MOTW - Aug 26- Sept 1 2012 - MrZoggs

[Pluke]

Dude I love those pics of your RETF. Very nice. Mantids are awesome insects.. I just had one on my porch yesterday, a bright green one, he crawled onto my hand when I put it up to him and then I let it go on some of my nearby sunflowers. He stayed there all day, haven't seen it since. And as I stated before.. those darts are just amazing. I hope they breed well for you one day, I hear that Thumbnails can be quite a challenge!

[mrzoggs]

Well my dad also got 3, so I'm sure I will have a couple pairs Plus the parents came from 2 different lines so mine are fresh. Now that I have this mantid my step dad asks me if I want more hehe. He finds them all the time. Only thing is they will fight if I put them together. Be careful picking up bugs hehe! I pick up mantis' too but the other day a BIG katydid was in my sunroom and i picked it up to get it out and it bit me lmao. It didnt hurt a bit. I actually couldnt tell if it bit me or if I was just being silly until I read they bite. After seeing some youtube videos of the mantis killing snakes, humming birds, spiders, etc I dont think I would like to get bit by one :P


Oh and from what I hear varaderos are the easiest thumbnail I had gotten a bromeliad with a nice pup on it from the same lady I got the frogs from a month or so ahead of time. Now they all sit inside that same bromeliad. Kind of funny thats their plant of choice.

[Pluke]

Praying mantis are kind of like spiders in the aspect that they don't really bite if not truely threatened, IMO. I usually just pick up spiders too.. set your hand down and guide them towards it and let them board it themselves. Some katydids have some mean looking chompers, I know that. I get some evil looking ones around here.
Yeah... you don't want that to bite you, lol.

[mrzoggs]

hehe i dont like spiders. I will stick with leaving them alone.