I am bored to answer such pm's. I sell alive mantids in europe only. Sometimes I ship ooth to USA, but I normally send them for free, I do not sell them. Thus I donate them to old friends only. I have a lot of reasons for this behaviour. Maybe someday I will ship alive mantids to the USA as I know it is possible. But I will decide if, when and to whom I will ship then. The thing is: When I answer all this pm's, people are never satisfied, it always ends in a discussion where people want to persuade me to ship stuff to them. I have no time and no delight for such conversations.
I understand and thank you for taking time to explain. Please know that my previous remark was not intended to be rude; it's simply that when people don't reply, I have no way of interpreting their intent.