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This thread was incredible. Yen, I believe you should make a thread, almost as a tutorial, on how to do this collecting! Many people spend money on holidays sightseeing and sitting on a beach (both things I do, and have done in Malaysia) - but I have never collected bugs, something I really...

MIGHT be able to by then, not too sure, but more likely if I have them will be around May-July time.

You are jumping to assumptions that I bought them as L1? So please try to ask the questions before accusation or otherwise.

Not got any ooths yet, but have 5 gongylus here in the UK i can sell. Moulted about 5 times or so for me, and that means L7 or so I think?

That "dream" could come true with about £60 haha! I was imagining a "dream" more on the scale of a garden sized tropical greenhouse with lots of different species in different areas! A bit like tropical world up here in yorkshire, with lots of free ranging bugs and birds etc!

lol @ the questions... He basically got a transparent film (i.e. OHT//transparent acetate) and pressed it on the ventral side of the mantid whilst it lay on its dorsal side. A picture was taken, then the acetate can be taken off and the mantid will crawl around again. It would do it no...

300 or so is probably a slight exaggeration, they do hatch hundreds though, and around the 200 mark is common. 300 or so is again possible, but probs less common.

With uk weather dec-march, i would say bigger = better when shipping in uk!

Or an angling/tackle shop for dirt cheap!

I just typed a huge reply and internet explorer conked out when I opened a new tab ¬_¬ - anyway, just to say that your first quote is not "fact" at all in my opinion. I'm pretty sure that fact against hundreds of species has led to be common knowledge in other areas, and pure wrong in others...

To be honest, a mantis at 18" is probably not as hard to believe as you'd imagine. There is a whole host of arthropods and other inverts that reach a far greater mass than a mantis at 18" (as stated probably a stick-mimic type or grass) would reach. Beetles are the heaviest supposedly, but I...

What country you in? That would help a lot!

Fishing/tackle/angling shop will sell the maggots, just leave them in a dark cupboard for a few days! If warm, in a few days or so they will be adult flies!

fridge mate. I transfer a load of flies to a smaller pot, sometimes even put ice at the bottom of the tub. Then using tweezers on the wings it's simple pick and put into the chute and whoopdeedoo they're in. Flightless fruitflies are definately the way to go!

Seeing as fruitflies roam my room like mad anyway, just leave them out and open a few fruitfly cultures haha! Eventually the better hunters will be left and you can catch them eventually! Leave an energy saver lamp on in the middle of your room at night and they should move to it then you can...

Careful how long you cook them for etc. Heat denatures and destroys proteins/vitamins/enzymes etc. Which although can be "eaten" will significantly reduce nutritional content!

I do this way all the time, well except i push through a small 1" section of airline pipe and put fruitflies down it, but in general i mean, how would you put a nymph in there and cover it fast enough?! These guys for some reason just want to stay on my arms and don't like the cups! It just...

Quick question Yen! You know that tent thing you had your son stand in, what does it normally retail as? I was thinking of getting a couple for my room and couldn't find them anywhere?! But I'm looking for it here in uk as an indoor tent lol!

Hey there guys, read the rules, unsure if allowed or not? Basically I put up a trio of Idolomantis diabolica because I have a few too many, so letting 3 go. Am using paypal through ebay as i am insured that way and also recieve money better through an established anti-fraud system there...

Insulated in poly box and heat packs should be ok!