My inverts

[Venom]

You would probably be able to tell what my favorite are.

Lots of pics, sorry.

 

[Rick]

Nice. Always thought about getting a scorpion.

 

[Sparky]

Wow nice, do you still have any B. jacksoni's

 

[Venom]

Wow nice, do you still have any B. jacksoni's

Nope, but I want some!

Scorpions are cool.

I've always wanted mantids but their lifespan compared to a scorpion is bleh.

Around 4-8 years for a scorpion

And average for a mantid is 6 months

 

[acerbity]

I always considered myself thick skinned, but centipede's just give me the willies.

 

[Mantida]

And average for a mantid is 6 months

It's actually a year, but it's still a short lifespan compared to a scorpion, haha. Do you breed scorpions yourself?

 

[Sparky]

I prefer things with a shorter lifespan because most of those are more active. Plus the faster they grow the earlier you'll be able to breed them. The gestation period for a scorpion is 3 months to 1 year. The gestation period for a mantis is a few weeks. I still love arachnids though. I'm looking forward to get a centipede, a trap door spider, and 1 or 2 bird eating spiders. What other species do you have?

 

[Venom]

I prefer things with a shorter lifespan because most of those are more active. Plus the faster they grow the earlier you'll be able to breed them. The gestation period for a scorpion is 3 months to 1 year. The gestation period for a mantis is a few weeks. I still love arachnids though. I'm looking forward to get a centipede, a trap door spider, and 1 or 2 bird eating spiders. What other species do you have?

Yes, you're right, but I don't really "breed". And over here in Chicago there is no wild mantids that I know of. I have to buy them, and they cost 20 each and they will only last a few months. Compared to a scorpion that lasts a few years.

Oh and I have a G.Rosea(Tarantula), Some more scorpions, Ball python, Corn snake.

It's actually a year, but it's still a short lifespan compared to a scorpion, haha. Do you breed scorpions yourself?

I don't breed them, but I have bought gravid ones. I've had 2 "Miscarriages" and one succesfull birth.(The tiny scorpion next to the penny(coin for your europeans) ) is one of the birthed.

I'm getting a budwing mantid in two weeks.

 

[macro junkie]

And average for a mantid is 6 months

most of my species live for about 1 year.i managed to shoot some scorpions once..there great under a macro lens,.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/228277...57ddb57eb_o.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hooked_on_macro/2281981491/

 

[Venom]

most of my species live for about 1 year.i managed to shoot some scorpions once..there great under a macro lens,.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/228277...57ddb57eb_o.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hooked_on_macro/2281981491/

Yup, these guys have a lot to show under macro lenses as you can see.

Espically with all those Troiphisas(sp?)bleh or hairs

 

[idolomantis]

most of my species live for about 1 year.i managed to shoot some scorpions once..there great under a macro lens,.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/228277...57ddb57eb_o.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hooked_on_macro/2281981491/

TAke a scorpion than

i love scorps

i,ve found some euscorpius sometime

 

[iain5]

What kind of centipede is that? Also, what are the smaller yellow/brown scorpions. They look just like ones that I caught on a herping trip in the Flint Hills of Kansas about 6 years ago. I kept them for a while and they were a lot of fun. I also have a rose-hair tarantula that I got as a baby around the same time. Not as exciting as mantids, but much more long-lived!

 

[galapoheros]

Nice bugs! I have scorps and pedes too. Found an ootheca and it hatched so it's my first time to raise some mantids. I kind of like the idea they don't live real long. Like was implied earlier, I'm seeing more eating and growing with the mantids than with the pedes, Ts and scorps. I think mantids might be something I do now and then rather than all the time, and maybe one sp at a time. Maybe if I cut back on all the other stuff some day, I'd get into it more.