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+1 I bought my first mantis from James, an Orthodera, and she arrived safely packaged and healthy on my doorstep with plenty of moisture and one leaf hopper to go :) James was really helpful during the purchase, and my mantis arrived with a detailed caresheet, so I could't go too far wrong...

Typical smoker saying right there. "I'll quit one day" Then when that day comes, it's usually too late :(

I totally agree that your little mantis kingdom dome is so awesomely cool :lol:

Congratulations ^^

I don't think you could really "pass on" something like Paranoia. Unless you're REALLY paranoid, and keep[ talking about it. not that i would./..You know...Do that.... :P

How about tell her not to do it for the sake of the rats but for the sake of her lungs <_< Poor ratties :( Try just keeping the room to your bedroom closed and the window open. No, actually, you shoul;d show her those ughy gruesome piccies of lungs and arteries filled with...what is...

Bahahaha. I think sometimes that i sometimes suffer from paranoia (in all seriousness) and insomnia. And sometimes demetia too :lol: Omg your mantis has anxeity attacks! Did you film it? SHOW MEEEE!!!!!!! :D

Yeah, it's just easier to put them to sleep in the freezer :D It works for most bugs. And if they get out...Dunno, you could try leaving some rotting/decomposing fruit in a half open contianer, and when the escapees land on the fruit slam the lid down and chuck it in the freezer. ;)

Oh...OH, I'm sorry, I wonder sometimes if i read forums upsidedown :D I might have to buy a spray bottle. I was going to use my little sisters spray bottle that comes with her Beedo set :lol: The onyl other spray bottle i could find were filled with bathroom cleaner :blink:

Kritter kee! That's what it was called! Thank god--they are so har to explain! Oh, and how what do i mist with? Is there soem sort of special garden tool...Or is the blonde missing something again? :lol:

Nah, i think that the image button ^ there will only take it from the internet, and when i upload it from the computer it tells em the image is too big. I'veuploaded photots before...but then i spose they were the right sorta size. I'll try re adjusting the photo size. . . Nah, it's a...

Awww, what a shame. Cummon guys, imagine a mantis suffering from an anxiety attack with me :lol:

The Budwing mantis is good for beginningers, and pulls a pretty awesome threat pose. I ....think....It can be kept at room temp. and is certainly an easy mantis to start with :) And the normal rule-of-thumb for mantis enclosures is about 3x as high as your mantid and 1 to 2x as long. If the...

She's an Orthodera :)

Aaaaah, looks like I am overthinking it a bit :lol: But...What's this misting? I knew you werre meant to mist mantis containers, but i assumed it was simply equivelant to a lighter spraying. Oh, and I tried adding a few pictures, but the computer keeps telling me they're too big <_&lt...

Hi guys, Well, I've already got Dotty's tank/cage thingy up and running, and ready for Her majesty's arrival :lol: I'll describe it quickly so you can point out any obvious flaws that a blonde might not have spotted :D Like walls.... It's a basic little container with an awesomely awesome...

With the fly thing, try putting them in the freezer for five minutes. Then when you take them out they'll look like they're dead...But it's a cunning deception! They'll start twicthing back to life within the next sixty seconds, and by then you'll have dumped then in with the mantis, and won't...

I remember as a kid when i had guinea pigs, i used o get up at six in the morning, and sneak up on the cage and then shine a torch light on em to see if i could catch them sleeping :D . I never did! i wonder why... :lol: Also, speaking of roos and cows and mantids, I've always thoght koalas...

Yes, i can so imagine a mantis with a psyciatrich condition! Think of the possibilities! paranoid mantid, hypachondriach (spelt right?) skitzefrenia (again, spelt right?) I read somewhere on the forum that mantises had personalites, i didn't think he/she meant it literally! Goshies, even more...

I reckon! If i were a mantis, I would enjoy catching flies rather than crickets. Much more of a challenge! but I'll have to beat the geckos to the moths in the evenings if Dotty shows a preference for things with wings!