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    Cilnia Humeralis and H Grandis: Looking for them :D

    Hey everyone, I'm looking for some H Grandis and/or Cilnia Humeralis for cheap :) I bought my last two mantids, a Grandis and a Budwing for 5$, and I haven't been able to find such a deal since. If anyone has a good deal on these types please message me :) Appreciate it Adam
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    Birds for sale!

    Hey Adam here, I'm not sure I can post birds on here, but it said classifieds for everything else :) Im selling a few types of birds, nice ones. We have 7 lovebirds(yellow/white and green/red), 4 parakeets (2 green and 2 blue) and 2 cockatiels (big grey ones). So if you want to buy a bird, or...
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    hey there, newbish questions :D

    Hey everyone, i am interested in keeping stag beetles, mainly Lucanus Cervus, or others in the Lucanus family. Few questions... 1. Environment? what they live in, eat, etc 2. Best species for a beginner 3. anyone have them? how hard are they to keep? 4. any general tips for me thanks a lot...
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    Question to help narrow my search

    Hey everyone, been a while since ive posted. But anywho, ive got a question. I want a nice large mantis... what should i get? Basically i just want to know what is the largest mantis available? thanks :)
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    a few questions about a couple mantid types.

    oh and what about the violin mantis (gongylus?) are those good for a beginner? (about 2 months now, raising 2 mantids) they look kinda delicate :?
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    a few questions about a couple mantid types.

    cool thanks a lot everyone :D
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    a few questions about a couple mantid types.

    are those pretty simple to care for? and do you have any? :D
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    a few questions about a couple mantid types.

    hey everyone, im looking to upgrade my collection, and i was wondering what you would recommend. im keeping a giant asain and a budwing, ive only been in the hobby for about 2 months. I was thinking i would try a P. wahlbergii or perviceps. are those pretty simple to take care of? any other...
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    Pseudovates arizonae ( arizona unicorn mantis )

    i live here in arizona. if anyone has a clue as to where i could find one of these, i could try and get some for the forum members :) any suggestions?
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    Parasphendale agrionina (budwing) bad moult

    he might. ive never had a bad molt, im really new to this though. he might kind of "fix himself" during the molt. not sure myself, sorry :)
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    Parasphendale agrionina (budwing) bad moult

    im not quite sure how he will react, but incase you do have to hand feed him just use some tweezers and put the cricket in front of him, that might work :)
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    Damon variegatus

    those look insane, really creepy lookin. what do they eat and stuff? are they as vicious as they look?
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    hmmm i must have done something wrong :(

    they are ghosts, no shed yet.. they are a week old
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    no molt still??

    hey question... my i have an L4 or L5 budwing mantis, and a giant asain of the same age.... but they havent molted in a while. its been over 3 weeks now, dont they molt every 2 weeks? they dont have wings or anything, so i figure they are still kinda young. i mist daily or every other day, and...
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    hmmm i must have done something wrong :(

    after my ooth hatched, i had about 25 nymphs... and i kept them together fro about 2 days. i then split them into groups of 3, and about 3 died by the :? i then got some small plastic containers and seperated them into those. i gave them a fruitfly every few days, and sprayed the containers...
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    this is wierd... and it sucks :(

    yea they are ghosts, i fed them 4 days after hatching... the 5 that are left are ok now
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    this is wierd... and it sucks :(

    they havent been eating eachother, i counted the same number before and after. the containers i used for the nymphs are little salsa things from carl's junior, they are like mini deli cups (more than enough room) i fed them flightless fruitflies, i saw a couple of them eat them right away, no...
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    this is wierd... and it sucks :(

    hey guys, i had an ooth hatch a few days ago, and i sperated about half of the nymphs into seperate containers. now 6 out of the 10 i seperated are dead, but the rest that i left together are all alive... idk why, i gave them food and a little water... any ideas?/suggestions? its about 78-ish in...
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    OOTH HATCHED!

    yea i was gonna try to save it, but i noticed they got a hold of him and started chewing on him : / oh well :(
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