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oh ive also moddified my design to save money ima do everythign but the front in plexi and the front will be acrylic ill have to order online cause only place semi local that even deals with acryllic said i can only buy it in 4 x 8 foot sheets at 180 some bucks if i ever get that hardcore...

nah that last thing would be too much work and im afraid fruit flies would be able to hide down there or escape

haha they are a people who dress up in cosumes and hit each other with sticks they asked me to photograph them so i did and whover was talkin bout ians drawings i almost forgot i have 2 more galleries www.evolinc.deviantart.com this is my personal repository for posting on the web but im...

''ian i seen that i just ddint know the other was wrong

lol i did i just wanted to see pictures from the community , stagnant old pictures from people you never even talk to just dont seem as fun

umm it dont have many bugs but theres alot fo plants www.pbase.com/hortus theres also a ton of other stuff

tell me if you think this will work i took a couple chuncks of the origional fruit fly vial and chunked them in the stuff i didnt put yeast in ... ssooooo since you guys say the yeast will pread maybe ill be able to save the ones that i put in there

those are awsome i know ian has medica but does anyone have spiney flower mantid nymphs

anyone got any flower mantid pics ive been looking at getting some . ill prolly order from ian when i get paid reguardless of the insain shipping prices (i wont say his shipping cause its the only shippig hes got access to till fedex answers him i really really like spiney flower mantids and...

im trying a culture without yeast or vinager my mix is ashed potatoes and sugar ill let you know how it works its only temp though im gonna get 4 or 6 containers and use that mixture with yeast and some vinigar and maybe later down the line i will buy some media and see how it works but for...

oh and waht does yeast do, i mean whats its purpose in the mixture

i accidentally got the big fruit flies hydea or whatever will they be ok for mantid hatchlings to eat??

whats a good place based in the US to get the medium and what kinda yeast do you use

are borealis the communal mantids??

cost depends on materials and how many cells i make plexi glass is cheap but sucks lucite is a little better but not much acrylic is exspensize but worth it and glass is simply out of the question too hard to work with ima do my prototype for the nymphs in plexiglassand probably do about 20...

almost all of it is going to be acrylic (or plexiglass for the prototype) only wood will be the square wooden dowels that im useing as supports i may use a pinhead drill to create vents on the back and top

most non humans learn with their mouths like dogs will chew on everything maybe its some same type of thing the mantids learning your not a bug, it just keeps forgeting

oh and i ordered hydea or however its spelled

medium i thought people usee oatmeal water and a little viniger also heard of mash potato mix with water and vinigar i heard of mashed up banannas too for those that dont know vinigar stops it from molding or so im told im still waiting on my first batch of fruit flies to show up

heres a design for a cage i came up with im gonna build a 2 x 2 x 4 for nymphs and small mantids and a 4 x 4 x 6 for larger ones (might go 4 x 4 x 8 ) but the inner dividers are removable so if i lose a mantid or 2 then it becomes a conveniant cricket storage place also theres an empty area...