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    Heating and Thermoregulation?

    Interesting... so you have to use some intuition there.  Does one use a thermometer and hygrometer at both the center and the outermost part of the wash, to establish a range of conditions?
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    Heating and Thermoregulation?

    Right, I get that.  I'm just wondering, why is it better not to have light?  Is it more energy efficient, or is it better for the mantids' well-being?  Sorry if I'm missing something obvious! Ahh, I see... learn something new every day! ☺️
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    Heating and Thermoregulation?

    Thanks for that!  So is there an advantage to ceramic heat emitters over light bulbs?  And, forgive me, but what does it mean to 'wash a lamp'?  (and in this case you use light bulbs, correct? when do you use light bulbs vs IR emitters?)
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    Best practice for communal setup?

    Wow nymphs emerging from their worm skin sounds like a sight to see!  Can't wait to try breeding 😄
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    Heating and Thermoregulation?

    @Synapze & @Tonypace2009 yeah I definitely gathered from you guys some valuable concepts I can base my own setups on!😊 It sounds like it takes some improvisation to get it right.  Thanks again for sharing your expertise
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    Best practice for communal setup?

    I see.  So you say hatched and come out of the worm skin, so what is the worm skin, is it the individual cell in the ooth, or something else, maybe shed after hatching?  Btw sorry for not responding sooner... I didn't receive notifications the last couple months and I thought folks were losing...
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    Heating and Thermoregulation?

    Ty for all the important details!  I would chuckle back at those folks 😄. Your methods sound ingenious and efficient.  Using a gentle heat source makes sense for a somewhat delicate creature like a mantid!   Is it a DIY project to hook heating cables to a control enclosure?  As you mentioned...
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    Heating and Thermoregulation?

    I have seen on the forum setups (posted by Synapze - please let me know if I should cite the post) for the individual mantis in 32oz. plastic specimen cups arrayed and stacked.  What I’m wondering is, what is the method for heating a setup like this, with individual containers?  I get that you...
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    Hello from SoCal

    Indeed. I get that 🙃
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    Hello from SoCal

    @hysteresis thank you much!  The endless info is great, but the nice people is even better 🙃
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    Hello from SoCal

    Thank you. Yeah it seems that way. :)
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    Hello from SoCal

    Thanks!😸👋
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    Best practice for communal setup?

    Apologies, I'm not certain whether imago is a term I don't know, or a typo 🤫😊 So do you mean "once they are adults" they will go into the butterfly cage? (after final molt?) Oh incidentally, so to clarify, is the first instar at hatching or after the first molt?  And I presume the final instar...
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    Best practice for communal setup?

    Thank you for the clarification!  So if I am not mistaken, you advise raising the mantids up to the age when you move them to the adults' communal tank (or whatever enclosure one uses), in the very same container you placed them in as nymphs, with the exception of skinny individuals?  So...
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    Hello from SoCal

    Thank you!  Lovely to be here 🙂
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