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crickets ALWAYS have a high mortality- especially in the large colonies... But you're doing the right thing by keeping it dry and warm (stops mould etc)... However, it means that some will become dehydrated and die or eat others. Can't be helped really except to offer lots of fresh veg (not...

YEah, can't say I'm a huge fan of the crystals (usually just silica gel) - they get mouldy really quickly. I agree with Rick although an alternative is a wick of absorbant synthetic material hung over the edge (if the lid is tight...) - this allows water to be put in there and as it's hanging...

or buy some biocontrol... if u have soil in ur enclosures, then a few predatory mites will last virtually forever and keep the populations down

p.s. also think i have two females so far so if anyone has a male?!

well, hopefully this mantis of yours Rick is over 4-5 inches- because the moth's body itself is the size of a very fat adult locust :)

Just thought I'd post a few pics of mine that have just emerged from their pupae. Gorgeous things aren't they!!! - And yes, this is virtually identical to the Acherontia styx from Silence of the Lambs - if you've seen the film. It's also really cool if you have found one of these/ reared these...

nooo :? ...?!?!?!

soooo many things you can do with ladies' tights... apart from what Ian uses them for (naughty Ian!) :wink: , I'll talk aboutm get a pot- probably about the size of a 2L lemonade bottle, fill it with medium (pure yeast mixed with water to form a coarse paste OR mashed potatoes with a little...

The thing with tarantulas (as with most bugs it seems) is that you do get the occasional one that seems to fast... If you got a male, males are well known for that! - everyone I know says that the chile rose T's are aggressive- but all the females I've had are docile and just sit there- the male...

(stick insects)

Actually, we made them... It's dead easy if you have a steel plate about a foot or two in diameter, stick it on a tripod and weld a 4 foot 3mm rod in the centre at 90*... There are model shops which sell launch pads- often included as part of a kit with the rocket itself but for D engines, that...

I am... I used to belong to a rocket club and we frequently sent up rockets in excess of about 6 feet high... Never got them back of course- i'd hate to be the guy whose car those landed on! :twisted: - So ur designing your own? What altitude u trying to reach?

wow, lots to choose from... I think we'll all have our own favourites here and for various reasons so if you're thinking of getting some- it will depend on what you like... I personally like the Thailand Black (Haplopelma minax) tarantula and the Heterometrus spinifer scorpion. The thai black...

And as a treat- waxmoths... - they fit all the above criteria If you're into being a little more adventurous, perhaps one of the cabbage white butterflies- perhaps a little big but all the above apply to that too

Use the word perishable... it achieves the same thing and people tend to associate it with food/ fruit. I think just as long as they don't know what's in the box and can see that the box is secure, they don't seem to mind. I get mine dropped off in an insulated box outside my house- the post...

ooo, nice... how much?

For sale: these mites are used to primarily control the sciarid flies - i.e. those little small flies you see soon after a cricket has died in its enclosure. You tend to see two types of flies in an enclosure- the big chunky ones that like to walk around a lot (fruit fly sized) - aka scuttle...

Yeah, sad to say, I recycle my mantids too... I hate doing it because I respect them but in my opinion, better use of a mantis than just freezing it... I just can't watch it happening :cry:

I do think the fungus gnats (sciarids) are a great food source! - the only problem I can think of is that they're flying. An easy way of culturing them is to take a few (catch a few) squash a cricket and put them in the same container. This will produce maybe 10-20 and will be enough for a young...

well, if they're small, you could always stick them in the microwave after cleaning with soap and water... this would definitely kill them- on high for 30 secs should do it- just enough to warm the glass/ plastic. Bleach would also work- dab a bit on some tissue and clean like you would...