Peter Clausen
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Okay...let's get this Intro knocked out here (finally?)
I'm Peter Clausen. Rather than copy everything, please check out my bio on the about us page of my Bugsincyberspace page below...
Peter Clausen's Bio
Other than that, I guess I'll make this as mantis relevant as possible. Of all insects, mantises are the most interesting to keep as pets, in my opinion. Moods, personality, etc! I've kept most of the species that have made it into the pet trades here in the US. It's hard not to love an orchid mimicking white mantis, but the wild caught adult Deroplatys desiccata I bought from (importers) International Dragon Breeders in 2001 were absolute monsters! I've never seen a mantis with so much power as those.
I tend to like the new Shield Mantids quite a bit. They seem more perceptive and agressive than most other species.
I'm constantly amazed at the new species that make it onto the domestic market. There has never been a better time to be a mantis hobbyist!
When I first started really getting into mantids I was running a business with a Lowell Brodersen called Mysterious Creatures (2001-2002). We were among the first to import Phyllocrania paradoxa, and the first to offer it for sale on any large scale. It was during that time that we gave it the common name Ghost Mantis. A movie called "The Frighteners" with Michael J. Fox had just come out and these mantises reminded us of the Ghost/Grim Reaper character in the movie.
Here's a link to the movie trailer for those with too much time on their hands (or the otherwise curious). The "ghost" (AKA soul collector) doesn't come on the trailer until the minute and a half mark, so basically check out the last 30 seconds of the clip.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116365/traile...lay-E10352-10-2
What else...
Some of you may recognize me from articles I've written for Orin McMonigle's " Invertebrates Magazine ".
Back in my serious phasmid days (raised around 100 species), I raised the E. goliath stick-insects that were in the movie "Master & Commander" (neat little fact). Oddly, I haven't watched the movie "yet", but the phasmids were supposedly from the Galapagos Islands in the movie (I'm told), though they are a really from Australia. For the record, do not ask me for phasmids. I do not keep them anymore (save a few for the shows I do for kids at schools).
Ummm...here are a few of my websites
Old School Bug Website- Bugs In Cyberspace
Bug Auction Website- Come Support the ATS...100% profits now go to their organization!!!
Bug Informational Resource Website- Post, Read, Contribute!
Allpet Roaches Forum- I work on with Orin
mantidforum...you know that one!
I think that's all of them, though we're putting together a new one soon (generally safe to say that)
I dunno...maybe I'll think of something else and edit in here later...
Thanks for checking in!
Peter
I'm Peter Clausen. Rather than copy everything, please check out my bio on the about us page of my Bugsincyberspace page below...
Peter Clausen's Bio
Other than that, I guess I'll make this as mantis relevant as possible. Of all insects, mantises are the most interesting to keep as pets, in my opinion. Moods, personality, etc! I've kept most of the species that have made it into the pet trades here in the US. It's hard not to love an orchid mimicking white mantis, but the wild caught adult Deroplatys desiccata I bought from (importers) International Dragon Breeders in 2001 were absolute monsters! I've never seen a mantis with so much power as those.
I tend to like the new Shield Mantids quite a bit. They seem more perceptive and agressive than most other species.
I'm constantly amazed at the new species that make it onto the domestic market. There has never been a better time to be a mantis hobbyist!
When I first started really getting into mantids I was running a business with a Lowell Brodersen called Mysterious Creatures (2001-2002). We were among the first to import Phyllocrania paradoxa, and the first to offer it for sale on any large scale. It was during that time that we gave it the common name Ghost Mantis. A movie called "The Frighteners" with Michael J. Fox had just come out and these mantises reminded us of the Ghost/Grim Reaper character in the movie.
Here's a link to the movie trailer for those with too much time on their hands (or the otherwise curious). The "ghost" (AKA soul collector) doesn't come on the trailer until the minute and a half mark, so basically check out the last 30 seconds of the clip.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116365/traile...lay-E10352-10-2
What else...
Some of you may recognize me from articles I've written for Orin McMonigle's " Invertebrates Magazine ".
Back in my serious phasmid days (raised around 100 species), I raised the E. goliath stick-insects that were in the movie "Master & Commander" (neat little fact). Oddly, I haven't watched the movie "yet", but the phasmids were supposedly from the Galapagos Islands in the movie (I'm told), though they are a really from Australia. For the record, do not ask me for phasmids. I do not keep them anymore (save a few for the shows I do for kids at schools).
Ummm...here are a few of my websites
Old School Bug Website- Bugs In Cyberspace
Bug Auction Website- Come Support the ATS...100% profits now go to their organization!!!
Bug Informational Resource Website- Post, Read, Contribute!
Allpet Roaches Forum- I work on with Orin
mantidforum...you know that one!
I think that's all of them, though we're putting together a new one soon (generally safe to say that)
I dunno...maybe I'll think of something else and edit in here later...
Thanks for checking in!
Peter
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. Isn't that something. I have raised mantis that are gonna be on tv too! Check it out in the Bugatorium post! Rebecca from OHIO!
