Excuse my naivety, but what is a straight show?

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Ah sorry, you're not naiive, I was just sloppy with my words. I meant it had only tables selling and no exhibits/entertainments/educational stalls as Bugfest and some AES events have.

Thanks Gill. Are there any others within about 100 miles of Liverpool?

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hi andie, do you have any more of those caterpillar castles like last year?

No sorry m8, i tried to order some more but my emails got ignored Are you back from your hols now?

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My Pets Dart Frogs0.1 Mexican Red Knee0.0.1 Versi Avic0.0.4 GBBVarious mantids1.0.0 Lab x Springer0.1.0 Moggy0.1.0 Senegal parrot

oh no! i wish i'd bought more now! yes i'm back from hols now, and my violin mantis is STILL not adult hehe, its healthy though

What !! the gongs i sold you?, are you keeping them in the fridge lol ..

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What's a caterpillar castle. Sounds good.

andie: one was a bit weak and died, but the one thats left is quite strong now, its just very slow at growing, it seems healthy and strong though, i might heat it up a bit as it has wing buds, it must be gearing up for another moult soon, hopefully the last one... its been around for so long now i've lost track of its instars! lol! it will probally go on for annother 12 months as an adult at this rate!

plant: catterpillar castle are these really cool products that this company sells LiveMonarch.com Soft Cage Castle

unfortunately thier based in america andie was selling some at bugfest last year, i bought one, its fantastic for my gongy, but i can see it being useful for everything from mantids to phasmids, unfortunately he cant get hold of them anymore

Why not just order one yourself of the website? I've just ordered a 12'' cube one £7.19 inc P+P, they look like the perfect mantid house. Thanks for the link to the website

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