Hello I have been keeping african mantids for a while now and wanted to start breeding them as i have to replace them every six months or so when they die. The...
Hello Paul, Perhaps they are not experienced enough to tell which sex they are.... However, probably the simplest answer is to buy an egg batch (ootheca) or 10...
Hi Have a look on this insect livestock board for a UK supplier - there appear to be one or two selling mantids or ootheca: My only reccomendation would be...
We've kept ladybug 'pets' for several months & they seem to be doing just fine on apples & lettuce. But a couple of the ladybugs' wingtips are turning a...
Depends what sort of ladybug/ladybird you have. Most species are carnivorous - although they will eat fruit to raise their sugar levels or out of desperation....
Hi I am new to the listserv. I have a mentee who is working on a high school bug project focusing on forensic entomology and beetles. I need help in coming up...
Paul, Thank you for your input re: ladybugs. I'll have to check & see if they're carnivorous or herbivorous. El __________________________________ Do you...
six or seven months ago my daughter brought home a tarantula. I haven't identified the species or sex but it's rather small (@ 3 inch body) and is grey with a...
take it easy on how hot you make his saroundings, realistically they do very well at room temp aprox 70 to 75 especially if you have an under tank heater also...
you might get two messages but i think i screwed up sending the first one. first i would drop your temp a bit all my spiders do very well at room temp...
I do not know a lot about tarantulas, but I guess that it's not normal that he/she doesn't eat. I have a big female of a tarantula, she has moulted twice and...
oooh. i've seen those bird eaters at the zoo. those are some big spiders. in general i have never been afraid of spiders and have handled them - to take them...
Thanks for the advice! ... normal that ... moulted ... and she ... give her, ... not have ... cut the ... katydid ? ... Well, the ... male there ... anuncios -...
An insect found by a friend of mine this summer. Information about where it was found "The location was Cabilla Wood, just southeast of Bodmin, Cornwall and...
It's an ichneumon fly, a type of parasitic wasp. Perhaps someone else can state the actual species. But that is one helluva photograph!! Here's some stuff from...
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Thanks for the responses. In case it is of interest the picture was taken with a Nikon Coolpix 4500, which seems a very good camera (for its price) for...
Dear Friends, I am from Mumbai (India). Every year in our forests I find a series of off-hite oval papery structures measuring 2-3 cm on tree barks. They...
I have them in my garage. It is flat, white and fuzzy. Almost looks like it has a worm inside. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG...
There are several helpful websites and several ladybird surveys. Have a look at:- http://www.leef.org.uk/articles/article.php?id=21 as a starting point....
Most ladybirds eat homopteran insects (aphids, scale insects and the like) however some will eat other insects (beetle larvae, for instance), quite a few are...
I live in southern california. Is their such a thing as a mosquito eater? A larger species of mosquito that eats normal small mosquitos. My brother's Science...
I am afraid the Science Teacher is right, there aren't any large adult mosquitoes that eat other mosquitoes. There are many species of Crane Flies that look...
Hello guys, 1. Stumbled across a green/brown bug (look under "Adam's Bugs" in "Photos") on my dinner table over a week ago, which I suspect its type's a...
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