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Happy thanksgiving, fellow mantis lovers! I have 3 spare nymphs (all in the L5-L6 range) that are in immediate need of a new home: 2 x suspect female Rhombodera kirbyi, and 1 x confirmed male Macromantis hyalina. They are available for free to anyone who is willing to pick them in Chicago, IL...

I’ve got a bunch of CB L2-L4 Phidippus regius (Regal Jumping Spider) slings available for sale or trade in Chicago, IL. Their mother was the beautiful dark morph regius female pictured below. These guys are still pretty small, so I would make sure you have a fruit fly culture on hand when you...

If you have a female Stenophylla lobivertex (Dragon Mantis), I have an adult male who molted out at the start of May 2020 and is available for breeding loan. PM me and let’s work out a deal!

Hi folks, I had a male Stenophylla lobivertex molt to adulthood a couple days ago. I would love to help keep this amazing species in culture, so I am looking to either buy a female specimen (either an older nymph or fresh adult) or work out a breeding loan arrangement with someone who has a...

UPDATE: No longer available 

I have the following unsexed inverts available for sale or trade: 6 x juvenile blue Scolopendra polymorpha (Tiger Centipedes) - $10 each 1 x 1.5" Stenopelmatus pictus (Jerusalem Cricket) - $10 1 x 2" Phormictopus sp. "Dominican Purple" - $50 TOS:Minimum $40 purchase, not including...

I recently bought a group of Giant Kenyan Budwing nymphs, but all of them turned out to be female, so I'd love to buy, or work out some sort of ooth sharing arrangement for, a confirmed male nymph or two. Please PM me if you can help me out! 

I still have about 40 of these bad boys available for $10 each, plus they're BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!! If you've ever wanted to try raising assassin bugs, this is an amazing opportunity to work with literally the biggest and baddest assassin of them all, and to do so at an insanely discounted...

I've decided to downsize my collection and call it quits on keeping a few species, so I've got some extra L2 Psytalla horrida--that is, Horrid King Assassin Bug--nymphs who need new homes! Regardless of whether you're a hardcore true-bug head or just little assassin-bug curious, I can almost...

Any of you gonna check out the Tinley Park NARBC next month? If so, I can meet anyone there who might be interested in any of the following extra bugs up for trade (and maybe sale if the price is right, with wholesale prices very much possible if you wanna take a bunch of these): ~20 unsexed...

I’ve got several sexed-pairs of P. perpulchra (Peruvian Leaf Mantis) nymphs available either for trade, or for $35 per pair, plus shipping. Females of this species mature more slowly than their male siblings, so I’m offering pairs of L5-L6 females with L3-L4 males, and I’ll throw in an extra...

Hi folks, I have a bunch of extra critters available for trade ideally, though I am open to selling them as well. Retail prices are listed below, though cheaper wholesale pricing also is available for larger orders (PM me for more info): 20-25 x Mastigoproctus giganteus (Giant Vinegaroon) -...

Hey folks, I gotta come up with some quick cash, plus I am about to move into a new, less invert-friendly apartment, so I am letting go of some of my centpedes: - 1 x 7-8” unsexed Scolopendra sp. “Hispaniola Red Giant” - $425 - 1 x 3.5-4” unsexed Hawaiian Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes -...

Got some beautiful bugs from Ranitomeya. Superb comm, shipping, and animals. Highly recommended! Thanks! 

Hi again, Thanks to all who responded to my previous ad! I still have a few rare L2 Hierodula nymphs available for sale or trade. The mother of the nymphs I have was collected in Luzon Island in the Phillipines. The nymphs currently range from rust-red to blue-green in color, but their...

Happy Thursday, fellow mantis-philes! Brighten your holiday season with some rare mantis species! I currently have a limited number of L2 nymphs that belong to a new Hierodula species from Luzon Island in the Phillipines. The nymphs currently range from rust-red to blue-green in color, but...

Hi folks, I'm looking for someone in the U.S. who can provide me with a subadult or adult male Schizocephala bicornis (Indian Grass Mantis) to pair up with my recently molted adult female. I'm open to breeding loans and trades (though I don't have a lot to offer at the moment), but I'd be most...

Hi again, fellow mantis-junkies! I've got the itch to work with some new species, so if you've got something out of the ordinary available for trade (I'm open to all inverts, except for Ts and scorps), I have 2 sexed-pairs of Psychomantis malayensis that I can send you in exchange. I don't know...

Hi folks, I have 3 male Pseudoempusa pinnapovinis (Peacock Mantis) who molted to adult between 1 and 2.5 months ago, and a presub female who is still a ways off from maturity, so I'm pretty worried that all of my males will be long deceased by the time she's ready to breed. That being the case...

Happy Friday, fellow mantis lovers! I've got an adult (final molt was 2 months ago) female Gonatista grisea (Grizzled Bark Mantis) available for sale or trade. I mated her twice with an adult male, and both mantids were raised from L1 or L2 by me. She laid two ooths so far, but she is still...