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They must be eating the pignut hickory thats next to the black oak I found them on. I'm going to go back and try to get a picture of an adult.

@Galapoheros Thats it! Thanks!

Found this weird fungus out in the woods. The center looked like the surface of a bubble.

Found about a hundred of these on a black oak tree in my back yard. My immediate thought was spotted lantern fly but I can't find any images that show this as an adolescent phase.

I have always loved the various Nephila species. Nephila senegalensis and Nephila turneri are at the very top of my list. A few years ago I was able to collect a pair of Nephila clavipes and it was the first and only species of arachnid I have bred and raised.

it would be difficult but could be worth the effort. I'm definitely thinking super custom. Let the species dictate the design.

letting something from nature be my teacher

It looks like a sapling. Maybe it's a clone of the tree next to it? I bet if you try to dig it up its going to be attached to big root.

R-O-U-S, I don't believe they exist!

I think the top left is Male and the rest are female.

One thing you can try in regards to feeding is to offer freshly molted crickets that are bright white. They have a soft exoskeleton that makes them irresistible.

Welcome to Arachnoboards! Is your whip scorpion an amblipygid or uropygid?

I noticed the same behavior with both of my D. medius so I built them scrape hides. now they spend 1/2 time on the cork and half under the hides. I think they are also much less tolerant to warmer and dryer climates then Damon Diadema.

I've heard that Damon Diadema can live for 15 years. I have had mine for a little over 4 years.

Is that a Mourning Cloak?

looks like a "Spring Peeper" to me.

Extatosoma tiaratum Ooooooo

thats great news!!!

it's that time of year, I lost a few over the past week.

IMO all Mantis are difficult to keep. Crazy expensive and time consuming for something so fragile and short lived. I highly recommend raising local species before even considering anything exotic. Tenodera sinensis and Tenodera angustipennis are both good starter species that get very large.