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I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. She was a beautiful dog.

Ordered some flies and supplies from Carey. It was a great experience as always.

Purchased a few things from Peter, most of which can't be found anywhere else. They all arrived quickly and were packaged extremely well. Peter and Orin even threw in a few extras!

I've had good luck with darkening the room and turning on a light pressed up to the area I want the flies in. If I unzip the enclosure from the bottom and put the light at the top on the other side I get next to no escapees. No clue on the food route..

Welcome to the forum! I made an attempt at a communal Creo setup. I'm convinced that it would have worked, had they not all insisted in sitting in the same corner of the ceiling together instead of the bonsai I had in there for them! Even then they left each other alone until I ran low on food...

How dare you give my son free stuff! He only gets what he paid for, not a mantis more! I really wouldn't let this get to you. The styrofoam cups have insured I've never had a problem with your shipping. If they really cared they could have read one of the many care-sheets on your site, or...

Budwings are also extremely tolerant. They're a fairly easy mantis to obtain from another hobbyist or via a website. Good luck, let us know what you choose!

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I recently had the pleasure of completing a transaction with ExoticOddities. Jack shipped everything quickly, the mantids were all in their own individual containers. There was only one doa and Jack quickly worked out a solution for me. He also went above and beyond in our, 20+ message, email...

Welcome to the forum. What mantids are you looking into getting?

I haven't had it happen with roaches. However I was unfortunate enough to have a mealworm climb up a skewer, knock down a molting budwing and eat it.

Also, if you ever start to run short on food separate the ghosts until you can keep them fat and happy. Down to three from six :o

I'm no expert, but I think the spikes can survive in the fridge for a week or two. If you just want to feed them off you could pull out what you need and place them in your mantis enclosures, the flies will hatch in a day or two and be gobbled up. Pull more from fridge as needed. If you actually...

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Congratulations! I'll have to remember that bamboo skewer trick when mine reach adult.

You could take a peak in the classifieds forum. Many people sell/trade mantids in there. if you're dead set on an Idolo it might be worth posting in the classifieds that you'd like to purchase one. Best of luck

Got some mantis from GreenOasis for a great price during her sale. They were shipped out quickly along with an extra! I have no idea how much time she spent packaging them. Paper towel was cut to fit the tops and bottoms of all containers. It was also hot glued in strips down the sides of larger...

19 pages!? Well, I guess I'll add my drop to the bucket.. I've enjoyed reading Hibiscusmile's vibrant posts in the forums as I've been lurking around. I was not let down at all as I dealt with her privately via email, she was just as kind and charming. She was quick to offer up advice when asked...

I purchased a velvet ant from Peter a while back. He was very informative and a pleasure to deal with. She was packaged extremely well, even the Postal Service's best efforts failed to damage her. She's a charming little bugger that just oozes personality. If you're thinking about trying out non...