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  1. Frack

    Mantisfly

    Hi, I took some pics of a mantis fly that was hanging out at the light eating and since its such a cool unusual little bug I thought Id share them with yall.
  2. Frack

    Scammers?

    Hi, I was just wondering if anyones ever been scamed by someone else in the classified section of this forum? Ive seen some adds that seem fishy on this and other forums, like P. metalicas for 40 bucks or something like that and while more experienced people can spot these fakes Im afraid that...
  3. Frack

    Hierodula patellifera ootheca for sale

    Hi, I have 2 Hierodula patellifera ootheca for sale for $15 each plus $5 for shipping(US only). These ootheca are from 2 different females and Ive had ootheca from both already hatch so Im certain there both fertile. I can acept paypal, cash, check or money order. Pm if your interested and well...
  4. Frack

    Assassin bugs in Texas

    Hi, I was doing some yard work yesterday and came across a group of assasin bugs, but then I went out again this morning and found 3 more species of them right in my backyard. I really know almost nothing about them so If any one knows of any good websites or anything like that for info on them...
  5. Frack

    Keeping roaches and mantids together?

    Hi, I have hissing roaches and I feed them alot of fruit and since I got fruitflys for my mantis they tend to get loose and get in my roach enclosure and what I was wondering is if I could put a mantis in with my roaches? Lately theres been quite a few ff in with my roaches and I was just...
  6. Frack

    Thesprotia graminis mating.

    Hi, I tried mating some Thesprotia graminis for the first time today and everything went great! It took a little while at first and I finnaly had to just push him on her but once I did he hopped on and well you know... He was on her for almost 2 hours which surprised me, I thouht he wouldnt be...
  7. Frack

    A very cold mantis.

    Hi, I went outside this morning to let my horses out of the barn and to my surprise I found a male stagmomantis carolina sitting above the door of a stall. Im really surprised to find a mantis in 40 degree weather, exspecialy alive and moving around. It got me wondering how cold of weather can a...
  8. Frack

    Mite paper question?

    Hi, Ive recently looked in to ways to prevent mites and Ive seen alot about this mite paper stuff thats like insecticidal shelf paper thats supposed to work really well. Ive never seen this stuff anwhere and know nothing about it so I was just wondering if someone could let me know wheres a good...
  9. Frack

    Help Id this longhorn beetle plz

    Hi, I recently found this little beetle out in my backyard up in a tree, its pretty cool looking with its antenna and its got cool colors to. Thx! Its missing its fornt right leg, but it still gets around just fine.
  10. Frack

    Sexing Immature carolina mantids

    Hi, Ive been finding alot of carolina mantids about 1-2" around and I cant tell what sex they are. My camera sucks so I cant take a pic sorry. The small ones Ive found have wings that go about 3/4 of the way down there abdomens but there bellys dont look like all the pics of females Ive seen. I...
  11. Frack

    Howdy from Texas

    Hi, I recently caught a few stagmomantis carolinas and so Ive been studying up on them, so far Ive found alot of cool stuff here and some really awsome pics. Mostly I collect tarantulas though, right now I have 40 and a few diferent roach species which I just bought because I hate crickets lol.
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