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Kinda on that topic... one of mine lost the tips of its back legs... I TRIED very finely securing them with strang to the cage roof (so that it could moult as normal next time) but it didn't work... (broke free) but i know that occasionally mantids can moult standing up... what are my chances?

I do the same as Yen... re-housed all my nymphs yesterday and did exactly as described. Although I use a very fine grade muslin over mesh as was suggested. The *mesh/deli cup* method is more convenient as all you need to do is remove the lid to put in prey... The muslin method is less time...

Bromley-ish... You have no idea how hard it is to find tackle shops on the net! :shock:

wordsearch? crossword?! Mastermind? :)

is that an usumbra?

now that it's said we're gonna have a swarm of people voting for the *technically correct answer*... the poll has died! :(

in those situations i feed the prey item to my scorps... those things are evil! - either slice it in two with its pincers, inject it with venom or have it go in headfirst into the meat-grinder jaws... :twisted: - that's the way i get revenge on anything that messes with my mantids! :D

Just get yourself verified... it's a pretty quick procedure so it's not too much fuss... most perks are open to people even if they haven't verified but it's easier once you have... then all you do is give out your email address to people and they'll send it that way. And I always found the...

wow, this is highly useful so far! - the only two real answers are a draw! :shock:

but then again, what insect wouldn't... crix, roaches... they will all take advantage of a fallen or lazy mantid.

Yeah, i agree... if you're doing online stuff, do it like the greats - ebay, amazon... they all use either credit/debit or paypal - obvious why really: cash - can get lost in the post / no insurance postal order - can get lost in the post / with unsurance credit card - people can steal your...

sure she's adult? If the male has the tibial spurs on his front legs (the hooks about half way along his front pair of legs on the back) then he's adult... The ladies are pretty much done based on size. You can try of course - horny males will try to mate with anything it seems (even immature...

The key with small scorpions is to keep them in a humid environment- they dry out very quickly and turn to mush. The white phase only lasts about 2 weeks so if you get them past that phase you should be fine. The point is that the mother is known to *somehow* transmit water to the scorplings so...

I kinda prefer buffalo worms. They grow to a maximum of about 1cm and are pretty much the same as mealworms. Advantages for either are that they're so much easier to handle than crix of FFs- and by the time they've outgrown them, you can put them straight onto decent sized crix - cos i hate the...

ooo didn't see that one coming ian :P

Yeah rosies are alright to breed it seems- i had no prior experience until a few weeks ago but it seems simple... 3 things (i've either been told or noticed) - 1. make sure you put the male in the female's cage - she's bigger and you don't want her getting stressed :wink: , 2. make sure the...

Sure that's all true n stuff (not disputing anything here)... but you live in England and I can't help but notice the quote But yeah the site is very informative n stuff :D

THIRD UPDATE!!! I got annoyed with the crix that i had fed my T's last night (they're in my room and they were chirping) - so I thought I'd take them out and feed them to the scorplings in the *bug room*... I opened the lid and I saw at least 5 baby scorplings all tucking into a locust i'd put...

Yeah, I mean if you're on your death-bed and you've got one last chance to have sex... wouldn't you muster all the strength you had to try and do it?! Literally the whole 'point' of an animal's existance is to pass on its DNA to its offspring... why do you think many males die soon after mating...

not sure about the scientific explanation here but lets just say if YOU hadn't had sex in ages, wouldn't you be bumming it around being lazy until your next lay?! :D - he's got something to live for now :D