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I read somewhere that they're an endangered species in Canada, but BC has no protection laws for this kinda thing, so *shrug* They're also apparently quite numerous in the states, anyways :> You may be able to find a breeder who still has them in culture, because I feel like you might have a...

Eeee It's a virtue that I have a severe lack of * n*!!

...do Rhombo nymphs look like this??? C'MON LITTLE GUYS, MOLT TO L3 I NEED TO KNOWWW.

yeah, you don't have to worry too much about washing and bleaching anything. If your other mantids already have the parasite inside them, there's nothing you can do about it, really. Moving them may just bring the nasty little ass munching grubs into your house. These kind of things are my worst...

hehe if you get it in a place that's naturally got a lot of meat (like the thighs), it actually doesn't hurt too much! My first tattoo is a little, two inch long bumble bee, drawn in the same style as these mantises--and it was done on my thigh. A great place to get a first tattoo, imo. Now I...

I got a tattoo I've been planning for a year to get! As you can see, I had the time of my life: But the tattoo looks fabulous!!: My husband designed it, and the tattoo artist who put it in my flesh was fabulousss. He got it done in about two hours (!!) and the place was mega impressive...

yuck, gross! It's not uncommon to order a cold, sweet beverage here and find ants in them, too. Eventually, you just learn to accept them as a staple part of your daily diet lmaaoooo

moats around the cricket enclosure works 100% Living in thailand, folks here are no stranger to these tiny and numerous little ants that get into *everything*. There are little "spirit houses" that people have to honor the spirits that live inside their home. They pay respects to the spirits by...

Here are some photos!: This guy molted from this And this guy molted from this. Both nymphs are the pretty much the same size, and so I assume they are the same instar? It may be worth noting that they were retrieved from the wild, from two very different locations, several kilometers...

Patreon is pretty nifty. It essentially allows you to do monthly "subscriptions" to your favorite artists/creators. You just set up an account, visit the patreon page of the artist you with to subscribe to, pick the payment tier you want to sign up for, and become a patron! The website...

Alright, so.. my "peacock" mantises have reached L2 (I have three of them now) They are hardly smaller, if at all, than my L2 heirodula sp. (suspected patellifera) nymph. Their shape is quite different; longer thorax, smaller abdomen, longer, thinner raptorials, larger eyes in relation to head...

Here are some custom designed mantis nymphs for my two 60$ patrons on patreon! It's a fun little "adoptables" thing I've been doing where I send my top tier patrons an "adoption form" which they fill out, and based on their responses, I pick a mantis species and design a fictitious nymph...

hehe thanks for the informative reply! All five moths have emerged! Two males, three females. I released four of them, the last one was a late bloomer, and I'm gonna release her tonight. I'm super pleased that all five of them made it no problem! :D yay!

Yaay Congrats, Stryker! A chinese mantis shooould be able to lay around 5-6 ooths in their lifetime :] So your girl's adulthood has only just begun. It's unlikely that the ooth will be fertile if she's never mated. I doooon't think the Tenodera sp. are capable of parthenogenesis. If they are...

Oooh, I made an error in my previous identifications: those were not males. This is a male: Note the difference in the shape and coloration of the tip of it’s abdomen. So, here we have a proper male. I have since released the two females who emerged last night, and now have two freshly...

Don't they? These guys take my breath away <3!! Another male emerged during the night while I was asleep! So I took the chance to get some photos in proper daylight: I wished they were large enough to ride into battle!

Hehe Phuket is a kind of paradise for me, indeed! There are a lot of expats here who don't like it, but they're generally the sort who come here hoping for "tropical britan/america/australia" and this place is so far away from anything even remotely western--the culture and sensibilities are...

Yeah, I used a sharpen filter on them, since my only phone is a camera phone, and photos are pretty fuzzy at the best of times = u=! As for raising them, I think I'll just release these guys once they've all emerged and are nice and hardy :D I don't have the right facilities to house flying...

So, a few weeks back, my very sweet and mega thoughtful housekeeper (who doesn't speak a lick of english; and I still don't know enough thai to hold a functional conversation with) dropped off these very fat, green caterpillars on my doorstep one day. She knows I raise insects (she's brave...

I live on Phuket island, in Thailand! It's a place where I seem to find something brand new, every day!