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Howdy, you guys. Been a while. Figured those who remember me might like an update on how life is going. Graduated high school, started college, currently have a 3.5 GPA, annnnnd a beautiful daughter who was born December 29th 2011. Her name is Marceline Abigail Rainey, Marcy for short. She...

I've just noticed a large amount of deaths recently. My friend Jamie's 13 year old son died (suicide, horrrrrible). My friend Hannah's stepdad died (her real dad also died, when she was 9). My friend Samantha had a baby 3 1/2 months early and little Emmett lived for 3 days, his funeral was...

Some of you may remember me as your friendly neighborhood teen girl. A lot has happened recently. -Moved out of Ryan's house (have I mentioned that before?) -Ryan dumped me like last week's donkey-poo. -Am I over him? Hellz naw. -I'm back in high school as a senior, with a 3.91 GPA. Take...

I saw a video about these Digital Drugs on Failblog yesterday, and decided to look further into it. I found their actual website (digitaldrugs.com) and made a free account, and looked at all their stuff. Holy ######. They have about ten different categories, and within their "Recreational"...

Hi there, guys! Those of you who've been here more than a couple months probably know me. Well golly-jee, y'all. Life just keeps on throwin' curveballs. I lost my job, which was the most perfect job in the world (rose farmer). It's not like I was fired, it just.. Ceased to exist. Not going...

Hi guys! I am pleased to say that I have a job, at a rose farm. And I was thinking of ways to improve the business and I was like "OH! This is perfect!" There's a section in the store part of the building, called "Earth Friendly Products". I thought that maybe we could start selling mantis...

Hey all! I finally got a real, paying job at a rose farm. And yesterday, this little bug landed on my shoulder while I was watering. I thought he was adorable, and luckily I brought my camera to work and got some pics of this cute little bug. I'm hoping someone will know what kind of bug he is.

So now that you all know I'm running a very, very, VERY small rat rescue, I thought I might share some pix of my girls. First up, Lady. Now Bug. And now my latest girl, Beauty!

Hey guys. I just wanted to say that I'm taking a break from mantids for a while. I've begun running a very small rat rescue, and it's taking up most, if not all, of my time. I have 2 cages right now, and my max number of rats I can have (including my personal crew) is 10. Right now, I have 3...

My lone Chinese nymph (ironically named Cricket) molted to L3 today.. Sorta. He mismolted, and is still alive, but I doubt he will be for long. His back 2 legs just aren't there. I don't think he's gonna last much longer. What should I do? Squish him? Or just make him as comfy as possible until...

As you may have heard, the Tulsa Zoo has been having some problems recently. We had our polar bear die in '09, and just this year we had 2 giraffes die. One of hypothermia, and the other one died after being shipped here, and somehow in transit was injured. Well, they've obviously been doing...

Hey guys! Long time no post. Well, I had an S carolina ooth from Rick, and it started hatching 2/18/10 and it quit hatching 3/10/10. I got somewhere around 25-ish nymphs out of it, and out of that 8 have survived. I now have 7 L1s and 1 L2. But I have a question. Forgive me if I'm putting...

I was looking at my Big Book O' Bugs (https://secure01.virginiainteractive.org/shoppingcart/DCRimages/insectsandspiders.jpg) and I came across the Dragon/damselflies section. There are some beautiful species! I know of a few that are abundant near the lake where my grandparents have an RV, you...

Okay, you guys now fully have the rights to tell me whether or not I'm being a stupid whiney teenager or are my frustrations legitimate. The story is that Ryan's mom, my mother in law (MiL for short) has racked up $1200 in cell phone charges somehow. She bought 4 new phones all in the same...

Well guys, last night I was able to watch one of my Egyptians molt from start to finish. It's such an interesting process! Of course I took like a million pictures, but I am not on my own personal computer due to brand new limitations, thanks to Mom in Law. Lovely woman. :angry: Anyhoo...

Seems it's a good time of year for hatchings! Maybe my S carolina will be next.. But today I discovered 6 little mantis nymphs in the Chinese Ooth cup. Well, uh.. There was one survivor. And I've decided to name it (ironically) Cricket. I've never been so proud! My first hatchlings! There...

My computer has a virus. Which isn't too out of the ordinary, seeing as we HAVE NO VIRUS PROTECTION. But it's called "Vista 2010" something or other. And it won't let me use the internet. It says all these programs have viruses and stuff, except I know for a fact they don't. It popped up...

What is the technical term for Nymph Butt? That's what I call it when the nymph's little butts are all upturned and stuff.. Like this: Nymph butt, tee hee. Why do they do that? What's it called? Does it have a technical term?

So I was best friends with this girl Danielle for 12 years. Then last year we got into a fight, and we haven't spoken since. I decided to try to make up with her. I hand-copied the Hogwarts acceptance letter (We're both huge Potter dorks) and stained the paper to look like "parchment". I...

Instead of making multiple threads, I've decided to do just this one. I wish I could condense and delete my other threads, but I don't think I can.. Anyhoo. On to the pics. This is my freshly molted L4 H membranacea nymph. Quite the cutie. Here's one of the little nymphs on the...