Tell everyone a little about yourself/post a pic if you want

[garbonzo13]

For those of you who don't know me yet, my name is Greg. I live in S.W. Florida, and am 31. Just got into mantids recently but have always been a bug lover. Drives my wife nuts. See if I can post a pic..if it works this is me on a very bad day. :wink: IMG]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/krucann/me1.jpg Is this damn thing working :evil: .

 

[Samzo]

turn that frown upside down!

 

[garbonzo13]

So it works Samzo?

 

[Samzo]

i copied and pasted the url

 

[Ian]

Good pic :wink: I will agree, smileeeeeeeeeeeee!!

 

[garbonzo13]

Oh yeah Ian, here's that 3 foot Spiny tail iguana I caught after Hurricane Charlie when a herp farm closed down about 1/2 mile from where I worked. I figured instead of trying to move or relocate there herps, they just released them into the swamp.http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/krucann/sunworship.jpg I am also trying to get new pic up but the camera is not cooperating with my P.C.

 

[Ian]

Wow, great pic!!! Was he tame? Looks like a beast, what a find!

Cheers,

Ian

 

[garbonzo13]

heck No!!!! he wasn't tame. That was the meanest frigin' critter I have ever dealt with. He was a tad sickly and I had him for about 3 weeks. When he decided to get out of dodge....he went. Talk about a mouthful of teeth, and that spiny tail really packs a whollup. He hit my forearm with his tail and split me open. Very interesting species though. I thought it was a cross between and aligator and an iguana when I first found it. Then I did some research and found it to be a spiny tail...at least that is what I think it was. Here's a close up, you can really see the tail spines.http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/krucann/liz1.jpg

 

[breezes127]

heck No!!!! he wasn't tame. That was the meanest frigin' critter I have ever dealt with. He was a tad sickly and I had him for about 3 weeks. When he decided to get out of dodge....he went. Talk about a mouthful of teeth, and that spiny tail really packs a whollup. He hit my forearm with his tail and split me open. Very interesting species though. I thought it was a cross between and aligator and an iguana when I first found it. Then I did some research and found it to be a spiny tail...at least that is what I think it was. Here's a close up, you can really see the tail spines.http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/krucann/liz1.jpg

So what is it you do for a living? I have been trying to figure out what I would like to do for the rest of my life and would to do something animals. Too much schooling to be vet. So I would like ideas. :?:

 

[yen_saw]

Guess i should post my pic too. This is the family pic taken for 2004 X-mas. That's my wife Grace from Hong Kong, myself (the 34 year-old-getting-bold old man) from malaysia and Kenny who was born in Malaysia too in 1996.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/yen_saw/family.jpg

 

[garbonzo13]

@ Bree, believe it or not I work at a grocery store, we were located close to swampland because the company built next to a large community out in the stixs. At that time I was an Assistant produce manager, but burned out and stepped down, now I am trying to get to that position again....lol I always do things the hard way. @ Yen, nice family pic.

 

[Ian]

thats a very nice pic yen, I can see you pinning kenny down their to keep him still :wink:

Wow greg, sound like a very mean herp. I suppose when you approach, its a great time for the ig to use his spiny tail to his advantage, lol

Cheers,

Ian

 

[garbonzo13]

LOL Ian. I did like that critter though, just to bad I didn't know what I had my hands on ( as far a caring for it) when I got it. I could have easily spent a few hundred dollars on materials for a cage and lighting...good thing it did get away. :wink:

 

[Executor of Fruit Flies]

I'm 21. Lived most of my life in Virginia, but when I was 6-9 I lived in the Philippines. I like pets of all kinds, but my favorites are invertebrates of any kind. I'm currently keeping 13 patent leather beetles, 10 budwing mantises( couple at L4), and 6 spiny flower mantises(all still at L3). I hope to breed them. Here's me at my brother's wedding last month. I'm in the middle. My brother's at the left of the pic.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/leech333/e51de4b3.jpg

 

[worldofmantis]

For those of you that know about my dog that learned to play tag heres a few pics of him. This was a year ago before he knew tag and was still a puppy. His hair looks a littl gray but thats just the flash on the camera. No up to dat pics of me yet though.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/wor...46790_0_145.jpg and heres another

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/wor...45738_0_145.jpg

 

[infinity]

On that topic... I know from my experience, I had nicknames due to this hobby of mine... does/ did anyone else?!

come on, spill people!!!

 

[Ian]

em...would geek come into that :wink:

Cheers,

Ian

 

[Samzo]

On that topic... I know from my experience, I had nicknames due to this hobby of mine... does/ did anyone else?!come on, spill people!!!

I get most abuse from my Dad lol like nerd and bugboy ...... I dont even look like a "nerd"

 

[DMJ]

Thats why I dont tell nobody lol. If you'd see me in the streets you'd never guess I collect mantis.

 

[infinity]

what is it?! do people email suggestions to everyone else in the country?! They're the same as mine were!