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Hey everyone. I am looking to ship some Brunneria borealis egg cases to a friend or two soon. I have not shipped egg cases before  and I am curious your thoughts on shipping. The egg cases are currently attached so small bits of paper towel the mantis decided to lay them on. Some of the earier...

I will be sending my first mantids out in a week or two. I am curious how everyone ships because honestly looking at all the dimensions and packaging online makes my head spin on the USPS website. What I am wondering in particular is -  - What size packages do you use for what amount of...

I've recently realized, looking through all of the big breeder websites and looking through photos from others in the hobby, that the ameles genus is not commonly kept. This is strange since they seem pretty widespread (I've seen on iNaturalist a decent amount) throughout Europe, with a density...

I recently bought a hestiasula sp boxer mantis and it died within a week. It had molted during shipping and also vomited (the less threatening brown vomit). It seemed generally OK, I had put it in a 32 oz deli cup and it was visably drinking water spray over the week I had it, but was rejecting...

Hey everyone! My name is Peter. I have been a lurker here for a few months and would like to introduce myself to you. Earlier in the year, my brother got into the mantid keeping hobby and eventually convinced me by June. I adopted my first Chinese mantis from the garden that month and raised it...