Louis Pierre????????

[JT]

anyone ever heard of Louis Pierre?? he answered a want ad i had on petbugs for B.mendica, only saying he had flower mantises. when i replied, he only sent pics of mantids from other UK based sites(he's in the US) and said his "nymphs" were between 15 & 18cm.Gee, does this sound a little fishy or what? Just wonder if anyone has heard of him or dealt with him before. thanks

 

[infinity]

what is it with people called louis etc... Haven't heard of him but pretty sure he meant mm instead of cm - no nymph is that size - especially flower mantids - in fact, few adults are that size for any species! Best advice is to ask that L stage they're at- then that will confirm. Obviously an L1-5 will never be 15-18cm! But yeah, the term nymph generally suggests something small - i.e. not subadult/adult.

If in doubt, use breeders in here- the *regulars* are all pretty reliable it seems