New member from snowy Vermont!

[mossymantis]

Hello everyone! I'm Alex, a teenager from VT, USA, and I only recently discovered my enthusiasms for mantids and immediately did a ton of research on them. I just bought a Hierodula sp. blue L2 3 from USMANTIS a couple days ago, but it's so cold up here that we're going to need to wait until it gets warmer to ship it. I got a little ahead of myself with excitement. I can't wait to have the little guy in my home! The terrarium is all set and ready to be occupied. 

I'm excited to learn more!

 

[izbiggs]

Awesome, great to hear it! Welcome to the forum!

 

[CosbyArt]

Hello Alex and welcome to the forum

Few sellers wait due to weather (primarily arachnid/reptile dealers), but most insect sellers do not see BugsInCyberspace, MantisPlace, and PanTerra Pets. I find winter is a good time to get various insects/pets as a simple 72-hour heat pack keeps them toasty and no worries of them cooking in the box left in a summer sun. Of course overnight shipping is the best way to go year round if you can afford it.

 

[Sarah K]

Welcome! Yeah, 72-hour heat packs work wonders, I have shipped many mantises in the winter to places as cold as Vermont, and never lost a single one due to cold!

 

[mossymantis]

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Should I contact the seller and suggest a heating pack? It makes a lot of sense, however I also don't want to tell the seller what to do, he's a professional after all and has done this for a few years. Perhaps it won't hurt.

 

[Teamonger]

Welcome to the forum.

I know your pain. Winter is the worse for this hobby!

 

[hibiscusmile]

Welcome!

 

[Serle]

hy & Welcome Alex   Enthusiasm is wonderful to have seem we all get ahead of ourselves one time or other.

Cold weather shipping is nerve raking , I am waiting on a shipment that is late rite now.

Cheers from Canada.... Serle

 

[Rick]

Welcome

 

[Zeppy44]

Heyas and welcome.

The delay might be a blessing in disguise.    Have you planned out how to handle the live food?

I thought I had every thing covered as a new mantis keeper. Miscalculated a bit on when I needed larger flies but it all got sorted out.