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What do you guys always have with your "biggest", "longest", "heaviest", "rarest"? People are never happy with what they have. To those who are old enough I suggest to compare the list of species bred today (= IGM list) with the species bred about 10 years ago. There were incredible additions to the captive bred stocks, as Idolomantis, Metallyticus, Choeradodis, Deroplatys trigonodera, yet it's not good enough. Now it must be Toxodera, Parablepharis, Stenophylla etc.. And those promises of "paying huge amounts" for those species. Similar stuff was told before Idolomantis was in stock, and when it finally was available, the same guys who shouted loudest complained about them being too expensive and started to deplete natural populations instead. If I think long enough about it, it would maybe be a good thing if Toxodera & Co. will not be available to the public all too soon.

 
brancsikia339 said:
What do you think? Anyone have any idea?
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There are quite a few species in the wild that are endangered, such as some Apteromantis spp.

I think that wild collected mantises should only be imported for breeding not for selling as we don't always know how threatened a species is in the wild. Every year in the UK Orthodera wild collected ooths from New Zealand are sold just to make the sellers money.

 
Christian said:
What do you guys always have with your "biggest", "longest", "heaviest", "rarest"? People are never happy with what they have. To those who are old enough I suggest to compare the list of species bred today (= IGM list) with the species bred about 10 years ago. There were incredible additions to the captive bred stocks, as Idolomantis, Metallyticus, Choeradodis, Deroplatys trigonodera, yet it's not good enough. Now it must be Toxodera, Parablepharis, Stenophylla etc.. And those promises of "paying huge amounts" for those species. Similar stuff was told before Idolomantis was in stock, and when it finally was available, the same guys who shouted loudest complained about them being too expensive and started to deplete natural populations instead. If I think long enough about it, it would maybe be a good thing if Toxodera & Co. will not be available to the public all too soon.
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I reluctantly agree with most of your post but I don't want to. The "never good enough" sentiment sadly applies to modern, general society and certainly isn't unique to this hobby. And though some folks obviously behave in the disdainful manner you cited, I like to think it's a minority.

 

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