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Hello all! my Rhombodera basalis recently grew in its wings and I've been trying to look into whether it's a male or female. I am leaning towards female, but I'd like another opinion!

Hello, and welcome! Always great to see more people interested in mantids :)

Hey there, welcome! I remember having a pet jumping spider back in highschool haha, they're fun lil dudes

Hello, and welcome from PA! :)

Hey there, and welcome! Raising mantids is a really fun hobby, I just got into it last year myself. I also would really love to raise butterflies/moths at some point in the future! I did some looking around on the Hirt's site, and from what I saw/read and what you described, the ooths you...

Hello and welcome! :)

Hello, and thanks for the update, Peter! As per Admin's request: Lately, haven't had a ton going on-- just getting through my senior year of college. I recently finished my big senior project on mycology and presented on it. In the meantime, I've been taking care of my four mantids and gargoyle...

Got my first order of 200 house fly pupae and supplies from Rebecca, everything was quickly shipped out and arrived in great condition! Within a few days, lots and lots of flies started hatching and the mantids absolutely love them. Super happy, will definitely order again in the future. Thank...

Found them through Facebook, and ordered a giant rainforest mantis from them last week as well as a hydei culture. Had an absolutely wonderful experience, both the mantis and culture came in perfectly and were packed with a lot of care! They were friendly and super responsive and always kept me...

Nice!! I'm from Pittsburgh!

Hi, everyone! I've always been interested in insects, and became very fond of mantids as of earlier this year  :)  I'm a college student in PA studying biological illustration and am currently raising a Chinese Mantis (and will soon be raising a Giant Rainforest Mantis!). I also own a gargoyle...