    Awesome!
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    Acromantis formosana Hatched!!

    Most have molted to L-2... I ended up having about 7 die during first instar, but I dont really know how many I have now cuz they wont stay still so I can count them :lol: .
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