Recent content by Pseudoharpax

Hello, I only came across this now... congratulations on your work! It's hard to find something so scientific on a breeders forum. The results are very interesting, I wonder if these data can be confirmed by larger scale studies. Did you find anything relevant about instars after L3?

Thanks! It's only the second time I use Imgur so I don't know much about this software. Next time I'll surely do as you said ;)

Hi everyone, hope you like this mantids from my breeding :) Epaphrodita musarum adult female: https://imgur.com/cz6b23l Phyllocrania paradoxa adult female: https://imgur.com/fOadQkw Details of her head: https://imgur.com/oYoygz3 Hymenopus coronatus adult male: https://imgur.com/eY79qFD...

I'm looking for Epaphrodita musarum adult/sub males. Let me know if you have some or know someone who has them available. Better if European keeper, as I live in Italy. ? Thanks in advance.

I don't have experience with this species but I'd suggest you putting your pair in a big decorated net cage and placing a little fan near the box. Wind seems to help in mating Deroplatys. Males will not take action at all if you watch them constantly so feed the female as much as possible and...

They can be fed roaches, but not as the only source of food. Moreover, they can cause the female to produce deformed ooths. I'd suggest you feeding flys!

I used springtails just for the first meals, but then they already became able to grab melanogasters.

@Connor Good luck with Otos!  Get some little food because not all the hatchlings will eat readily melanogasters! I bought pinnas from MantidenDealer.

@Ocelotbren thanks for the advice!

Hi everyone! I hope you'll like these pics of some of my mantids: Asian Flower Mantis (Creobroter gemmatus) sub male https://imgur.com/a/EgXbl Peacock Mantis (Pseudempusa pinnapavonis) adult female https://imgur.com/a/HbY8M Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) L6 female...

Thanks

Hello everyone, are roaches (Blatta lateralis and Phoetalia pallida) a good stable source of food for Orchid Mantis? Thanks in advance.

Top Female, bottom Male ;)

Give them banana. It works perfectly with Ghosts. Lots of years ago I had a huge problem with live food and my ghosts fed for the time of 2 molts only on banana and they survived!

Hi, I'm Tom from Italy and at the moment I have 4 Creobroter gemmatus adult males with no female. If you have any adult or subadult female for sale let me know via private message. It would be a pity to let this 4 males die without mating...