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HELLO! I've been away from this forum for a bit (almost 8 years I think) and decided to pop in and say hi again. I'm 34 and work as a full stack software developer in the hospitality industry. I've owned ghost, orchid, chinese, and a variety of creo mantids in the past. My all time favorite...

So this popped up in my fb newsfeed and automatically recognized the video... Way to go precarious! baha! http://io9.com/if-youve-never-seen-an-insect-breathe-you-are-seriousl-1655991319?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

I watched this spider documentary on Youtube and I thought I would share it with you guys.

So last summer I released about 60 egg cases in my garden. This summer, THIS happend.... HEU HEU HEU!!! While the article describes warm weather the culprit behind this "invasion" but I think I'm gonna take credit for this one. Cheers, Mr. Mantid.

Just a word of caution, For those of you who think you are safe from roaches getting loose and then multiplying, think again. I've been told that I shouldn't worry about such a thing because I live in Wisconsin and they should die over the winter, but guess what, I have seen 4 or 5 plump adult...

I was browsing youtube for Canon 550d macro videos when I stumbled upon this Moss Mantis Video. Has anyone ever kept one of these bad boys before? looks pretty sweet.

Any forum members play SC2? Race? League?

I am trying to set my profile picture, it's a 400 px X 400 px Jpeg Image and I keep getting "Failed to set new Photo." Anyone know whats going on?

Hello all, I am looking at some macro lens for a Canon EOS 10D 6.3 MP digital SLR camera. Need some thoughts on them.... I am looking at some Sigma lens... The lens is a Sigma f3.5-5.628-200 AF zoom with a 62-mm filter ring. the other is a Sigma 75-210mm with macro. 1:3.5-4.5 zoom. I'm...

Hello all, looking for one or two adult male ghosts or adult pairs. I have a lonely female looking for some lovin'. PM prices please. Thanks Mr.Mantid

Looking to buy subadult/adult ghost male ghost mantids or sexed pairs. Shoot me a message on your price. Mr. Mantid

One of my metalyticus violaceus molted and the turkistan roaches decided to eat it. I think they must have enjoyed her soft fresh exoskeleten. Kinda sucks but ah well. Is this common for turkistan roaches?

Alright so the past week I haven't introduced any food into my Metallyticus Violaceus' enclosures but today I received some Red runners so I thought I would see how they would like that. These guys are so skiddish that they started freaking out once I introduced some of the roaches to them. I...

Come on in!! I will be in the chatroom as of right.... NOW!!! :lol:

I have had a soar throat on the left side of my throat for the past few days (I'm better now) but now i have a sinus infection on the left side of my face. Anyone know of any good at home treatments that I could do? All i have been doing is taking some zinc tablets and breathing in some steam...

There are quite a few excellent macro-photographers on this forum that leave me in awe of their ability to capture such breath taking pictures. I know not much of photography but upon viewing such awesome photos, I wish to get into macro-photography. I'd like to learn a bit more about cameras...

After searching the forums and messaging a few of the members on this forum, it seems to me that a lot of people are having troubles when it comes to orchid mantis breeding. Mating doesn't seem to be a problem, but it looks like the females are laying messy ooths, or not laying enough foam so...

Hello dudes, I'm looking for an enclosure that has seperate chambers, maybe something that can house multiple nymphs so that they each have their own chamber. Thanks, Señor Mantid

Greetings Fellow U.S. Mantis Handlers, Does anyone currently raise this type of mantis? Not that I'm interested in the moment, but I'd like to get an idea of who I can get these little critters from once I go through a breeding cycle of the mantids I currently own. Thanks for the help and...