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what species? they look good!

I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS...eve...EVE!!! AND A MANTIS FILLED NEXT YEAR!!!! gotta love caroling... Merry christmas all! BTW, rebecca, i just ordered some stuff from you ;)

Not to be rude, but a hamata?! Have you grown any other neps? this is one of the harder of them to grow, and you shouldn't buy one (if/when you can, they will be $100+ for a 1" plant) if you cant care for it. And overnight isnt needed for plants, priority and 2-3 day is fine... On a better...

Hi all! I just read a book (Out Of Eden), and it happend to talk about Hawaiian Drosophila (cousins of D. hydei and melanogaster), and how these entomologists caught and observed these with yeast-banana-mushroom traps, and it told how to make them. I started wondering if i could catch my mantid...

Welcome! Im in So Cal... ;)

Hi all. As you may or may not know, im a plant person at heart. So today, while feeding my mantids (and plants!), i started wondering about hybridizing some of my Sarracenia...and then my Nepenthes...and then my mantids! Can this be done? In theory at least? i assume the resulting offspring...

thanks andrew! ;)

i love them yen! one of my favorite species...

ok, sounds good Yen!

assasin bugs don't'cha'know! ;) Hey sparky, what system did you use to make your forum? i'd love to make something like that for my website!

i just got an offer for some ghosts, so yeah, i guess they are! ;) Thanks again!

i would not feed ants to my mantids. they can sting, bite, etc... and all the toxins used for making poison cant be good for 'em...

Right! :blink: Im in the U.S...California, to be specific! ;)

Hi all! Im looking for some of the harder-to-find mantids, like I. diabolica, ghosts, and dead leaves... If anyone has some, please contact me. Thanks, Frankie

ok, thanks guys! yeah, it's glass on four sides and mesh on the top, with vines and stuff everywhere...if humidity's a problem, i can always put a smaller (closed) container with them in it... Ok, anyone have some spare Diabolica's? :D :P ;)

Hi all! Im thinking of getting some I. diabolica's (if they ever become available), and was wondering about a few things...sorry if i sound completely confused, because, well, i am! ;) Ok: 1. I was thinking of keeping them in my lowland vivarium...temps 75-90. Humidity ~80-100%...bright...

still...18 inches! i need pics...

im not sure i belive that...like, it was alive and breathing in the 1900's? nu-uh. maybe a fossil, but not alive...

dont worry, i know who you are! ;) hanging pots are entirely optional. i dont have any, actually, and they do fine.

do you mean a nepenthes? i may have some...