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I'm interested in buying some dried and mounted bug specimens from www.insectcool.com, but given the prices I first wanted to check to see how other people's experiences with them went. Has anyone else bought from insectcool.com?

I started college a couple months ago and brought my adult budwing and an Araneus diadematus spider with me. My winter break is starting soon, and I'm flying back (from Wisconsin to Colorado) the day before Thanksgiving. I drove to Wisconsin, so transporting the bugs wasn't a difficulty then...

I had a similar event occur the other day. My budwing caught a house fly and I guess only ate the head (not even the legs). When I checked on her, there was a disembodied fly abdomen on the floor below the mantis with several very tiny white worm things inching around like your description, but...

It's not like her main diet was fruits or anything. My mantid diets have all been 95% fruit flies, moths, flies, and crickets, with the occasional piece of pineapple, cantaloupe or chicken (which, again, I only did once I read it recommended on this board) if and when I couldn't find or purchase...

well the legos were just things she could climb on, as opposed to a stick or something. All of my mantids have eaten fruit (and cooked chicken) before, which were ideas I got from regulars on this board, and they did fine; this wasn't the first time this mantis has eaten pineapple. But for the...

but shouldn't she have laid an ooth already? She hasn't even been adult for more than 2 months. I forgot to note that right before I noticed her behaving like this, I went on a camping trip for 3 days and left a cricket for her. I thought she had eaten it, but a couple days after I came back I...

For the last couple weeks my adult female Arizona Unicorn has been moving slowly, falling off things, bending the ends of her legs strangely, and, most alarmingly, shooing away all food offered to her, even if she hasn't eaten in days. She is about the same age as my two budwings, which have...

Oh, what a mantis. Those are pretty much the only photos I've found of any paratoxodera species. You're not very likely to find any outside of Borneo, as they're apparently very difficult to raise (you can imagine how difficult a molt could be) and somewhat rare in Borneo anyway. Those mantids...

You could try out some extension tubes. I bought a 68mm (total) set for my sony a350 and attached them to an 18-75 zoom lens and they get me as close as I've ever wanted to go. When I attach them to my 55mm F1.4 I get even closer, although the depth of field becomes more of a hassle. Plus it's a...

Are you selling any nymphs or just the ooths?

Just bought some houseflies from mantisplace, everything was packed well and timely. Will gladly buy from her again.

Ok, so my ghost hadn't molted in over a month and I was a little concerned as the unicorns and budwings had molted 2 or 3 times during that period, so I had the ghost crawl around in the grass for a while to see if maybe exercise would encourage a molt. Afterwards I put her back in her...

I use a Sony Alpha 300 with what is technically a [sony] macro lens, but it only gets to 1.3 ft. away, so I use Kenko extension tubes.

Here is my ghost: A few of my 5 Arizona unicorns (now 4...): They're standing on a Star Wars AT-TE toy from Episode II ;) And one of my 2 Budwings: More pictures of all of them are available on my flicker here.

I'm interested in raising a golden silk spider or two, but I don't know anything about how to keep them or where I could buy them. Can anyone help me out with either?

Hi, my name's Calvin, I'm a high school senior in Colorado Springs, CO. I'm currently raising a ghost mantis, 2 budwings, and 5 arizona unicorns, along with a steatoda bipunctata (coffee bean) spider. I'm also including them in my AP Studio Art class macrophotography concentration, so I'll...

My transaction with Yen Saw was great. He sent me a couple extra of the species I ordered, plus 3 free budwings. Next time I want mantises I will go to him first, and would recommend him to anyone interested in buying mantises. Calvin

I'd love one! Do you have any left?