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Hello!  I've been away for a year and a half or so, so if there are any oldies out there they might remember me.   I tend to have two modes, OBSESSED and disinterested, so when I kept mantids before I kept anywhere from 20 to 40 individuals of five or six species at a time, and probably a...

I got a cool shot with my new camera today and thought I'd share. Epargaryeus clarus (Silver spotted skipper)

We were really enjoying these funny "True Facts" videos, so we were woo-hoo-ing when Ze Frank decided to do mantids. (you should check out the others if you like it) I can't remember how to embed it :/ sorry.

I need an adult male.... Anyone have one? Thanks :)

I was under the apparently mistaken impression that most females don't fly... obviously there are exceptions. When I take out my P. wahlbergii female the last few times she has been flapping. I thought she was just exercising but last night she took off and flew :) I'm 90% sure she...

Fresh adult or subadult. Please :)

I have L2-3 P. paradoxa nymphs (and plenty of them....). Asking $3 each or 5 for $12. Priority shipping is something like $6, Express $25? I'd have to check on the express. I'm also very willing to make some trades for them, tell me what you've got.

I have a pretty high mortality rate on my B. borealis hatchlings (>50%)... what is it like typically? They are in an 80 oz deli cup (between 8 and a dozen depending on who's hatching and who's surviving) with about a 3" square cut out of the side with screening, top is the normal...

I think I'd like to start a couple of roach colonies, one smallish-medium one and one for my larger mantids. I'm kind of overwhelmed at the number of species available and I'd like some input on which ones are better and why. I definitely want something I can keep contained pretty easily. I...

My lobata female is dying :( I've had a few unexplained deaths lately, and I'm wondering if it's the crickets. Several of their abdomens looked wrong, they got weak, and died. She won't take water or honey, and I'm not sure what else I can do for her other than keep her comfortable and see...

Having a hard time keeping these Brunneria hatchlings alive... what gives? They're separated in deli cups, about 85-90 degrees during the day (probably 65 at night), misting once a day, feeding mels and I have seen them eating. Ventilation is the only thing I can think of that might not be...

I LOVE interacting with my outside sinensis kids. The other day I went to turn on the garden hose and this little guy was on the deck railing about three feet above me looking down and going, "Hey lady, whatcha doing?" When I went up to say hi he spazzed though. Because that's what they do...

Can I get an ID or a rough guess on this little guy? Sorry the pics are so crappy, I took them with my phone. He (or maybe a whole hatch, I'm assuming he's a nymph) was hanging around my craft table all weekend a few weeks ago and brought a smile to my face every time I spotted him. Also had...

My gemmatus that was bred is laying ooths like crazy and doing awesome... the four others who were not bred have laid 1 sad ooth between them, and one died this afternoon. I'm sure she was eggbound and I'd hate to lose the others. Is there a point of no return here? They're all huge except...

My P. wahlbergii nymph is L4 now, I was wondering, how early can you sex these guys and do you count spines or what? Still pretty tiny and dark colored :)

Brunneria borealis have started to trickle out of their ooths (very cool nymphs!) so I will have a few nymphs available in a few weeks. I don't think I have space for more than a couple! The Oxyopsis gracilis ooth also hatched recently and I'm looking to rehome about a dozen of them when they...

I have four lonely females, one of whom is no longer hungry. I'd like one or two adult or subadult males.

I took out my P. wahlbergii L4 nymph today. He was his usual cool self, doing his little dance, totally normal. He molted a couple if days ago. I had my hubby hold him while I cleaned his container with dish soap. I then fed him fruit flies - same ones I've been feeding him - and put him back...

I have one male and 4 females, I think I'd like to better those odds. Thanks :)