Where do you guys buy your feeders, ooths, mantids, etc???

[sbugir]

Hello,

Just curious where you guys n gals buy your supplies? I'm assuming a lot buy em off of here and bugsincyber, but where else is a good place to purchase necessities?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Katnapper]

Check out the "Other Feedback" section for lots of websites, places, and companies to get feeders and supplies from. The added advantage to checking out this section is the reviews on each one from people who have purchased from them in the past.

Also check out this thread... it should be helpful.

10 Must-Have Online Mantid Resources, New guy here would like to know some great websites for Mantid info.

My main feeder suppliers are SpiderPharm, Grubco, Forked Tree Ranch, LLL Reptile, Josh's Frogs, and I can't think of any more off the top of my head!

 

[sbugir]

Check out the "Other Feedback" section for lots of websites, places, and companies to get feeders and supplies from. The added advantage to checking out this section is the reviews on each one from people who have purchased from them in the past.Also check out this thread... it should be helpful.

10 Must-Have Online Mantid Resources, New guy here would like to know some great websites for Mantid info.

My main feeder suppliers are SpiderPharm, Grubco, Forked Tree Ranch, LLL Reptile, Josh's Frogs, and I can't think of any more off the top of my head!

Thanks for the links/thread thingy! Really appreciate it man!

 

[PhilinYuma]

Thanks for the links/thread thingy! Really appreciate it man!

(Shhh! Katnapper's a girl! )

 

[Katnapper]

(Shhh! Katnapper's a girl! )

No I'm not.... I'm all woman!! :lol:

You're very much welcome, lemmiwinks! I hope you find helpful information and leads to good suppliers.

 

[sbugir]

No I'm not.... I'm all woman!! :lol: You're very much welcome, lemmiwinks! I hope you find helpful information and leads to good suppliers.

Oh... sorry about the discrepancies! anyway Thanks a lot for the thread! and uh sorry about that

 

[Katnapper]

Oh... sorry about the discrepancies! anyway Thanks a lot for the thread! and uh sorry about that

No problem.... I thought nothing about it. Phil is just a stickler for correctness, hehe! Actually, I'd rather be considered as "one of the guys," than affiliated with some of the stereotypical prissy and wretched women in the world.

 

[Rick]

Grubco for flies, carolina.com among others for fruit flies, wormman for crickets and as far as supplies I bought an initial amount of 32 oz insect cups, foam plugs, etc several years ago. Many things will work for mantids that were originally designed for something else.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Check out my site too!

 

[Katnapper]

Check out my site too!

Don't worry, Rebecca.... your site is on the above-mentioned list in the linked thread.

 

[ABbuggin]

I get my blue bottle and house fly pupae from Becky's site (mantisplace.com). A bit cheaper than the rest, and ships fast. One of the few dealers that I have not had any problems with DOA's. B) I like Grubco also, but they only sell maggots. I would rather deal with pupae because they keep better and hatch sooner into flies.

 

[Rick]

I get my blue bottle and house fly pupae from Becky's site (mantisplace.com). A bit cheaper than the rest, and ships fast. One of the few dealers that I have not had any problems with DOA's. B) I like Grubco also, but they only sell maggots. I would rather deal with pupae because they keep better and hatch sooner into flies.

Disagree with you on them keeping better than maggots.

 

[Opivy]

I only have two mantids, so I've been catching house flies by hitting them with a swatter just enough to stun em'.

BTW, is your name a south park reference? Gotta love that gerbil.

 

[sbugir]

I only have two mantids, so I've been catching house flies by hitting them with a swatter just enough to stun em'. BTW, is your name a south park reference? Gotta love that gerbil.

haha alright, thanks! and yeah it's off of south park!

 

[ABbuggin]

Disagree with you on them keeping better than maggots.

That's true with house fly pupae (only last 10 days or so), but I've kept blue bottle pupae in the fridge for up to 3 months, all hatching just fine. I found that if the maggots were in the fridge for that long, a decent portion wouldn't pupate, and instead just died.

 

[Rick]

That's true with house fly pupae (only last 10 days or so), but I've kept blue bottle pupae in the fridge for up to 3 months, all hatching just fine. I found that if the maggots were in the fridge for that long, a decent portion wouldn't pupate, and instead just died.

Maybe I had bad ones. My maggots can do two months but I usually use them up by that time.

 

[hibiscusmile]

hummm, I never counted the time, but I know my old ones will hatch smaller and smaller numbers and most just walk not fly as their wings are a bit crinckled. But you may be keeping them at a better temp than I am. I know some of the guys on the Chameleon forum can keep theirs for a couple mts too. Course I go thru about 15 hundred a day, so mine no longer are around longer than a week or two at the most. But what I do is order maggots and only a couple cups of pupae to fullfill orders that come in sooner than my maggots pupae. I pupae my own and place in fridge so that way they do last me longer. But as I said, I do order some already pupae in case I have a lot of orders I need to fill till my new ones are ready, but if not sold, trust me they dont go to waste :lol:

 

[ismart]

Here is a list of places off the top of my head.

Carolina.com

Bugsincyberspace.com

Mantisplace.com

Spiderpharm.com

Grubco.com

Insectstore.com

Bioquip.com

Livemonarch.com

 

[planetq]

I get all my supplies from Mantisplace.

It's so convenient. And you never know what you will get as an extra surprise.

Props to Rebecca!