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#1 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 31 2017 - 9:35 AM

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Hi!
My parents told me this year that they would allow me to get some pets of my choice for my christmas (and birthday, which is December 27th) present. Of course I kind of want a new dog or a parrot, but that's probably asking for too much (I love my dog too much to get another, and a parrot needs too much attention for my busy schedule). I settled on choosing some sort of arthropod as a present. I'm having trouble choosing between the following. I can get a max of 3 total.

Some sort of cool Drosophila mutation
Solitary bees for outside

Macleay's Specter

Orchid Mantis

Budwing Mantis

Spiny Flower Mantis

Wandering Violin

Scolopendra sp.

Domino Roach

Hissing Roach

More Dubia Roaches!

Cryptocercus sp.

Bess beetle

Some sort of tarantula or scorpion

New formicarium

New terrarium

Zootermopsis sp. (probably just workers)

Purple Claw Hermit Crab (with some custom lavish terrarium setup)

Some sort of darkling beetle

Hawaiian morph Mourning Gecko (I know that this isn't an arthropod. I just want it because of nostalgia)

 

Sorry for this very random and strange thread.

 

Also, for those who misinterpreted the title, I have another question: What presents should I get for my pets?

All of my (captive) ants

All of my (wild backyard) ants

Firefly larva

Wolf spider

Grasshopper

Katydids

Tree Crickets

Yellow Jackets

Earthworms

Jumping bristletail

Ground Beetle

Springtails

Sowbugs

Probably some more that I'm forgetting, I'm writing this at school

Blacknosed Dace Fish

lil Doggo


Edited by Connectimyrmex, October 31 2017 - 2:57 PM.

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Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#2 Offline Chicken_eater100 - Posted October 31 2017 - 9:52 AM

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if you can find a reputable seller, hermit crabs will be my choice.  but hermit crabs are rather hard to take care of


and definitly a tarantula and or a scorpion



#3 Offline Chicken_eater100 - Posted October 31 2017 - 9:56 AM

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and get scolopendra polymorpha or scolopendra heros if you're lucky.



#4 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted October 31 2017 - 12:06 PM

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Tarantula and Hermit Crab, those are awesome.


I accidentally froze all my ants 


#5 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 31 2017 - 2:59 PM

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Sounds good so far! So far, I'm planning on a scorpion and a centipede, or maybe a tarantula if the scorpions are out of stock. Hermit Crabs sound good, but I can't find any sellers that don't sell painted shell crabs (those are always bad stores). 


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Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
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Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#6 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 31 2017 - 3:09 PM

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Actually, I might not get a Scolopendra centipede. I did a search on my preferred sources (Underground Reptiles and Bugs in Cyber Space) and the ones they sell are simply too large (I kind of wanted to raise one from a juvenile, like how I did with Scolopendra subspinipes in Hawaii).


Hawaiiant (Ben)

Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#7 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted October 31 2017 - 3:29 PM

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I would reccomend getting a wandering violin mantis as well as a new formicarium.



#8 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 31 2017 - 3:34 PM

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Hmm, sounds good as well!


Hawaiiant (Ben)

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Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#9 Offline Chicken_eater100 - Posted October 31 2017 - 6:26 PM

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if you do get a scorpion from bugsincyberspace, try to find an adult desert hairy scorpion, they tend to have molting problems.



#10 Offline Hunter - Posted November 1 2017 - 8:03 AM

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get a boa or a camilion



#11 Offline T.C. - Posted November 1 2017 - 8:09 AM

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Actually, I might not get a Scolopendra centipede. I did a search on my preferred sources (Underground Reptiles and Bugs in Cyber Space) and the ones they sell are simply too large (I kind of wanted to raise one from a juvenile, like how I did with Scolopendra subspinipes in Hawaii).

I recommend you check out "Ken the bug guy." Great service and critters. ;)



#12 Offline Chicken_eater100 - Posted November 1 2017 - 8:12 AM

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chicken is cool. B)

why thank you. :lol:


Edited by Chicken_eater100, November 1 2017 - 8:16 AM.


#13 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted November 1 2017 - 10:26 AM

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chicken is cool. B)

TennesseeAnts is better

 

Thanks Chicken!


Edited by TennesseeAnts, November 1 2017 - 10:26 AM.

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I accidentally froze all my ants 


#14 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted November 1 2017 - 11:45 AM

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chicken is cool. B)

why thank you. :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

chicken is cool. B)

TennesseeAnts is better

 

Thanks Chicken!

 

I'm cool too, right guys?
​no I'm not

 

Hunter, thank you for providing some options, but my parents hate snakes and I have no idea what a camilion is. Is it a type of snake morph?


Edited by Connectimyrmex, November 1 2017 - 11:46 AM.

Hawaiiant (Ben)

Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#15 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted November 1 2017 - 11:47 AM

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Actually, I might not get a Scolopendra centipede. I did a search on my preferred sources (Underground Reptiles and Bugs in Cyber Space) and the ones they sell are simply too large (I kind of wanted to raise one from a juvenile, like how I did with Scolopendra subspinipes in Hawaii).

I recommend you check out "Ken the bug guy." Great service and critters. ;)

 

I just checked it out, and it looks awesome! Thanks man!


Hawaiiant (Ben)

Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#16 Offline Chicken_eater100 - Posted November 1 2017 - 12:35 PM

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Hisses are also great. Pro tip: don't feed them Korean pears. Killed off all of them and two of my blue Death feigning beetles.
One even had its head fall off.

#17 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted November 1 2017 - 2:30 PM

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I love korean pears (i'm korean and stuff :P) but I know that they have an unidentifiable effect on insects. My old pet ants (Anoplolepis) had six workers die from drinking some juice from a slice of pear.


Hawaiiant (Ben)

Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#18 Offline Chicken_eater100 - Posted November 1 2017 - 2:40 PM

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The Koreans are taking over! I'm Korean too. Anyway, I don't know if it's just a coincidence or pesticides (my mom did get from Costco) but I'm never feeding my bugs that stuff again. Plus I haTe Korean pear so yeah

Edited by Chicken_eater100, November 1 2017 - 2:56 PM.


#19 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted November 1 2017 - 3:16 PM

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I can imagine a mantis being really awesome to keep, but I've never kept any.



#20 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted November 1 2017 - 4:03 PM

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The Koreans are taking over! I'm Korean too. Anyway, I don't know if it's just a coincidence or pesticides (my mom did get from Costco) but I'm never feeding my bugs that stuff again. Plus I haTe Korean pear so yeah

rip :P
I think that its just something in the fruit blood. My parents got it from one of those fancy schmancy korean markets. I used to hate the fruit a few years ago, but I'm starting to develop a taste for it.

 

I can imagine a mantis being really awesome to keep, but I've never kept any.

I'd love to keep some mantises again. I kept chinese mantises, carolina mantises, and some sort of giant african species that is living in feral populations in Hawaii.


Hawaiiant (Ben)

Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps





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