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I've heard bad things about Josh's frogs...but I'm in need of those 32 oz insect cups. From what I've seen there, it's pretty cheap.

How many molts/instars for females? How about males? Been wondering about it for a little...

I already know waxworms are a bad choice overall. But what about their adult, moth form? I've bred them before and they multiplied like bacteria. 100 moths gave me 2,000 waxworms. They fly ok, seem to be a good size for an adult ghost topping out at 3/4ths to 1" and are very easy to breed.

I just ordered three, 3 foot tall white mulberry trees. Though it'll be awhile till they will sustain silkworms, I was wondering if the silkworms could make a good staple for older/larger mantids, preferably the adult moths. (Since they are short lived, would controlling the temperature have any...

Yeaaah!!! Was at church, and after the youth group I went outside, turned the corner, and immediately spied a gray blob that didn't belong on the light pink wall. It was a Gonatista grinsea male!!! I scooped him up and I now have him in an 8 inch tall and 4 inch wide cylindrictal container. Now...

Is it OK to mist mantids directly? (Mainly ghosts) I ask because mine seem to just sit there while I mist them, and after they happily lap up the droplets from their body. Of course I don't want to cause unnessecary problems, like fungus or mold, and a dead mantis.

Well, yeah. I have a few dollars to burn right now and I'm in need of larger foods like house flies and blue bottles. My ghosts have all molted to L5 and the lesser house flies just aren't cutting it anymore; They need maybe 5-6 of those a day just to have some shape when looked at from the...

Yay, so she finally did it. A tiny little thing, about 1/4-1/2 and inch. Now this female is WC, I've had my doubts but like most forum members say, a wild-caught female is almost always mated. I'm not sure if I need a diapause for this species...probably not, right? So can I just pop the stick...

If anyone can help out a newbie, it'll be MUCH appreciated. I'm looking for a male Florida bark mantis, preferably a young adult, but a sub-adult will work. And due to my VERY, very, very low budget and intolerant parents, it must be nice and cheap. My female is getting fat with eggs, but I'm...

I guess I'll just post the link, hopefully you won't mind clicking through them. It's a male L4 ghost. The setup, my bark female is the container to the very left. http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad257/Destroyer551/Ghostmantis001.jpg Yum...

Since there isn't already a thread about chat dates/chat room stuff, I figured I'd make one. So basically you can post the date/time of when you'll be using the chat room. Or if you're already in there, just post that you want to talk. :)

I'm getting 2-4 L4/L5 Ghosts sometime next week, I was just wondering if lesser house flies would be a suitable staple for adult ghosts. They are smaller than house flies, being around 4-6 mms in lenth. Reason I would like to feed them is that they are quite easy to culture, since larvae do not...

Sorry if I'm posting too many threads, just trying to learn as much as I can. Anywho I'm 85% percent sure my wild-caught bark is not fertile due to her calling for a mate. So I'm looking into getting a sexed pair of Ghosties from jose. (4L/5L) I was just wondering if the males are more prone to...

Well, the title pretty much. All I have is a single bark mantis female, and I really want more! Something CHEAP, because even though it's my money my parents don't like me "wasting" it. Anything, whether it be ooths, nymphs, adults, or adult pairs. Just something to help me get started with...

This idea came upon me while doubting my wild-caught female bark mantis is really fertile. Now she might be, she might not, or she probably is, but it would lighten the load if I came across a male to assure she really is. I'm sure males just don't find females by sight, if they did they would...

Seriously, chat rooms are one of my favorite things about forums. But during the week I've been signed up I haven't seen a single person in there? I'm in the chat right now....so feel free is anyone wants to chat.

I caught a female florida bark mantis yesterday. During the time she has eaten 2 lacewings and maybe a moth. She wasn't really fat when I first got her, but has plumped up after her meals. Is there a good chance she is fertile?

Been hunting for mantids the past 3 weeks, to no avail. I was out hiking for 5 hours in what appeared to be a PERFECT mantid area. There were few lizards, and many insects. But I didn't get anything. Here I am today. I just get back from church, and I head outside to let the chickens out. As...

Hey guys, a fellow insect lover here. I keep many species of ants, such as Dorymyrmex flavus, Camponotus floridanus, Pheidole megacephala, Pheidole floridana, Crematogaster ashmeadi, Odontomachus, etc. I've been searching for new insects lately here in Orlando, FL, but I've been having no luck...