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I make my living shipping books via USPS all over the world and we very rarely have any trouble like lost or damaged parcels. Before I posted that, I told John I would post if he was unwilling to keep dialog open by email. There has been no more dialog. Though he asked me to telephone him...

I feed my adult, wild-caught mantids, crickets. I feed crickets dog food because I have it, and salad greens because we always have some of those, usually spinach, kale, collard greens and such like...iceberg lettuce if there's nothing else, as their sole source of water. They always have some...

I ordered 8 psuedocreobotra ocellata plus an order of fruit flies. John did ship promptly when he said he would and the box was well packaged. Unfortunately, the USPS did not deliver when promised (before noon the next day) and, in fact, were not delivered until 11:38 the next day. I could...

I can't say that all mantids behave in the same way but the 2 species native to my area behave like this. The females I've observed seem to stay in a very small, safe area of our garden, just a few square meters. Like you say, males are attracted to light and to adult females and they travel...

I read here that one of the guys from the UK, Ian maybe, uses a bucket of fish heads outside to attract them and a small net to catch them. I can't figure out the logistics of all that unless you take the mantid containers outside to feed; trying to catch a fly or two from a net inside without...

Could you say more about this? How do you get the flies into the condiment bottle and then out again through the hole in the top...by tapping them?

If I'm understanding this correctly, the honey does add sweetness but it's primary use is as a fungicide, that is, to help keep the medium from molding; the vinegar also does that. The sugar would feed mold spores. Thanks to the OP, very comprehensive instructions. I was looking for something...

I searched the web for foam rod and eventually polyethylene foam rod and found it's used to fill wide gaps before caulking is applied to save on caulking. Home centers sell it up to 5/8" diam. but I wanted something larger in diameter than that. Log home suppliers sell it for filling the...

Hello all. I'm in rural SW PA. Around here, Mantis religiosa (European) and Tenodera aridifolia sinensis (Chinese) are not hard to find and this is the time of year to find them. My adult son and I have found a few mostly religiosa this year. Unlike any other time I've found a mantis, I'm...