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I have an idlomantis that mismolted about 2 weeks ago. 1 arm is useless. I have been feeding him by hand and he readily eats about 6 or 7 flies at a feeding. I kill the fly and hand it to him with tweezers, sometimes he holds it with his good arm,other times I have to hold it for him until he...

How did you get the large photo on there? They kept making me shrink mine til there was haedly anything left?

I think I got it online probably Walmart or Target. Backyard Safari is the brand name.

I just wanted to share my method for catching wild insects as well as removing feeders from container to cage. I have this great child's toy called a bug wrangler. It uses 4AA batteries and it sucks up feeders really well. The opening is the perfect size to stick in the hole of my habitats. I...

Just got some very healthy Idolomantis from Yen yesterday. Overnight shipping right on time, Very well packed. Excellent communication. Personaly I will ONLY buy from Yen. Never a worry and he really cares about them. A true Gem in the Mantis world.

Yes, you are right, everytime I get involved trying to "help" it seems to snowball way out of proportion and morph into something negative. I am a Big fan of Habitat for humanity, The Carters have the right idea.

Listening to Norman's story right now, Thank you hibiscusmile!

Wow, Thank you everyone for the nice posts. It seems the Mantis community is a very warm and caring group! I have 232 friends on facebook and I got only 2 replies when I posted the same story AND I KNOW most of these people personally! Your caring words mean alot to me. Unfortunatly my day is...

I am having Moral issues today. I was behind a homeless man at the lunch counter at work yesterday. He was trying to buy an apple and didn't have the 43 cents. I paid for his apple. I see him outside in freezing cold weather in clothes and shoes that don't fit,sleeping in laundramats ect. I...

I made a stencil with freezer paper then applied dischare paste. Then did the color details with shiva paintsticks and heat set with iron.

:P I love my heterochaeta occidentalis so much I made a T-shirt with him on it! He is my favorite mantis so far.

They are very entertaing and soo curious! The 2 I got from you are doing very well. :P

Welcome and have fun!

Thanks everyone,I'll make sure they get sun. :)

Do mantis require light,sun or artificial? Is it ok to keep them in a garage as long as the temp is ok?

Welcome! Yes, you do have quite a list. You must be bizeee!!

THAT'S FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, great shots! I think I'll look for a unicorn next.

Thanks but this seems to be working fine for now. There wasn't much at my old account except a few photo's. I'm not real computer savy, I'll let you know if I have any more trouble. I really do like this forum.