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NBLADE
02-13-13, 03:49 PM
Thought i'd start introducing the collection, and the invert folder is up first lol.

So first off, the scorpions.

Emperors

http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/36941_134416259925060_4172978_n.jpg

http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/35382_134416423258377_1405842_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/37689_134416596591693_4279331_n.jpg

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/36941_134416243258395_322764_n.jpg

Red claw

http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/35382_134416429925043_521318_n.jpg

desert hairy

http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/37689_134416616591691_4329750_n.jpg

http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/38040_134416746591678_7121502_n.jpg

and

indian forest scorpion

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/37753_134417009924985_5873934_n.jpg

The tarantulas next.
NBLADE
02-13-13, 03:55 PM
salmon pink bird eater

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/37753_134417003258319_7487575_n.jpg

orange baboon

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/59087_148113805221972_2946722_n.jpg

chille rose's

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/522379_489920944374588_1268885380_n.jpg

http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/402355_336440656389285_1361504789_n.jpg

chinese mantis

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/36941_134416249925061_5058086_n.jpg

and to show the size

http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/36941_134416256591727_4380557_n.jpg

flower mantis

http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/37753_134416986591654_3504542_n.jpg
NBLADE
02-13-13, 04:00 PM
giant australian mantis

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/34255_134416866591666_2359346_n.jpg

and giant asian mantis

http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/34255_134416869924999_6397966_n.jpg

another flower mantis

http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a445/Niall14/Inverts/other/june2008hg93.jpg

another chinese mantis

http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a445/Niall14/Inverts/other/2008april16.jpg

orchid mantis

http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a445/Niall14/Inverts/other/Photo0368.jpg

borneo forest scorpion

http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a445/Niall14/Inverts/scorpions/P7300110.jpg

and a male desert hairy

http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a445/Niall14/Inverts/scorpions/PB250170.jpg

Hope you like.
GarterPython
02-13-13, 04:33 PM
Awesome pictures I love the orchid mantis
BarelyBreathing
02-13-13, 05:05 PM
These are fantastic! I really need to expand my scorpion collection.
NBLADE
02-13-13, 05:28 PM
Awesome pictures I love the orchid mantis

cheers, the orchid is a stunning mantis, crazy to think something that looks like that can be so aggressive lol.


These are fantastic! I really need to expand my scorpion collection.


Definitely, you can never have too many scorpions lol, i love the desert hairys, so much attitude, am waiting for the next lot to come in so i can get some more for myself.
BarelyBreathing
02-13-13, 09:21 PM
I was going to ask what your favorite was. That answers that question. I currently only have an emperor and a whip.
alessia55
02-13-13, 09:44 PM
Oh man the hairs on some of those scorpions and spiders really give me goose bumps! You've got quite the collection though!
NBLADE
02-14-13, 06:39 AM
I was going to ask what your favorite was. That answers that question. I currently only have an emperor and a whip.

Lol yea would probably be the desert hairys for pure attitude and looks, emperors for size and the fact you can handle them easier.


Oh man the hairs on some of those scorpions and spiders really give me goose bumps! You've got quite the collection though!

That is why i prefer the scorpions to the tarantulas, you don't get the hair flicking from the scorpions, so don't end up itching for days when a red knee or goliath tarantula flick their hairs at you.
And thank you :)
Trent
02-14-13, 09:12 AM
Great pics!!
NBLADE
02-14-13, 12:33 PM
Great pics!!

thank you :)
shaunyboy
02-14-13, 05:49 PM
the flower mantis is beautiful

the chinese mantis,actually looks chinese imo mate :shocked::yes:

cheers shaun
BarelyBreathing
02-14-13, 07:12 PM
the chinese mantis,actually looks chinese imo mate :shocked::yes:


Oh no he didn't! :eek::eek:
poison123
02-15-13, 11:26 PM
the flower mantis is beautiful

the chinese mantis,actually looks chinese imo mate :shocked::yes:

cheers shaun

HAHAHA! It really does.
DragonsEye
02-16-13, 10:47 AM
Some very nice critters ya got there. :)
Ms. Medusa
02-16-13, 11:11 AM
Awesome pictures I love the orchid mantis

I agree! Plus the flower mantis! What awesome creatures! All of them are beautiful!! Amazing close ups on some of them!
NBLADE
02-16-13, 01:47 PM
the flower mantis is beautiful

the chinese mantis,actually looks chinese imo mate :shocked::yes:

cheers shaun

The flower mantis do look great, blend right in when in a bunch of flowers aswell, and lol.

Some very nice critters ya got there. :)

Thank you :)

I agree! Plus the flower mantis! What awesome creatures! All of them are beautiful!! Amazing close ups on some of them!

Cheers, i do like my macro and super macro shots, the flower mantis are the hardest to get a good picture off, as they are very small and unlike many mantis wont stay still long enough for me to get a good one, it often blurs out.
Herpophiliac972
03-13-13, 04:44 PM
Awesome pictures, love the mantids. I used to have some of those, but the guy I was getting them from had a mite problem. I haven't gotten any since the summer, but I hope to be hatching an egg sac sometime this spring, and keeping some of the little guys. There is an abundance of Mantis religiosa and Tenodera sinensis in my area, I usually keep the latter. I hope to start catching some wild specimens, too. I live out by the farms, so insects and spiders are everywhere. I absolutely love it. Beautiful collection, by the way. Love the tarantulas. I am not allowed to have those as of yet, but we will see how negotiations transpire...
Revenant
03-13-13, 11:50 PM
Love the mantid pictures. I'd also like to see more photos of the orange baboon. What a nice color!
NBLADE
03-14-13, 11:57 AM
Awesome pictures, love the mantids. I used to have some of those, but the guy I was getting them from had a mite problem. I haven't gotten any since the summer, but I hope to be hatching an egg sac sometime this spring, and keeping some of the little guys. There is an abundance of Mantis religiosa and Tenodera sinensis in my area, I usually keep the latter. I hope to start catching some wild specimens, too. I live out by the farms, so insects and spiders are everywhere. I absolutely love it. Beautiful collection, by the way. Love the tarantulas. I am not allowed to have those as of yet, but we will see how negotiations transpire...

Thank you, and ah cool, it would be nice if i could go out and catch wild mantis, would love to do more field herping, but very limited over here unfortunately. It did take some negotiating to get my first tarantulas aswell lol, I eventually won her over.


Love the mantid pictures. I'd also like to see more photos of the orange baboon. What a nice color!

Thanks, I'll try and get more of the baboon, it is very tricky, one of the best looking spiders in my opinion, but he webs heavily and tunnels alot, normally only catch a glimpse of a leg sticking out of a burrow or an orange blur when he grabs food and drags it back inside lol, but i will see what i can do.
Herpophiliac972
03-17-13, 08:28 AM
[QUOTE=NBLADE;826581]Thank you, and ah cool, it would be nice if i could go out and catch wild mantis, would love to do more field herping, but very limited over here unfortunately. It did take some negotiating to get my first tarantulas aswell lol, I eventually won her over.

Yeah, with the tarantulas. It has been the same situation with my parents. They think I am insane, can't figure out why I want to catch little spiders and frogs and snakes and bring them in, much less why I would want "big furry, ugly spiders" in the house. I will not stop trying though. I have some ideas...