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I'm looking for a budwing (or wide arm) nymph or two.  These are just to be kept as pets, but it would be nice to have a breeding pair eventually so maybe 2-3 L2 ideally. Shipping to california. EDIT: thanks to all that offered, I found someone with L4s that wanted to sell two.

Does anyone have a subadult male budwing that they would be willing to sell? Mine just died and now my poor lady budwing is flying solo. Looking to have it shipped to california.

Likes long walks on the beach and chats over dinner. I'm in california and she just molted to adulthood, but fell during the molt. I rescued her but her back legs aren't working, but I think she can still mate fine. I'd like a male wide armed mantis to mate her with, if anyone has one that...

I bought 5 wide armed mantises. For the past 2 weeks one was puking every day and then her eyes turned black even though she was alive and she stopped moving completely and i think she will die. I've been keeping her hydrated, and have tried to feed her flies using tweezers. Then, overnight...

I've got two beautiful adult females, I'm looking for at least one adult male budwing. Anyone got an extra?

My second female just became an adult. If anyone has a male adult or near-adult budwing available, please let me know and we can work something out! Mike

I've got two, very attractive, single, brown budwing females. Both are in their early adulthood, and both are lonely because they lack a good man in their lives (besides me). If you've got single, attractive adult male budwings, I'd like to propose that we set them up on a blind date. I'd be...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a subadult or adult male budwing available. I thought I had a pair, but it appears that I instead have 2 females! Oh the woes of mantises.

I've got a single adult female budwing, very attractive, looking for a single adult male budwing. She enjoys long walks on the beach, fine dining on crickets, and backrubs. Serious about this, looking to mate my mantis and produce ooths. PM me and let me know if you want to work something out.

This is a great picture of my Sphodromantis sp. "Blue Flash" taken by a friend of mine Liz Ehlinger with a Canon 40D camera with the Canon 100mm macro lens. ISO 500, f/3.5, 1/125 sec. -Mike If you want to use it, let me know and I can provide an original with better quality than the one here.

I'd like to know whether people prefer to buy nymphs or adults. I tend to go for nymphs because it seems like they will have a longer time on this planet with me, and I get to watch them change as they grow up. With that said, it also appears that older organisms cost more- perhaps because they...

I've got about 5 mantises, all of different species, all of different ages, and all with their own small container. Feeding them has become tedious, so I was wondering what would happen if I threw a bunch of the medium sized ones together with plenty of food so they don't snack on each other...

I've been told by my family that I can't order roaches as food because my family doesn't want any escaped roaches. I was wondering how similar feeder roaches are to the types of roaches that you might find in a dirty home. The roaches that I found in a dirty apartment seemed to be bigger and...

I'm having a boring day at work today, and I've been looking at the little Blue flash I brought in who is sitting on my desk. So it got me thinking, how do mantises bite down hard enough to go through a beetle's exoskeleton? Is the main force applied from the top and bottom palate, similar to...

Anyone know what this is? I found it under a tree stump today while cutting wood and I want to know if I should feed it to my mantis right away, or see what it turns out to be after metamorphosis and feed it to her then. Any votes? It looks like a juicy caterpillar or larvae now, but it could...

I saw an interesting post and it has gotten me to think about the way that people profit from the mantis hobby (from what I have seen so far, I don't think I could classify as the mantis industry), and I wanted to discuss this business model. The idea is that one asks politely for mantids of an...

It seems like everyone knows that a mantid doesn't eat in the day or so before it molts, but what's the thought on how long after it molts before it starts to feed again? I have a L4 or L5 budwing that hasn't eaten since I got her on thursday of last week, she molted the day after I got her but...

Hi, I found this article when I was looking for feeder crickets: http://michiganmessenger.com/40966/deadly-cricket-virus-decimating-north-american-captive-bred-cricket-population-impacting-pet-industry-zoos It claims that a new virus is decimating the cricket feeder industry, causing crickets...

Hi Everyone! I just got my first mantis this past week, and it's great to see all the support and advice on this site. Hopefully she survives for a long time and I learn a lot doing this! Thanks!!