Hey i'm looking for anyone that is selling a brunner's stick mantis. I know they're hard to find and no one seems to have one, but if anyone does i'm looking to buy it off of them. thanks email is [email protected]
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looking for Brunner's Mantis
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I have a small population near me. I can get some for you but it won't be till later in the summer. They are hard to find but I managed to find a population nearby. I generally make a post in the classifieds when I find some. This is of course only if you are in the U.S. I found several last year and sold many ooths.
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Rick, could you pm me too when you find some or have ooths(preferred) i'd like to purchase 1/some.
cool thanks for the info rick. yes i live in the U.S. so shipping shouldn't be a problem. Yea ooth or a mantis doesn't matter to me i will check back with you this summer.
thanks
I just want to add... that I got a B. borealis ooth from Rick in November last year. I'd read these sometimes take a longer time to hatch than many other species. And I've looked at mine so much I think I know every groove on it, lol... have been misting and incubating it since I got it. After 5 months, and knowing this species is parthenogenic and the ooths would almost have to be fertile, I admit... my hopes had been fading recently. But just yesterday 2 nymphs popped out! Wheee-haa!! From what I gather, they can take up to 6 months to hatch... and then keep hatching for an additional 6 months (one or just a few nymphs at a time, rather than "burst hatching" all at one time like most species.). So if you do end up getting one... don't give up on it! 
