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    Wanted - 1 x adult male p.paradoxia

    My last ghost has just turned adult and I am looking to try and breed her but lost my last male recently. UK based, open to sensible prices or will swap for nymphs if breeding is successful. Cheers
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    Latest Pics

    and sorry not a mantid but a millipede on a gas mask!
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    those sub adults

    morning mate hope you are doing well. just wondering if you still have any pairs of the advertised mantids available still and if so would you be able to keep a pair back for me until next tuesday? many thanks Henry
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    3 x dead ghost :(

    somehow three of my 5 paradoxia died within 24 hours a few days back.. each one seemed to have a seizure, they were all thrashing around and their raptal arms were clenched tight, the adult was flapping its wings and thrashing about too :( No sign of bacterial infections and all mantis had...
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    the perfect Idolomantis tank/conditions?

    In the near future I will be coming into possesion of a 70 - 100 gallon aquarium and want to do something funky with it. I am a huge fan of the idolomantis but failed with my last one so want to try again in future. at the moment its just in the planning stage but I think I would like to try...
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    how much for ghost oothcae?

    How much would you expect to sell a ghost oothcae for? I dont have any yet but am hoping to get a few IF my ghosts breed successfully, one for me one for the zoo and any others up for grabs..
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    orchids in uk?

    Hi all my orchid is about to mature I think, male possibly though not 100% sure.. I would love to breed this species, does anyone have sub adult females that I may be able to purchase? many thanks!
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    Very proud today!

    Just had a horrific day in the office but got home to a lovely treat! The first of my 5 Ghost mantis P.Paradoxia had just hit adulthood and now looks absolutely amazing and much much larger than the skin it shed (compared to previous sheds) very proud as this is the first I have brought from...
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    maximum sizes?

    Quick question! please can I get an estimate for the following mantis adult sizes (sorry for lack of scientific names in most) Giant Asian (female possibly though unsure) Orchid (female I think) P.Paradoxia (both sexes) Just wondering how big all the little buggers are going to be when they...
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    RIP Idolomantis :(

    Got home today and found my Idolomantis hanging upside down with only 1 leg remaining out of all 6 limbs.. totally no idea what happened other than it fell to pieces as all its body parts were underneath it on the floor. Seemed totally dried to a crisp somehow and was still hanging on by one...
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    Escaped mantis vs Environmental damage

    I recently had someones friend over in a rather drunk state who works with bacterial cleansing and evaluation for the british government, in his drunkard state he got convinced that there could be issues with escaping mantis causing an environmental impact in the UK. Now my main debate was...
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    P. paradoxa showing good memory?

    Hi just to say that one of my P. paradoxa is doing very strange things today. I have been watching it for a few days as it seems the most aggressive out of all of these I have together and its colouration is different from the others, most being dark coloured and this a very pale colour. Today...
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    Sorry millepedes again!

    Hi one of my giant african millipedes seems to be doing something wierd.. I'm not sure if its laying? eggs (or live young?) or shedding its skin. But from its rear end something seems to be coming out and poking into the substrate, it is not segmented like the body and is a slightly greyish...
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    Ident needed please:

    Hi below are a few pictures of a mantis that was confiscated from someone coming into the UK from Africa, it looks very much like our current stock of "Heirodula Membranocea" but is missing the white spots on its wings that these have. So far I have been unable to identify this mantis other...
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    Curly wingged flies

    Hi I am having real problems with my fruit fly cultures at the moment, they just will not hatch (livefoods.co.uk). the place I bought them from have been superb with sending new ones free but the last 2 lots I have recieved seem to just not hatch at all.. what can I do to help them (apart...
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    Again about housing multiple mantis together.

    Just another quick question after seeing a few peoples set ups, would a load of mantis (ie: 5 - 10 orchid) be ok together if well fed in a vivarium 5ft x 2ft x 5ft ? I understand they may canibalise but is this likely to be a problem in all honesty considering the size of the enclosure and a...
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    Heat matt under whole tank?

    it advises me to only put a heat mat under 50% of my tanks, I was hoping to raise the temperature a little in my 30cmx30cmx45cm tank and my heat mat is 30x30 which fits nicely.. would it be ok to put the mat under this tank for either orchid or idolomantis and cover the entire underside of the...
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    Chameleon housing?

    Hi folks, looking to obtain a vivarium for two chameleons of mixed sex, undecided species. can anyone recommend a good vivarium supplier and a size that would be appropriate? thanks
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    Other inverts that can be housed with mantis?

    Hello again, thinking about all the space in my main mantis enclosure at the moment and how I can use it.. yes the mantis in there are great, but they are tiny compared to all that space! Are there any other invertibrates that would live happily in simular conditions.. I was thinking of giant...
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    Vanishing Mantis...o.O

    Somehow one of my giant asian mantis vanished overnight the day before yesterday. I had just moved my dead leafs into a large tank and then moved the giant asian into his new tank which is pretty much escapeproof as far as I can (could) tell. when I got up in moring and checked them as usual...
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