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I just thought I would put it out there that today I had a male Rhomodera sp. pass on that had been an adult for 7 months. He spent alot of time just hanging out in living room on the ceiling, drapes and plants. He had to be over a hundred in mantis years, and he will be missed.

I've got L1/L2 S. carolina nymphs 5 for 10$ plus shipping. PM me if interested. Peace Ray

My wife bought me this beautiful plant for Christmas, a Nepenthes sp.I believe, and it had taken some cold damage from transporting it in December in WI, but it was beginning to wake up and bounce back nicely. Then a few days ago I noticed a bit of mildew and now I can tell it is definitely...

I am in need of an adult male H. membranacea for a charming widow. I can trade for a Stagmomantis carolina ooth if desired. Ray

I had a successful mating of my giant shields back on Dec.23-24, they were literally coupled for 24 hours. The female looks ready to pop, but there is no ooth yet. I don't have any experience with these mantids, so I was wondering if anyone could give me some kind of general time table from...

Becky took the initiative to offer mated female S. carolinas to me from an old classified posting I had given up on. She was a pleasure to communicate with and took the utmost care in making sure that the girls made it safely. Thank you so much. I hope we can do more trading in the future. Ray

This has been bothering me for a couple of years now. It seems as though there are less butterflies around now than ten years ago. It has been three years since I moved up to the northern midwest of the US, and I feel as though butterflies are scarce up here. Surely that can't be normal, but I...

Hello all, I would like to get a breeding pair of Carolina mantids. I would be really happy if anyone could help me. It doesn't matter how mature or immature they are, even a mated female would be great. :) Thanks, Ray

Hello All, My name is Ray, and I'm up in central WI. It's been some time since I,ve kept "bugs" in jars, but a few weeks ago a friend who keeps tarantulas told me about mantid keeping and I thought it was a great Idea, so I ordered some hierodula membranacea from Mantis Place. Thank you...