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    dermestid beetles

    the only "infestation" type problems ive heard about with dermestid beetles is if you have any taxidermy in the house, the individuals i know that use them for cleaning skulls and such keep them in a shed or garage in a seperate building from their workshops and homes.....escapees will destroy...
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    jumpers in Montana.......

    now that i have a better camera im going to start documenting the ones i find.....
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    katydids......have a friend looking for them....

    he knows its a shot in the dark, especially this time of year....believe he has stated he is checking out the research end(he is in the research field though on bacteria, not bugs) and may have found one source, but it was a big maybe when i talked to him last yesterday morning......
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    katydids......have a friend looking for them....

    he registered today but apparently didnt get confirmed before he left work and wont be able to post until he gets back on Monday.....so ill post it for him to give this a two day start.... he is raising Gastrotheca, Anotheca and Ecnomiohyla frogs, they are eating alot of crickets which are...
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    jumpers in Montana.......

    these lil spiders fascinate me.....anyone have a ball park figure on how many species might be present in Montana? im sure ive seen near a dozen different ones......had a "pet" one for one summer.....i had noticed him about June patrolling the walls of our bedroom, had to be near 1/3 of an inch...
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    The Dead Animal Room

    the not endangered comment was meant for the elephant only, sorry if i was unclear..........
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    The Dead Animal Room

    for those of you who dislike hunting should REALLY take a very close look at who is doing the most to conserve lands and help out animals such as the rhino's and elephants( which are not endangered) and se just where the vast majority of the funds to protect these animals comes from. one of the...
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    Florida milli pics

    made the long trip to Florida last week to do the Disney stuff with the kids.....didnt get to do much exploring but found a few critters including this 6 or 7 inch long critter. would have liked to get more pics but my camera battery died after these pics and i lost him under a log while...
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    Isopod enclosures

    no oak leaves here.............mine feed on magnolia leaves a friend in Georgia collects for me for dart frog tanks. originally put a few in the isopod tanks as "hides" that would make collecting them to feed critters easier.......turns out they love to eat the leaves. they dont seem to be...
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    My other hobby, skeletonization

    hybrid Cattleya and Oncidiums work well as they can stand it a bit dryer than some of the others. start with cheap ones you find at Home Depot or such. the Phal's dont work as well cause they dont like it that dry
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    My other hobby, skeletonization

    you guys are my kinda ppl............impressed with the women aswell ive been told on other forums that im way to proud of this thing :D
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    im infested...................

    only issue is i dont have any critters big enough to eat the adults..........guess i get to go shopping for a new pet in the spring :D going to let them do their thing for the next 3 months
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    im infested...................

    ive got prolly over 200 discoids and dubias now.......................cant belive that there is no smell after spending 2 days in shipping couped up in that box.........ive had a dozen cricket make MUCH more odor in under 12 hours......these things are sweet! only issue, they like to go...
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    wood for encloser

    shouldnt harm inverts at all though prolly should be rinced well before use incase the inverts are sensitive to salt because some of this is harvested right up to coasts
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    wood for encloser

    here is what i use for dart frogs which are prolly ALOT more sensitive than inverts. grape wood(dried grape vines, usually found at pet stores after its been sand blasted) bog wood(this is the really dense stuff often used in aquariums) ghost wood(only ever found it availible through one...
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    New to scorpions..please help

    ive got a hadrurus arizonensis very cool scorp. i plan on getting more. she is quite active and interesting to watch
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    Spotted pythons.

    yes..............and so did i BUT they still viewed warm things as food until proven otherwise. i always fed them in seperate containers cause all 3 shared the same cage. once they smell food they started biting most anything that moved including each other. even with this i still got bit on...
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    received a surprise today.............

    JSN, how can you tell? im not doubting you but ill prolly be getting more next spring and would like to be able to sex them myself for the most part
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    received a surprise today.............

    here it is................before i get it in a bigger tank is there and easy way to tell the sexes apart with these? also does it appear to be adult sized to you guys? other than a one cricket meal a day before shipping its as caught
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    Latrodectus Hesperus walking on hand,...!!!

    actually if you are aware they are there, they pose lil danger. the problem is when they feel they are being crushed you get bit. if they can move freely they arent going to bite you.
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