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    Temperature for tarantulas

    During the Winter my room gets to lows of 55 at night sometimes With heat off, and Summer I use an air conditioner room gets to low 60’s. Is it correct I cannot keep a tarantula? Typically my room is no lower than 65 and in Summer can get in the 90’s
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    Blaberus giganteus and random freakouts

    When I kept these I’ve observed the males do this. I don’t know the trigger but this causes them to go in a mating frenzy and I believe the males flying is smelling the females pheromones and them attempting to get to them quicker. I’ve had males fly out of the cage despite sites saying they...
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    Possible cause identified for monarch butterfly population depletion

    Have you tried going on Monarch Watch website, they have kits to tag migrating monarchs from all around the US and have great information as well as kits to raise monarchs for release and host plants. https://monarchwatch.org/
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    Bob The Hornworm Caterpillar

    I saw someone have a large enclosure for them to fly and set up a hummingbird feeder for them to eat from as they hover while they drink nectar.
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    African Giant Snail not eating

    You’ll want to feed more variety of food too. Apples, bananas, romaine lettuce, cabbage, cat kibble, dandelion leaves (no pesticides). These guys eat a lot as they grow. Also a cuttlebone or calcium powder. Ditch the light and mist with water from a spray bottle daily. They like to eat in the dark.
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    Odd mantis death

    Yes it had adequate water and it had eaten the same day. The abdomen did look smaller than usual before, but after the “seizure” it got dramatically smaller looking. This is a male by the way. I did feed insects from outside and greenery I cut in the cage for decoration, but all my other mantids...
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    Odd mantis death

    I had a mantis that was a perfectly healthy adult, and yesterday I see it jumping around and flipping over like a seizure, unable to control itself. Then I notice the abdomen shrink dramatically in size. It stayed alive but paralyzed overnight and just died, but I didn’t see any parasite emerge...
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    painted lady butterfly migration

    Are adults that migrate in my area in spring descendants of butterflies that left this location last year? I live in New York, was descendants of last years butterflies drawn to come back to my location or is it all butterflies, like how do they decide what state to go to if they all come from...
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    Bi-colored Ladybug

    I second it could be a gynandromorph
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    Any cactus growers here?

    I grow cactus, my speciality are Gymnocalycium Mihanovichii. I have various variegated specimens from around the World, some grown from seed by my own stock, and I grow those colorful grafted cacti which are actually the same species I mentioned above. I do have a few Astrophytum too. Garden...
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    Glue gun for silkmoth cocoons?

    This is a Luna for sure, it had very few silk threads on the twig but was hanging. I did some reading and you are right, most pupate on the ground; this one must of been the exception. I never knew this I learned something Do I just place it under a tree? How do predators not find and eat them...
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    Pepper Growers?

    I’ve been hybridizing peppers for years. My first crosses were the variegated; ornamental hot peppers. From those offspring I then crossed with a sweet bell pepper, the result is a hot pepper that tastes like it’s dipped in sugar.
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    Flower & Garden Seed Exchange

    Travis K, were you ever successful getting the Variegated Hibiscus from seed? I do gardening and that is one leaf color I don’t have.
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    Glue gun for silkmoth cocoons?

    I have a Luna cocoon that fell off a branch. I would like to use a glue gun to attach it to a new branch, is this safe?
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    Wild Leopard Frog Long Island need id

    So which species is this?
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    Wild Leopard Frog Long Island need id

    I didn’t know we had these on Long Island, what species does this look like? I only heard of a special population in NYC and Upsate NY.
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    Captive bred Lubbers

    I heard Roachcrossing sells them but I send and email and get no reply!
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    [Inquiry] Roachcrossing lubber grasshoppers

    I’ve been trying to contact roach crossing for months to order the lubber grasshoppers and never get a reply, did they shut?
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    Stick Insects in the US: Legal Questions

    I know native Walkingsticks die in Winter and eggs go through diapause and hatch in spring. How can tropical Walkingsticks eggs if in the wild suddenly go through diapause and survive? I don’t see how there’s any threat to them establishing in states with cold winters.
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    Spider and Insect lovers in NY, Long Island, NJ

    If you live in these areas and love spiders or insects, I made a Facebook group for us to network and communicate. You can post photos of your pets, wild insect photos, and share any stock for sale. It’s a fun group! https://m.facebook.com/groups/159742938013199
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