Some pics of my inverts

nomad85

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Phasmid, Extatosoma tiaratum

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Pretty Dubia
 
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A scorpion with a crap tail and really long legs

Heh, thats one's opinion. Called Whipscorpions because their front two legs have become very elongated. They are called "Vinagaroons" because they have to ability to spray actual acetic acid, aka vinegar, out of their tail. About 85% of the spray is acetic acid. It's like built in pepper spray. It also has a chemical that can eat through chitin, a main ingredient in exoskeletons, so it's effective against inverts too. They look like they're straight from a nightmare and really cool too.

Also, what is the story on that phasmid?? Very cool looking.
 
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Its a young female austrailian stick insect. They are parthenogenic. They eat leaves of bramble, blackberry, and other varius plants. When they reproduce without a male the ova(eggs) take nine months to hatch, when they are mated, it only takes four months. I got mine from a lab at my school. I think they are APHIS resticted so dont tell anyone:)
 
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Cool. I won't tell because i dont even know what aphis is... what is it? :)
 
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Aphis

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services is actually now a part of homeland security. It also falls under the USDA , United State Department of Agriculture. These guy regulate the shipping of insects INTO the USA and from STATE to STATE. This means the majority of the insects sold should have a 526 permit from these guys. I've found it takes a long time to get this permit, but with all the proper info it's possible sometimes. In recent years they have been cracking down on millipedes and mantids for some reason, but sticks, land snails, and locust have always been the biggest issues with them. Although 99% of the people keeping these are responsible there concern is the 1%. Things like land snails and sticks produce very well and let's say your local kindergarden teacher stick has babies and she gives them away, how many end up getting set free by parents or somebody else that doesn't want them. Also, since some of these can breed without males a single bug can reproduce. So with all this said becasue they are now part of homeland security they have more pressing issues and it doesn't seem like they focus on insects as much. Most of the insect trade has kind of just been low key anyway and you can pretty much find any of the above mentioned insects without trying to hard. Each state also has a Department of Agriculture which may have different issues than the feds. Also, you can't forget Fish & Wildlife which say, think, and do have a say so when shipping insects out of the US. I have been caught by both these agencies without permits in my early days. APHIS just held my bugs and was going to destroy them before there labs decided I could keep them. (I would have just been warned not fined). Fish & Wildlife said they would have just warned me if I didn't mis-label my box so instead I paid a $225 fine. So I guess what I'm trying to say is there are groups that regulate insects and it's just one of those don't go telling the world things if your keeping one of the above mentioned things without permits.
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james said:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services is actually now a part of homeland security. It also falls under the USDA , United State Department of Agriculture. These guy regulate the shipping of insects INTO the USA and from STATE to STATE. This means the majority of the insects sold should have a 526 permit from these guys. I've found it takes a long time to get this permit, but with all the proper info it's possible sometimes. In recent years they have been cracking down on millipedes and mantids for some reason, but sticks, land snails, and locust have always been the biggest issues with them. Although 99% of the people keeping these are responsible there concern is the 1%. Things like land snails and sticks produce very well and let's say your local kindergarden teacher stick has babies and she gives them away, how many end up getting set free by parents or somebody else that doesn't want them. Also, since some of these can breed without males a single bug can reproduce. So with all this said becasue they are now part of homeland security they have more pressing issues and it doesn't seem like they focus on insects as much. Most of the insect trade has kind of just been low key anyway and you can pretty much find any of the above mentioned insects without trying to hard. Each state also has a Department of Agriculture which may have different issues than the feds. Also, you can't forget Fish & Wildlife which say, think, and do have a say so when shipping insects out of the US. I have been caught by both these agencies without permits in my early days. APHIS just held my bugs and was going to destroy them before there labs decided I could keep them. (I would have just been warned not fined). Fish & Wildlife said they would have just warned me if I didn't mis-label my box so instead I paid a $225 fine. So I guess what I'm trying to say is there are groups that regulate insects and it's just one of those don't go telling the world things if your keeping one of the above mentioned things without permits.
James
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Yea, I had seen a special on animal planet about Florida and how they deal with the importation of animals. They claimed that one out of every two animals brought into the U.S.A. is illegal such that it is an endagered or protected species. They were not very clear about which exact animals but they did show that every single bird must be quarantined for 30 days by them before the owners can take them. I am not sure about the other types animals such as reptiles and insects whether they need to be quarantined or not but they did say that Florida does recieve the largest volume of reptiles as compared to any other U.S.A. state. It may be that every single imported animal needs to quarantined for 30 days.

So I guess next we are all going to be hardwired into big brother's network so they can determine if we are thinking something "undesirable".
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that african mantis sure looks a lot like the ones i find in my front yard....and i live in california{D
 
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Scorp_Lver said:
that african mantis sure looks a lot like the ones i find in my front yard....and i live in california{D
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That's a Sphrodomantis sp.
It's kind of obvious to me when you look at the coloration. It's almost like a pastel green.
 
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