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The week after I put my C. gemmatus in their new communal home, one of them lost an arm, so I separated him, wishing I'd known who the bully was so I could separate them. Since then (several weeks) it's been okey dokey with the 4 still in there, until this morning, when I found the contents of...

So I'm not the only one who uses the creos as the cleanup crew? 'Give it to Kali, she'll eat it.' she even ate the nasty box elder bug :D

I love this species. Nice balance of activity and laid-back-ness. And easy. The nymphs are adorable.

http://twolfephotos.smugmug.com/ I think that's what you're asking?

I have a photographer friend who is constantly complaining that his work is used (by orgs like BBC, Smithsonian) without asking permission so it's really cool that they handled it the way they did. Awesomeness!! And well deserved. You really need a website... I for one would love to see the...

Hmmmm... 'not poisonous' in this case appears to mean 'even a small human would have to ingest a LOT to be toxic.'. But even a small human (or mammal pet) isn't weighed in grams. I'd keep mantids off poinsettias. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=55606 Btw my horses eat...

Hows that UTH working out on the plastic btw? The 'glass only!' all over the instructions freaked me out and I'm not using mine yet.

Good for incubation but trust me you're going to want a little bigger container and a lot more excelsior come hatch time. Congrats! I'd wager it's fertile, my wild caught girl laid at least 2 fertile oothecae. :)

Better label stuff clearly from now on. Sheesh, moms.

Has this happened to you? I imagine if I lost even one in transit I'd prob ship express forever after.

I'd like to nominate Miomantis paykullii for both personality and longest lived as adult. Oh and how about a 'best moves' category? Best hunter? Biggest pig lol...

I love that second last picture.!

Fingers crossed that all of your excellent precautions work! I am going to mate my first pair this week (C. picti) and I'm pretty nervous. I am stuffing my little monster so she doesn't look for boy-snacks!

She is adorable!! Awesome name, too. I can't wait till my guys are bigger.

Must not have watched the video :) The postal service would be turning a profit if they were not being forced to put 5 billion dollars per year into a retirement fund for 75 years down the road. Let me repeat... they're paying within 10 years for the retirement of people who are not born...

Hey, please... take a few minutes to watch this. I heard that part of the pres's budget proposal includes eliminating Saturday delivery for the postal service. I'm hearing a lot of vilification of the postal service itself lately, delivery taking longer, costs going up... this video will tell...

The real advantage of express is the guarantee and the much better tracking. I haven't shipped a lot of mantids yet, but I do ship jewelry and there has been a time or two when Priority packages went astray and just seem to have gotten swallowed at a USPS facility in between... then showed up a...

Hot glue! I glued mine onto a bamboo skewer and put it slantways in the container. I would not recommend anything water-soluble (and I think tacky glue is). Besides, hot glue has a million uses for a mantis keeper, and it's cheap. Just put it on the surface, wait a minute till you can touch...

Wagon? I haven't seen any wagon. Welcome from Tennessee! Beware... hanging out here only makes it worse!

I think my female is about to molt to adult and the 2 I got from Trans-Am are still L4. Does anyone have an older male they could part with?