Scorpeaces' Collection. Update: 13/12/2011 Surprise batch of scorpions!!

all very nice pickups.i love mantises,always lookin so wise and all.
that wouldve been hilarious to see em following that fly with their lil bobble heads.

Totally agree with you. And they are so cute when you walk around, they follow you with their head The madagascan marbled mantids are real rogues when it comes to sneaking up on their prey

right so wheres the best place in the uk to get ghost mantids from? any suggestions?

Haha, nice

Dont tell me you dont know about UK Mantis Forums!

I've ordered all my mantids from there ^^ Except for the ghosts lol. I bought the ghosts on ebay:)

Here is a link I found for you FEEDER FOOD - 1 x Ghost Mantis Nymphs - L3/L4

haha i cant deal with more than one forum i get all confused lol

Look at my post again, I threw in a link for you ;P

EDIT: Didnt realise it until now, but thats actually the guy I bought the ooth from

Oooh cool thank you

right ive just purchased 2 mantids and a tub of fruit flies woohoo

do you have a caresheet lol? i know they go in tub with moist kitchen paper or something right? do they need heat or anything?

Bex you are crazy!!

How long do they live? 6 months?

Temperature: 22-29 celsius
Humidity: 60-70%. Spray a side of the enclosure so that they can drink.
Food: Feed them all they can eat every 2-3 days. I feed mine almost every day.

Its better to use something that holds humidity better than paper towels in the bottom Put in some branches or plastic plants so that they can easily climb to the top.

They grow to around 5 cm and they are the most communal mantid species. They sit and wait for their prey more than run after it, and wont go to the bottom of the enclosure to take food, so flying or climbing food is preferable.

If you follow these tips you will have healthy, happy mantids

Pluto
As adults they live typically for around a year.

Finally got a hold of some Liocheles australiasae!




I got 2 tiny ones and one bigger

Wow That is tiny!

Gratz

aw cute lil fella

yes pluto i am indeed crazy haha

got some pots today need to get some holes in the lids...so are you recomendeing i use something other than paper?...substrate or something?

Yeah. I use the same substrate I would use in a forest scorpion tank

If you do use paper, make sure to never let it be dry for over a day

aww its mini

Ok, so one of the small ones managed to drown in a drop of water.. The other one had almost drowned too but I managed to rescue it. Lesson learned: Do NEVER let there be any drops on the side of the tank when spraying such small scorpions enclosures..! Damnit =/

Awwww

omg thats odd!! RIP lil dude

Pretty sad

Why is it odd?

could understand it drowning in a water bowl but from a drop on the side?? that is odd how small are they? how big was the drop?

They're smaller than a drop of water. It couldn't get out because of the water membrane.

aaaawwwww so sad

Yeah =/ Poor thing

0.0.2 Cyriocosmus elegans


0.0.1 Cyriocosmus sellatus

0.0.1 Cyriocosmus venezualensis

They have some sick colors!! Too bad you cant really see it in the pictures
0.0.3 Acontista multicolor (Mantis)




0.0.6 Sphodromantis gastrica



0.0.1 Moimantis payakullii


also got homoeomma uruguayensis (freebee), cyriocosmsu perezmilesi and 3 M. payakullii ooths

Also found out that i must have a ghost mantis roaming around my room because I found its molt in the roof, lol.


Good day ^^

omg so cute and the T has a heart on its ab thats awesome