Mantids

Red Hand

Ive always had an interest in these creatures. But they dont exist in Ireland, do they? Could someone help?

Banphrionsa

Loaf sized bread crumb.

Blub2k4

Banphrionsa wrote:

Loaf sized bread crumb.

Are you sure you didn't mean to post in the surrealists forum?

Red Hand

Thats about as surreal a post as they come.

Shelli

My boyfriends used to keep them, ill ask him where he got his, but your best bet would be to try places that sell reptiles, arachnids and exotics, they could probably order them in for you even if they had none in stock.

tonym

www.bugsdirectuk.com theydo them and will post them to u

andy1249

Dublin city centre , there is a shop called Reptile haven just down from christchurch! They have em.

tonym

thats righ andy ben is great in there he will piont u in the right direction

Red Hand

Thanks for the help people. Though, this poses the question of just getting a female or a male to keep her company. Would it be crude to buy a male also? I know they often end up as dessert.

tonym

dont know alot about them but if they are anything like spiders then just get one cos as soon as a spider mates the female eats the male

Banphrionsa

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote:

Thanks for the help people. Though, this poses the question of just getting a female or a male to keep her company. Would it be crude to buy a male also? I know they often end up as dessert.

More precisely, don't they lose their heads?

Red Hand

Its true. Ive seen it in nature documentaries. The male usually continues with the mating though. Rather gruesome.

Males of many species often lose their heads when it comes to females.