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ismart
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Welcome!
Good luck in your search.
angelofdeathzz
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Welcome, I think many here are looking for them as well, I guess there the mantis pop icon. :lol:
patrickfraser
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Supply and demand. Limit the supply, demand increased, higher prices paid. Simple economics. Look at the oil companies
PhilinYuma
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Welcome, Brian. Am I right in thinking that you haven't bred many kinds of mantis yet?
Welcome, they are hard to come buy, like expensive addictive candy :tt2:
Jolienar
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Hello, the one who will be multiplied thousands and will dispose of on the thousands - will be rich 
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dgerndt
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Welcome! Orchids are a beautiful species.
PhilinYuma
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Just a thought Brian, but if you are considering breeding these, or even just raising one, you might want to practice on a less expensive species, like ghosts, first.
GreenOasis
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One thing I have noticed is that people see a new species and go "WOW!" and before you know it, there's a rage for them...then everyone's breeding them to the point they're giving them away. Then, folks have been so flooded by them, they're sick of even the sight of them & suddenly, they've all but disappeared except for very few that have been maintained by only the most diligent of followers interested in maintaining the species.
A few months ago...Popas were being sold cheap, even given away. Two months ago, there was a demand and they were expensive again. A month ago, they reappeared to the point that the price was going down drastically yet again. You may even find them for free here soon.
This rise & fall market happens much more quickly with items as short-lived as mantids. Most people are going to have breeding-sized adults laying ooths left & right at around the same time...which means there will be regular short-intervals of market flooding by a surplus of nymphs.
The same will happen with Orchids. You just have to keep an eye out & be patient. The key is not necessarily being the first to buy new nymphs, but not waiting so long that no one has them anymore. (And when you can figure THAT out...let me know!)
A few months ago...Popas were being sold cheap, even given away. Two months ago, there was a demand and they were expensive again. A month ago, they reappeared to the point that the price was going down drastically yet again. You may even find them for free here soon.
This rise & fall market happens much more quickly with items as short-lived as mantids. Most people are going to have breeding-sized adults laying ooths left & right at around the same time...which means there will be regular short-intervals of market flooding by a surplus of nymphs.
The same will happen with Orchids. You just have to keep an eye out & be patient. The key is not necessarily being the first to buy new nymphs, but not waiting so long that no one has them anymore.
(And when you can figure THAT out...let me know!)
angelofdeathzz
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Well if your going to get all scientific, then I guess your right.
So no more buying up all the cool mantis people. Chinese-European-Ghosts are what you want, glass mantis what is that?
So no more buying up all the cool mantis people. Chinese-European-Ghosts are what you want, glass mantis what is that?
dgerndt
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That's what I'm talkin' about! Those mantids are SO COOL.Well if your going to get all scientific, then I guess your right.
So no more buying up all the cool mantis people. Chinese-European-Ghosts are what you want, glass mantis what is that?
