Add another check in the thumbs up column! We usually catch nymphs in the spring and have only ordered mantises twice before: a Chinese ooth from a scientific supply house and a ghost ooth from Hibiscussmile. We were a bit worried about buying nymphs because they can be so fragile, but the temperature seemed unusually pleasant for August, so we took the plunge. Vlodek came through in spades and the nymphs arrived happy and active. My son opened the package before I got home from work, but I could tell (from the scraps lying about the place, and from the cups the mantises were in) that Vlodek did a bang-up job packing them.
Thank you so much! I've got one very happy boy with an interesting fall ahead of him. (And I'm mighty happy, too.)