are these wild caught ?the ones that bite? or raised by a breeder?ones from the wild are more likely to bite..hence why iv never been bit..cause all mine are captive bred.iv been on the mantis forums for about 3 years..never seen any one been bit..just 1 guy(robb) who had a very various...
plus its very dangerous.like iv said allready there claws are very hard and very sharp..i wouldn't not risk it when locust are regular averball.a praying mantis is top of the insect world..its got to be respected for that surely?these things take down snakes for gods sake and insects 3X there...
iv bred and raised 100s of different mantids..lots of different species..for over 3 years..iv never been bit once..it does not happen!!! unless your upsetting it ir grabbing it or trying to hurt it.
i got the prettiest species.. ;) i breed them and raise various mantids..and to think u would feed a healthy mantis to your chameleon sickens me.you guys have no heart..iv had a few pms asking me where i get my mantids..after seeing this thread i wont be returning any of the pms.
Dont be so bloody crule..these arnt feeder food.any way the front claws could get stuck in there throat and could cut there throat..are you willing to risk that?
i used a canon 400d slr with canon 60mm macro lens and canon mt-24ex twin macro flash.i set iso to 100,shutter speed to 200 and fstop to 16..this way i got a black background as long as theres nothing behind the subject.
very heathy..my boy is growing fast
im after a male panther baby..if any one knows of somone who has some for sale in the west of the uk pease pm me:)
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100 gallon exo-terra flexi.15 watt 5.0 uv in side with 100 watt basking lamp on top.im having to use a 100 watt because my bedroom is pretty cold.
for now iv put some towels over the back and side to keep the warmth in..what i could do with is some blanks of wood fastened against the side and...