Recent content by Krumb94

Thanks for the warm welcome everybody! 😃

@Synapze You mentioned offering your mantids water droplets during handling. I would like to try that. How exactly do you go about doing this? Do you just put a water droplet on your hand or something?

Hi @Synapze, I live in South Florida and the humidity stays around 40 - 45% without misting. Do I need to mist so that my Heterochaeta Orientalis can drink the droplets, or will he get enough water from his flies? Thanks

Awesome thanks a lot!

Alright cool, thanks for the input!

Thanks for the replies! Do you think he's big enough for house flies already or should I wait for his next molt? He's only about 4cm long at the moment.

My Heterochaeta orientalis recently completed his first molt since I received him, but I'm not sure what instar he is. Would anyone who's familiar with this species like to offer an approximation for what instar he is? He is about 4 cm long right now. I would guess that he's an L3 but I'm not...

I have been feeding my young Heterochaeta orientalis D. Hydei fruit flies but have just run out of adult flies. I see that several of the larvae have entered the pupae stage. I've noticed that my mantid seems to enjoy eating the larvae. Is it okay to feed him the larvae until the adult flies are...

Hello everyone, I'm a 26 year old brand ambassador for a brewery who recently decided to get into the mantid hobby. I have a young Heterochaeta orientalis who successfully completed his molt a couple of days ago. I'm very excited to join the hobby and meet the community. Cheers!