08/08/2024
Been overwhelmed with work and life lately, but enjoy some pictures from feeding time last night 💕
Can’t wait to see you all in November with some cool babies!
Mantis breeder and keeper
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Been overwhelmed with work and life lately, but enjoy some pictures from feeding time last night 💕
Can’t wait to see you all in November with some cool babies!
Find us here in November with lots of cool mantis species, some isopods, and some jumping spiders! Along with enclosures, feeders, stickers, and more!
Some 🦐🌸 hatching out this morning 💕
What a great Mother’s Day gift 🥰
‼️‼️For everyone asking where they could get one after the expo, here you go! Dropped at two places today. ‼️‼️
Go grab one while they are available!
‼️‼️Announcement ‼️‼️ I have also officially shut down my website. I have no plans to slow my breeding/hobby down, I just will no longer be shipping or have a website up. You can find me at the Phoenix Reptile Expo twice a year, and find my mantises in local stores around the valley. Thank you for all the support over the years and following my journey. I hope you will continue to follow my journey in case I ever decide to venture out of my state to other expos 🙂
Got Cat eyes back in my life 🥰
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This is where you’ll find us!
For anyone going to the expo, stay tuned to my page later today. I’ll be posting where my booth is located once I get over there 🙂
‼️‼️Expo Availability‼️‼️
For anyone coming to the Phoenix Reptile Expo this weekend, this is what we’ll have available! Some things will have limited availability. Come out and see us! We’ll have adults on hand that you can see and hold. They are usually a big hit with the kiddos 🙂 We hope to see you there!
Such a beauty 😍
Some of the mantis species I’ll have available at the expo in a couple weeks 💕
Rhombodera kirbyi laid me a nice big ooth this morning 🥰 I honestly thought she might die ooth bound because she was with a male for like 2 weeks that I could NEVER catch NOT connected to her to separate him. So she was paired a crazy amount.
2 Morning hatches already this morning 🥰
Vendor list is out! Hope to see you all there!
Phoenix Reptile Expo Vendor List
April 20th-21st
Hours Saturday 10-5
Sunday 11-5
Saturday Auction begins at 6pm
Tickets are cash only
Ages 18+ $12
Ages 17-6 $5
Ages 5 and under are free with adult admission
Free parking
No outside pets allowed
5150 RCT LLC
A&E Herps/Plant Bodega
Ant Gear
Apex Reptile/Cages
Arizona Mantids
Arizona Tortoise Compound
BADD Reptiles
BlackJack Reptiles
Brom’s Bug Box
Bug Cage Company
Cameron Lamb Exotics
Copper State Cresteds
Dezign’d Creations
Elegant Anomaly Reptiles
Extreme Dragons
Farland Exotics
Fork Tongue Farms
Freaks of Nature Reptiles
Golden Coast Exotics
Heather Bjornbo Veterinarian
Hold Fast
In Your Face Exotix
Jermination Ju**ie
JMG Reptile
Josh’s Frogs
Juan the Wood Guy
Jungle Box
LLL Reptile
Mancave Morphs
Millipedes and More
Nick’s Little Store
Phantom Dragons
Predators
Quality Geckos
Radical Reptile Fun
Redline Shipping
Reptile Avenue
Reptile Factory LLC
Rockin Reptiles
Roscoe’s/The Reptile Shop
Ruby Reptiles
San Tan Reptiles
Scales N’ Tails
Snakeful Grace
Sneks and Gecks
South Bay
Southland
Sun Devil Reptiles
The Pet Shop
Tice Reptiles
Timberline
TTPG
Urban Dragon
USARK
Vigils Iconic Royals
ZooMed
Getting closer! Don’t forget to stop by and see all the cool things we’ll have available!
Ghosts, Pseudacanthops, and Creobroter gemmatus hatched yesterday/today 🥰
Some of the isopods we are working on having available for at the expos as well. 💓
Just over 1 month out until the next expo! Lots of exciting things happening over here. Make sure you follow on IG if you want more frequent updates!
•Orchid babies doing well, will have a small amount available at the expo
•Will have larger babies available this go round for people not wanting a super small nymph
•Got a new breeding project in, Idolomantis diabolica 🤩
• Last night I paired my first of 3 females of Choeradodis rhomboidea 😍
Little babies that hatched yesterday while I was out 💕
Getting ready for the expo in April 🙂
*SHIPPING UPDATE*
Hey everyone! I get asked daily about when I’ll be shipping again. My life recently has become very hectic and I truly do not have the time to be shipping like I used to. So I’ve made the decision that I’ll only ship moving forward if the purchase is ~$100 before shipping costs AND weather permitting. I know packages can make it fine in colder weather, but I’m going to be pickier about it than I used to be. I’ll only ship if your highs on delivery day are between 50-90 degrees. No exceptions to any of these rules. Sorry for the inconvenience or for anyone who wants just 1 mantis, it just isn’t what works best for me at this time. I’ll primarily be selling at expos/to local reptile stores moving forward. Thank you for understanding! 💕
El Mirage, AZ
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Been busy breeding and raising up my breeding groups. If you are on my IG then you saw my excitement yesterday when my first captive bred by me macro ooth hatched 💕
⚠️PSA⚠️ After much thought over the last few months, I have decided I’m going to do a major pull back in the hobby. Things just aren’t what they were when I started and I have too much on my plate to keep going with all my breeding and nymphs not really selling. My room is too full and I’m not selling enough to pour so much of my time into it. I LOVE mantises and will still keep some always I’m sure. I’ve poured a lot of myself into this hobby and lately there hasn’t been enough to keep me going with it to the extent I was. I’ll still have my IG which (with less mantises) will hopefully still have some cool content. However my website I will officially be shutting down at the end of December. In this month window while my website is still up, I plan on having some crazy sales to get rid of the crazy amount of mantises currently in my possession. Please do not ask for a steeper discount than what will be on the site because they will already be deeply discounted. *If it is not listed as a SEXED item, please do not ask me for sexed nymphs* I do not have the time to sit and sex every single one of my nymphs. As always PLEASE read shipping guidelines!!! I’ve had so many orders I’ve had to cancel lately for people picking the shipping option clearly labeled as “no live mantis or feeder”. Only 1 and 2 day shipping options are available for mantises. In extreme weather conditions (as listed on the website) only 1 day shipping is guaranteed. I will not ship and guarantee with any shipping if highs are below 40 degrees. All that being said, I’ve met some great people in the hobby who I know will continue to do great things. Thank you to all my loyal customers over the last two years ❤️ Some of you really kept me going! Be on the lookout for some crazy price drops 🙂
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