It's funny how when I was watching this a female Carolina mantis came onto my window

I've found keeping in alcohol prior to pinning works great so that you don't have to freeze or rehydrate after drying!

i know some people might find pinning and preserving dead pet insects to be sad or a bit macabre but i actually wanted to say that i very recently became interested in caring for insects due to my interest in preserved and pinned insects. I had bought a madagascar sunset butterfly that had been preserved and have it displayed on my wall, then acquired a medium sized pinboard that had been framed of multiple local species. Last week, my 3yo daughter found a beetle in our house and screamed like it had shot her... my mom asked me to identify it and i found out it was a harlequin flower beetle. I thought it was already dead and wanted to keep it to pin it because of how beautiful it is.... but then it suddenly came to life! I quickly put him in a mason jar and have been feeding him banana and misting him daily. I just upgraded him to a larger enclosure and want to get into mantis and other beetles because of their beauty. i plan on pinning and preserving each of them that I get. So even though it can seem sad and macabre... Just know it can also attract people to the hobby. I know there are people who also just might catch and kill insects to preserve them and I think that is messed up, just to be clear about that. I plan to just let them live out their life as luxuriously as a little buggo can and then preserve them when they naturally die. :)

@thewindgamer2607

5 жыл бұрын

AshLilyNeko that seems cool, im also a bit curious about insect pinning but i found that there are not many videos on yt about it. Do you know how to frame insects?

@kesna8

3 жыл бұрын

Was going to start keeping mantids and knowing they only live a few months I was already thinking of preserving them in resin in different poses.

I like your praying mantis pinning video it is one of my favorite videos.I hope you make more praying Mantis Pinning videos In the future because I like them and they're so Interesting. And very neat I did see the video when you pinned the ghost Mantises up it was amazing.😊

Maybe do a video on resin casting one of these specimens? That would be interesting

@thesalviniadude3882

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe he came to his friends funeral

I am in fifth grade and I told my teacher that I make wet specimens and she gave me a huge praying mantis she found and I am going to try to pin it

Because of you, this became a goal of mine! So I picked up the hobby over a year ago. When my mantis recently died this week I noticed how dull his color became and handling the body proved too difficult to preserve :( Do you have any tips right after they die?

You did very good, how many times have you done this ??

Tbh you did a great job, they looked alive and like they were in a flight stance, if your forceps are too big for some pieces of the body you can use eyebrow tweezers!

My Hierodula majuscula is halfway through her life at the moment, so I'm going to save this video in preparation. I've never pinned an insect before, so this video will be a big help (though I don't think I'll be putting pins through her wings, I'll use paper haha)

Great Video! :) whats the song Name btw ? Sounds like Lo-fi hip hop

hey man!i really need your help.i found your channel today and im in LOVE with mantis right now!however,i dont know antything about them...could you make a video about everything a beginner should know?

@Enthusiclast

6 жыл бұрын

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What’s the song called in the background?

Came just in time for me wanting to pin a mantis

Poor little green bois just got fucking crucified #pinnedforoursins

Do you prepare the mantis somehow before pinning it? in the abdomen of a female is a lot of stuff. won't that rot?

@gfdereus8967

2 жыл бұрын

You can find some videos on emptying bugs for pinning if it's a worry

Does the abdomen deteriorate using this method?

Do you have to hydrate the mantis before pinning?

@hqezah_

2 жыл бұрын

No if it isn't dried

May I ask why you used so many pins? Just a general question about the practice ^___^

@NeonAmnesia

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it's common or not for people to do that, I just do it when I have a pet insect and it dies. But just to keep the insect in the position I want it when it dries. Because you can't move parts of the bug when it's dry (unless you rehydrate them).

Hey I have an idolomantis diabolica nymph and a unknown species ooth

A few questions, as our pretty girl enters old age and the pins are on stand-by: 1.) What do you put them in in the freezer to prevent frost bite? 2.) How long do they need to be in the freezer before you take them out to pin them? and 3.) Do you then need to freeze them again, or will they just dry like this after they've been frozen once? Thank you!!!

@sydneywalker8793

3 жыл бұрын

Ok so I don’t have as much experience with Mantis but I have done butterflies so I can speak from that experience. 1. I use an airtight container to freeze mine in, and I haven’t had an issue with frostbite. 2. I typically keep mine in the freezer for 24-48 hours when they’re fresh. 3. They just dry that way, no need to refreeze! Hope this helps!

Hey do they move when they are dead? Like a snake body or no?

@archegon1298

4 жыл бұрын

they do a death curl and shrivel up. (the saddest part about invert keeping)

@kyliethejellyfish

3 жыл бұрын

My dead mantises twitch a little before they are dead for more than a day

Sometimes they'll lay unfertilised ooths but as they're both WC only time will tell

@andrestoro2391

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean WC?

@jenniferhanson1640

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrestoro2391 I'm thinking wild caught? We've had ours since she was a juvenile, so I know any eggs she lays won't be fertilized, but his could have been before he caught them...

My mantis yoshi died today 💔

Ooooh the music my boy

@Model_BT-7274

2 жыл бұрын

What's the music?

you know so much about praying mantis, why did mine bite me 😭, I literally just had it for 2 days

@bixquii9337

4 жыл бұрын

Did the bite hurt???

@NEBU101

4 жыл бұрын

Your mantis thought you were prey. My female Hierodula sp Blue has done this with my finger when she was hungry. You’re not doing anything wrong, just means it’s hungry. So be sure to feed it!

This is a little sad

@A__K_-yj5iv

6 жыл бұрын

Not in a bad way but the mantis died of natural causes right?

@Enthusiclast

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I sometimes freeze my bugs when they’re sick or dying, but all of my pinned bugs died of old age.

@A__K_-yj5iv

6 жыл бұрын

Enthusiclast thank you I just wanted to know

@kimmykim1373

4 жыл бұрын

And so two comments became best friends :forgot my favorite bug was a mantis

btw releasing spiders outside doesnt do anything. most spiders found in homes are spider species which have developed in such a way that they can live only in houses so either they get back in in which case putting them outside has no effect or they die. in that case you might aswell feed them to your mantis ^^

Kasihan

jesus christ prayer pose

Really dont mean to be rude or anything but what was the purpose of this?

@turtlemanturtle5664

6 жыл бұрын

Grant Kelly frame it

@Enthusiclast

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'll frame them when they dry.

@archegon1298

4 жыл бұрын

EDUCATION!

I feel sorry for them.😔

What a weird thing to do in your free time

@garretthigginbotham6122

3 жыл бұрын

You’re weird for watching

The mental house needs you there badly with chain and shackles.

@pytsteph

4 жыл бұрын

you're an idiot

@madelynt1615

4 жыл бұрын

Shut up ya close-minded pansy

@alexeiadjepong1581

3 жыл бұрын

Woodilant go fuck ur self fuck face.

This is wrong..