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healthy mantids , will not think twice before dealing with this great guy again !!!

my 1st ever mating just occured . so i took time to get some snaps . but this one has to be the best :lol: maybe mantids actually do have sexual needs too :D Neil

i think my subadult hierodula parviceps has got the being sick sickness thing . only i never see it be sick ( it moving it's head down and then wiping it's mouth all over the tank ) . and it aint that reddy brown . its more feces coulour but stuck to her lid of her tank and sticky . my crickets...

was took by my mate on the window of the showcase cinema in peterborough UK . it freaked him out . it freaking me out too ! dont look native to britain thats for sure ! Neil

Hi peeps , After a suggestion from nympho . ive decided to scrap the whole pay entry thing . i wanted something that people would of worked towards but then again it might put some people in some kind of real engagement to win and that would be unfair . rules are that it must be your own...

got some casters today . and i want to hatch some . what should i do them ? Neil

While at work today . i was having a general think . and come up with this idea . i dont know how people will react to it or anything but here goes ! what if Mantidforum.com held a mantis photography competition ? with 3 catagories , one for the new breeders up to 1 year mantis exp . 1 -3 years...

Everytime i pick a locust up with my tweasers .. a browny black liquid thing comes out from there mouths . every time !!! i usually clean it off them but sometimes i dont and the mantis dont seem to mind it . but does anyone know what it is ? also ... the locust thats being munched on now is...

tried to feed my mantis a locust for her lunch . but she wudnt take it . so i madea little cut in its abdomen and tried the juices but she was having none of it . so i thought hmmmm .. why let the locust die in my bin . and thought the crics might like it . within mins it had been ripped to...

you can put crics in the fridge for a little while to cool them down so they arnt as active ( making them easier to handle and swap containers ) . however can you do this with locusts as i dont want to kill my new food stock a few hours after it arrived ? Neil

apart from the usual lazyness , not eaten and the shakes they do , ive noticed that the top of the abdomen looks crinkled like an old persons skin. have any of you guys noticed this as well . ive noticed this on many occasions and this has never proved me wrong . Neil

one of my male membranacea decided to fall while moulting and this is the consequence. http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f380/13ollox/PIC00564.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f380/13ollox/PIC00565.jpg question is would you put him down if he was yours ? he drags himself around and he...

Great Mantis from a great guy ! tells you everything you want to know and the mantis arrived in perfect condition. ( even though royal mail bashed the box a bit ) He was willing to help me start my 1st breeding project with a trade of nymphs . shows what a great breeder he is ! look forward to...

just received 2 Parasphendale Agrionina from martin french , the female moulted en route and so died as a result ! but the male is very lively , however , his 4th segment is rather large and plump and then his 4 remaining segments are normal size , could this just be he is very well fed , or how...

i just dropped my tub of crics and they ran everywhere ! under my bed and things ! so i was wondering if anyone had a spare cricket trap at all could they possibly send it to me and ill pay you via paypal or something ! Neil

one of my Hierodula has just moulted into subadult .. but one of her front legs has become a lil bendy as her feet points backwards rather than down ! however , people say that this can cure itself by next moult . i was just wondering how ? as when it moults next , a bendy leg will come out of...

Hey guys ..one of my membranacea sp. nymphs moulted this morning ( he was always a lil lighter in coulour than the other male and females i have ! on closer inspection he has a weird shape on his back which is the same both sides so i dont think its feces ! and his leg markings are different to...

everyday i keep having to take out about 4 - 6 waxworms from my tub because they died for no reason ! it looks like there insides have turned to S**T because on the outside theve gone blueish eventually going black within a day ! has anyone else had this or know of what it is ? Neil

hey guys ... just pondering is it just the adults that go defensive or do nymphs do it also ? i aint never seen a nymph do it so i guessing they dont but any of you got an answer to it ? Thanks Neil

hey guys , i got 2 faunariums empty so i was thinking what should i fill em with but theres soo many species its hard to decide so i thought id give you a chance to persuade me to keep a species you enjoy ! im a novice keeper and like active species like polyspilota's, ! so cummon .. persuade me...