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    Davedood

    Received my order of mantids from Dave today, all arrived very healthy and in great conditon! Will do business with again!
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    Yen Saw - (US)

    I received some spiny flower mantis nymphs from yen, yesterday. They all arrived in good shape! It was a great birthday present!!
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    Dessicata is anorexic

    I have a ghost mantis who rarely eats too and its abdomen was paper thin. I got really nervous and even tried feeding it honey, but it rejected honey also. What i did was i gave it a lot of water and it drank til its abdomen was half full like it just ate a fly. I have a theory that the ones who...
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    BugTrader (US)

    Got some House Fly pupa from him this week. Good communication and fast shipping, will buy from again!
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    Waxworms? Help!

    Wax moths are PURE EVIL, take it from a bee keeper.
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    Desert Mantis - Eremiaphila brunneri

    Here is my setup that I used years ago. Side View
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    Desert Mantis - Eremiaphila brunneri

    I got them from yen a few years back. Only had one. I still have the setup. I could go get some pics of it. The mantis molted and then died a few days later. I believe overeating can actually be a problem for this species. Not too sure on cause of death but i sure wasn't happy about it. I had it...
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    Melanogaster problem

    Could be one of two things I believe. In my culture, the larvae do climb up the sides to pupate on the walls. So that is a possibility. Another thing that could be the culprit is lack of air or poor circulation. I've had similar with ants and other bugs I've kept. If the population gets too...
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    bee culturing advise

    I keep every sort of bee (honey bee, bumble bee and solitary) haha so any questions, send me a pm and i'll be glad to help!
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    Patrickfraser

    I ordered 4 different species from Patrick to help jump-start my mantis collection again. They arrived quickly and in very good shape! All were very fat and healthy nymphs! He even sent a few extras!! Which is always nice! :) It worked out well since one of the lineola nymphs thought it was a...
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    Budwing lifespan

    I had a male budwing live over 2 years as well! He was an P. agrionia. Somthing is different about budwings that they live so long. I wanted to have this male stuffed because he lived so long hahaha! Just getting back into mantids again with a variety of mantids and budwings being among the...
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    The Bumble Bee Game (Macro Video)

    Yeah hahah! I know a lot about bumble bees. I'm going to raise a few colonies next spring :-D
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    The Bumble Bee Game (Macro Video)

    Those aren't bumble bees. Those are solitary carpenter bees. More aggressive than bumble bees.
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    Few Pics of my Mantids

    I have had green mantids before caught around here. Were they religiosa or are there such a thing as green chinese? Because i always thought the green ones and brown ones locally were chinese maybe i'm wrong?
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    Carolina mantis

    I'm looking for some carolina mantis ooths. If anyone can get me some PM me!
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    carolina mantis cold tolerance

    Ok cool because i'm going to try and get a few ooths and release some in my garden. My garden is full of bugs to eat. So i want to release some there so i can have a population in my backyard to watch.
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    carolina mantis cold tolerance

    I live in northwest indiana and was wondering if carolina mantids would survive well here? Like how much cold can their ootheca stand?
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    Photo shoot

    Its so weird that they die for no reason haha!
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    Stay away from me!

    That last one is scary! hahahaha!
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    Photo shoot

    Congrats on the ground mantis! I used to have a nymph and it died i still don't know why :-/ Let me know when you have some more. Maybe PM me how you care for them?
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