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you pay freight and they are free. i have had an explosion of growth in my 2 colonies. THEY ARE ALL GONE

at what age and what characteristics can you tell a male from a female? marble mantis (Hierodula Parviceps) in the last group i ended up with a brown female and male, but all the others were green, what is to be expected? and at what molt can you see the change, i just had an ooth hatch and i...

i have seen the female flower curve their abdomen, indicating they are ready to mate (releasing feramones), but i had not seen it in others until last night, my marbled females (3) all were doing it (Hierodula Parviceps) i have never seen any of the giant mantids or i oritoria do it. what have...

i purchased an ooth from him. it arrived promptly, and was packaged well. but the best thing about the deal is it hatched and hatched and hatched. i have lots of little aliens. would/will recomend him, and plan on buying from him again.

I ordered fly larvae, for 13.00 dollars or so, i got 350 delivered. i let them pupate, they are hatching and the mantids love them. nice to be able to get a small quantity for experimenting. fast service, lots of live feeders. i plan on using them again.

a keeper of mantids told me that if the males and females are caged in the same room, the ferimones will lose their effect on the male. i have central heat, so even if i could afford to heat more then one room to 80F, the air circulator would send the aroma or whatever all over anyway. do any of...

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/b...students/gjs23/ check it out, seems like very interesting stuff i thought they swayed to imitate grass in the wind?

i read they are becoming rare in captivity, is that the way you see it? and if so why?

Has anyone determinted what temp range is too low for them. i know they like heat, we live in Phoenix, Arizona. but it is getting down to 50 degrees F. at night will they survive? don't want to lose a colony finding out.

what kind of camera's do you use? i see some very nice pictures on this site. my camera won't focus that close. i want to upgrade, money is an object.

Are they compatible? is it the first part of the scientific name that puts them in the same species? or is it the second name? they look the same, i have both and since there is an age split i can tell them apart. if they were the same age, i'm not sure i could.

Hello all, this is my first post. can someone explain nymph vs L1, L2 L3 L4...? i am having a hard time telling how many times they have molted. do you keep a list of molts as you go? what if you lose track, how do you size them?