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best place in europ i've been for wildlife has been Corfu, so maybe there or another Greek island. am after somewhere with shallow warm waters when i walked into a forest in corfu once i found myself surrounded by the craziest animals, some mantid nymphs rained down on me too :D

i'm thinking of going on holiday in september but havent decided where to go. i'm just wondering if there's anywhere you'd recommend? i'm after going somewhere with loads of interesting wildlife, good beaches and sealife and with fun things to do but quiet enough too. just thought you guys...

2 orchids and one sphodromantis arrived perfectly. rob's been very understanding about the problem i've had with making the payment too ( i couldnt find my cheque book :S ). his postage is the cheapest of any breeder around. i definitely recommend! thankyou!

has anyone got uploaded vids of their mantids online anywhere? i've started putting mine on YouTube - Hymenopus coronatus (orchid mantis) vs. damselfly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo6xt3uUsaQ Blepharopsis mendica (thistle mantis) catching flies all over the place -...

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i left a very tiny wasp in with one of my p.paradoxa, i came back to find the wasp had bitten the ghosts leg off. the wasp was so small too, not the common type

hi, nah i've posted a few, i think they just need to be reviewed first if we put a photo up and then want to ammend something about the post is that possible?

woh i've never seen anything like that in the uk

yeah, what christian just said. we should just have a few categories of the best of those things. i'd also like the categories: live action, defense, portrait, feeding time. we can have the first post of a thread as the leaderboard so the post can be edited by whoever. each photo could be...

any developments on this? it'd be a really good idea. at least lets have a photos section :D

if a pic doesnt show - click address bar and press enter ( zoom in on this one. amazing detail, looks like a photo ) http://ic3.deviantart.com/images3/i/2005/1..._mantisfilm.jpg by grzegorz jonkajtys zebra skin http://abacus.bates.edu/~bpfohl/images/fark/zebramantis.jpg harp...

they look a bit like lacewings, small with bright yellow eyes and the transparent wings

i've just turned the images above into links ( and you might have to click your address bar and press enter when the page comes up ) :wink: some more mantis photoshops: chainsaws - http://www.worth1000.com/entries/201000/201110CHjg_w.jpg cop car -...

to see these: click the link, and then if it doesnt show up - click the message bar and press enter :D giraffe - http://www.worth1000.com/entries/99500/99525aFHE_w.jpg http://www.worth1000.com/entries/249000/249078joRN_w.jpg http://www.worth1000.com/entries/99500/99570CHJG_w.jpg...

feed it less and keep it cooler, i think both these have an affect on the speed they develop

there must be some contact details or something? expain that you'd get the police involved if you dont get your money back. i dunno :?

i tried it once, the mantis didnt notice it cos they're so slow and small. try em, see what happens. if they're good enough for ladybirds... my mantis tried to eat a ladybird once, then properly threw it away almost instantly. i think it was because of the defense substance the ladybirds let...

anyone that enters should make a tiny donation, and it'll add up to an amount to buy the mantis prize. that money could be given to any seller in any country (wherever the winner lives). one competition, only needs to be one category

not working for me either. i want in! to MantisUK !!! :twisted:

anyoe know anything about him, wonder how he comes across all the animals. i'ce only got one macro photo as good as one of them and that was luck, i wich i had a better camera