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Primarily I am looking for ghost (P. paradoxa) oothecas, please PM me with prices and numbers. Also, I am willing to consider adults or mature nymphs, so feel free to PM me regarding those as well.

Our club bug-zoo is looking to invest in some care and information books - heavy on the rearing and keeping aspects. I have been reviewing Orin's line up. Does any one want to suggest any other books for keeping various types of arthropods?

We are looking to spend some end of year funds on 1 or 2 black lights for scorpion collecting. Does anyone have suggestions for brands or models? We don't want to spend a lot of money and we aren't super serious about collecting scorpions. Are the cheaper ones ok? I am a little worried...

Ok, so I haven't been around in over a year. I am hoping someone remembers me. I did sell some very good deals on ghost oothes in 2011 (4 oothes for $20) because they needed homes. Anyway, our colony crashed last fall, and I am hoping that someone who got one of those sweet deals is in a...

I received an email today from a woman who's daughter has been keeping a wild collected rhino beetle that is near death, and she is looking to buy another. I know basically nothing about the large beetle pet trade. If any of you sell rhino or stag beetles please post here or PM me with your...

The Prof was telling me that he heard (though we have not tried it) that methylparaben can induce many species of lepidoptera to land on you. You know, if you want to show off. Breeding infochemical mimic or something like that. Anyone heard anything like this? Anyone tried it?

I finally bothered to collect field crickets and start a 10 gallon tank. The substrate is sand, but in that I have a small plastic tub buried, It is more sand, but the sand in the tub I keep lightly moist. I had intended to remove the tub for incubation, as it's purpose is for egg laying. But I...

I will be heading out on a week long collecting trip late in July. If there is anything that anyone wants to trade for that I might come across, please let me know and I will see what I can do. I will be getting pacimachus and circus beetles. Hopefully Mormon Crickets. A small chance of large...

I am looking to place a large cricket order. The mid range mantid nymphs have kept my cricket breeding program "in the red" as we say (that is, they are eating more crickets than the breeding is producing). This order will serve to both feed the mantids (as they are reaching sub adult and able...

Anyone have any experience?

I need to write a paper for my Insect Behavior class. Basically it involves reading papers and linking them together into a review of the concepts. I am hoping someones can suggest Mantid behavioral concepts that I could look into. If you're into this kind of thing, then pointing me to...

I know we have native species here in CO. I am uncertain how to find out if they are OK to keep in the same state they are collected in. Though, I don't think that's actually APHIS territory. Frankly, I don't really care all that much. But EVERYONE asks if we have walking sticks in the bugzoo...

We watched a short video clip in Behavior class the other day in which a researcher had made a soil less ant habitat. It was all clear (Plexiglas maybe) connected chambers and tubes that the ants ran around and used the various chambers as rooms. I do not know if it needs to be kept in the dark...

In shipping ghost oothes, how much do I have to worry about the spike breaking? It seems clear of the egg area, but I worry about everything. Thoughts?

Phyllocrania paradoxa I have many oothes and want to let them go cheap mostly to make sure they get homes. I can't possibly hatch and keep them all. The adults have been kept communally. There were four males. I certainly witnessed plenty of mating. But can not be certain which females I saw...

As you may have noticed. The huge portion of buying house flies is shipping. Has anyone seen a website where a bunch of people in the same city can get together on a subscription? You know, order 1k flies a month (or more, or whatever) pay only one shipping cost and split them? I could...

I have been blessed with 7 oothes so far from the ghosts I got from Spore, and I anticipate more. As I only plan to hatch one, maybe two I was thinking of offering them cheap to new members. ---this is not an add, if interested do not PM me. If I decide to do it there will be a post in the...

I think pantyhose is the right term. Where the two legs are attached and the unit includes a waist band (I origiannly used the homophone of waist, quite humerous!). That is, I do not want the type which are seperate legs. Anyway, with out upsetting people by looking at their waist and asking...

Any tips or hints? Experiences? Suggestions? I haven't even thought of them as feeders (they are quite small) but the Prof decided we needed a colony of them. I am uncertain how I will prevent escaping larvae.

What are the pros and cons of the various sources of protein that could be put in FF cultures? Especially cheaper bulk things like milk powders and soy powders. Also, in the case of milk powders. Any differences 'twix skim milk powders and whole milk powders? Any experiences of note?