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Hello Everyone, Just introducing my new moth website. It's basically a pictorial record of the moths that I've caught in my garden in Lockington, East Yorkshire. I'd appreciate any comments good or bad, and if I've misidentified any moths, then I'd really appreciate if that was pointed out...

I've moved on from fruit flies to size small crickets for my chinese and giant african nymphs . Great - they're easy to handle and provide a decent meal. They even climb to the top where the mantids like to sit. I'm buying silent brown crickets from Ebay. But are the crickets likely to attack...

I'm having problems with fruit flies escaping through the mesh that I'm using to cover my housing. When I bought two nymphs they came in through the post in platic cups with cling film covers. They were perfectly ok. Would it be a bad idea to use cling film, whilst I'm still feeding fruit...

That's right they are Chinese. I'm glad that you can tell. Thanks for the compliments everyone. Andrew

My ooth started hatching today. Only two days after it arrived in the post. Luckily I had it glued to the side of the container. I did this pencil drawing whilst watching them hatch. Now there's hundreds running around. Andrew

I was just settling in for six months, when the first nymph popped out! I better get drawing!

This is an interesting topic - especially as I've just received my first ooth through the post. I forget the actual statistics, but someone who has a bad experience when dealing with a business, will tell many more people about it than if they have good experience. So it's very bad business to...

Thanks for the welcome - my ooth is a Chinese presumed: Tenodera sinensis Have just glued it to the side of its hatching jar. Fingers crossed. Andrew

Hello everyone - off now to pick up an oothca from the post office. This will be my first experience with mantids and will no doubt be asking a few questions. I'm a beekeeper and former schoolboy invert fanatic. I've just been commissioned to write a book on insect art & illustration. Which...