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Bonjour FranckD. Welcome to the forum!

Well Hi yourself, and welcome to the forum.

buddhistsoldier88 said Oh the world of Google so... lol totally not on the snake discussion but I have a friend that took on a job at Google here in Santa Monica not too long ago. They serve the employees beer every Friday! And have all kinds of great benefits for their employees. Im going to...

I havent had such good luck with these either but I like the species. My very first Mantis was a huge female european who laid lots of ooths but they were all infertile. Then I got 4 from Rebecca in here and now only have one small one left! Poor little guys just died off for no reason. I do...

On the regenerating a leg end of this conversation I thought Id jump in because I have a Mantid I call Tri pod because she lost a back leg early on. It did grow back with all her sheds, and got longer each time. But... Now that she's just molted to adult I see a problem! She cant walk right...

Not a bit! I was given a very small female rattlesnake for my 21st birthday. Im pretty sure it was illegal to have taken her from the wild but I didnt do it, she was given to me! I kept her for a bit, fed her pinky's and then released her in the mountains where we'd seen some the year before...

He was a Stagmomantis Californica or a Limbata. We never really decided since they look so much alike. Good news tho, the other one that I thought might be a male did end up shedding to adult yesterday and did it fine! He's got nice long wings that are fine and not curled at all! :D He's...

By catching a wild Mantis your not harming anything. In fact your probably going to feed her better and more often then she was eating in the wild. And will most likely extend her life span. I had my first Mantis last year that was wild caught, and have another one this year that was wild. They...

Well it happend. My 1st male was shedding to adult and apparently had a rough time. By the time I found him he was bent very oddly, and one of his big wings had gotten turned down and was wrapped around him the wrong way. frackin darn stupid bad sheds!!!! Poor guy couldnt even walk right without...

We stick our Mantids in the freezer when theyre dying to make it quicker, so I wouldnt suggest refrigerating them.

Im not really scared of them but I dont like em, I wouldnt keep any as pets. But I have been catching Black Widows lately for people here in the forum, I even got an egg with one that fortunately hatched once JT got it. My mom was SO happy to hear that the egg I sent him hatched with 200 some...

speaking of Vacations, I just got back from a 9 day trip to Colorado for my Birthday. I came back with no voice, bruised and beaten lol. Those darn Jet Ski's and inner tubes behind the boat kicked my butt! But man it was a blast! We even hit Six Flags with 10 people! Took over whole rides a...

Welcome to the group. I found my first European in a parking lot about a year or two ago. And just yesterday found another huge one to add to the 12 or 13 I have now. (varying species of course) But since my real name actually means Butterfly, I always knew I'd end up a bug person. lol

wow, way too deep of a conversation for my sleepy pre birthday partying self today.

I have a chinese thats 2-3 sheds behind his ooth mates, and a few of my Stagmomantis's were behind. Now I think it's just that 2 might be males since theyre smaller.

Welcome to the forum. Im in Cali too, San Fernando Valley / LA area to be a bit more precise. You'll get all the info you need and more here, lol. If you need a few more mantids there are quiote a few of us in CA in here so just look around and send a message.

Welcome to the forum. What part of Colorado? Im a Denver / Boulder girl myself but was born out in the Ft. Morgan area and then raised out here in CA. Ill be headed to Colorado this Saturday, too bad I cant bring Mantids on the plane otherwise id just bring you and BlackFox a different species...

ahhhh ok maybe Ill go to China town out here and get me a nifty parasol with butterflies on it.

LOL some of those are great, others are just gross! :lol:

Back in Colorado apparently they broke a heat record and it hit 126! I spent summers growing up there and it'd get darn hot, like 113 hot but I'd have just died in 126 degree heat! Now my crazy self is heading there Saturday for my birthday on Monday! I'll probvably get more color in that...