Recent content by Rydiante

I love ghosts! Yours are around the same age as my little one :) Edit- Hah, in the first post I mean!

Nice! I'd agree with the others on vermiculite as a bad choice for a standard substrate. I use it as a water absorption layer in my bio-enclosures, that's really what it's best for :).

Thanks for the kind words, I'm sorry to hear about the Carolina :(

I've got a 4th instar indian flower mantis that isn't moving but is still alive. She was hanging out near the bottom of her cup last night and now she isn't moving at all and is crumpled up athe bottom. i tried to get her to eat honey but nothing is working. I dont know what to do. i have no...

Those look amazing! I want to make something similar for my ghost mantis!

Awesome! I have an L3 myself, looking forward to their molt :D

Ordered my first mantis from him, a Spiny Flower! The thing was packed amazingly as everyone has said and arrived alive and healthy despite the sudden snowfall we got! he/she just ate two fruit flies! So cool!

One of my favorite species. Great pics!

Thanks for the response! I'll see how they do with the climbing & add extra stuff in there if needed. If it really doesn't work out I'll switch to using a deli-cup. I'll see what I can do about replacing the mesh.

We're expecting the arrival of our first mantis soon, an Indian Flower :D! I went out and bought some jars/flowers/ect and made three tentative setups. The tiny jar will be for the earlier instars (they only grow to like an inch-inch and a half as adults), the bigger jar for subadult/adult and...

I've got a couple in mind, but my top picks are either an indian flower, spiny flower or a ghost at this point :3

New hobbyist here looking to purchase her first Mantis or two. Here's a list of species that have caught my attention. Everything I've read is saying buy L3 or higher so that's what I'm aiming for! I'm from Wisconsin, USA, and my area is due for a weirdly mild next week so I figure now is the...

Hi! New to the hobby and this seemed like the best place to go. I've been stalking here for awhile before deciding to get serious and actually look into buying something! Super excited about owning a Mantid or two :D

Hey! Decided to join after looking into owning Mantises/Mantids. I know very little about housing/caring for them/the different species and am hoping to learn more from this forum ^_^