Recent content by bob4bugs

Do you have any nursery plants in the enclosure? Under Enclosures and Housing, I posted where nursery plants killed 24 of my 30 mantis. http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=22283

UPDATE ON OUR 24 out of 30 mantis deaths from posting #1 Today is August 20, and there has been no additional deaths since August 17. We hope that the problem is now solved. The remaining 6 seem to be doing well. The following are the nursery comments: 1) If and when we spray indoor plants...

I am posting this as a standalone warning so that others can avoid what we have gone through. This is a follow-up on my previous posting under “Tank & Herbs/plants?” as posting #6 http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=22053&st=0&gopid=166500& A basic review is that...

HELP…………My mantis are dying a day after I changed their sponge world habitat to indoor plants from a local nursery. My Tenodera sinensis hatched in Sponge World on 7/13. Everything was fine. And they were done with the 3rd molt. I released many in my yard. On August 14, I redid the cage to...

Oothecae orientation. I am sorry for this basic question, but even "...Keeping Aliens" is unclear on this. My two Tenodera aridfolia ooths are hung as per the photos. Is this correct? Dome side up, point down. This is easy to change, as the sticks are moveable. Thank you,