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Please let me know if you have any female orchids to sell to a good, happy home. Thanks! LL

You pay shipping. PM me if interested. LL

I'm looking for a Religiosa mantid to give to a small boy as a pet who is desperate for a mantis of his very own. I prefer to give this species to children, because I think that its the most responsible in the event that they get free. I am also open to green colored Chinese mantids. Any chance...

Hi guys! You're probably familiar with the comic strip Bizarro that is published in 400+ newspapers around the country. The cartoonist, Dan Piraro, often draws praying mantises with funny captions. Anyway, he is a friend of a friend and was over my house today to meet my bugs. He was SUPER into...

I might want to try my hand at breeding my adult female budwing. She's real purty! Does anyone have a suitable mate for her? PM me. Thanks!

My female Budwing mantis, Shatner, has been an adult for three months now, having gotten her wings on 12/18. However, homegirl has never laid an ooth, though she has had an enormous belly for quite awhile. She's about 7 months old, very healthy, and has a hearty appetite. Any thoughts on what...

STILL AVAILABLE! Hi everyone. I have a fresh male orchid available for trade or for future nymphs... anyone interested in him? PM me :) - Lauren

Hm. I assumed that I had a female orchid, but now I'm not so sure. Here's why: It developed to adulthood QUICKLY, and went from pink to brown once it did. It is only 1.5 inches It is prone to flying But I'm still confused. Aren't there supposed to be 6 segments on the abdomen for a female...

My Idolo has been living on borrowed time for quite awhile now. I'm shocked that she's still alive, to be honest. For the last few months, she has been unable to hold herself up in her terrarium, keeps falling, and I continued to find her motionless at the bottom of her enclosure. It's been...

Maple just molted to L8. One more to go!!

Would love to buy one or two female Religiosa or Chinese species. Anyone selling? PM me. Gracias! :)

My idolo has gotten so old and frail that she can no longer hold herself up without struggle and constantly falling down. And so, she has taken to kickin' it on a deli cup 24/7. She just lies down, luxuriates on her lounge chair, I feed her bon-bons (flies), and she seems happy as a clam. Anyone...

So, I went out on a first date with someone last night who knows I love mantids. He brought me a gift. Which is super sweet and thoughtful. But it kinda bummed me out. LOL Anyway.... can anyone help me identify my new dead bug? Thanks!

Greetings, Earthlings! I just wanted to share a little trick I came up with to secure sticks for climbing/hanging to my glass terrariums without permanently altering them. This is especially important for species like the Idolomantis Diabolica. Because I didn't want to hot glue anything...

Cool, got it! Thanks for your help, everyone!

Whenever I take photos of my mantids, they suddenly become OBSESSED with trying to jump on my camera, and appear to be drawn to the camera lens in particular, grasping and reaching frantically as I try to snap a pic. Do you all experience this, too? Possibly there is something about the camera's...

Hi All. I have a little Chinese nymph (L4) that had a mismolt, and is severely bent, disfigured, has missing body parts, and is partially disabled. That said, she's a trooper, and has managed to stay alive, keep a hearty appetite, is sweet, and has a seemingly good attitude. So, I haven't made...

I love it when my Idolo or Budwing throw down a threat pose, but its always quite random, and I seldom get a chance to photograph them. My Budwing threat poses most when watching TV, and sees something that startles her (Kim Kardashian has been a consistant trigger). Anyway, does anyone have...

...I don't see why not. Do you? I have an adult cilnia humeralis who I let run around "free range style" (but only while I'm watching), and sometimes she ends up in places that are dusty. I'm concerned that if she tried to clean herself, she would end up injesting dust bunnies. ...Is there a...

I'm confused. How can my mantis be perfectly healthy and intact one minute, and the next day be missing some key anatomy? My adult female idolomantis diabloica is suddenly missing its tarsus/hand, which went MIA out of nowhere. My Hierodula multispina nymph has mysteriously lost an antennae...