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Acromantis Formosana (Thai flower mantis) Ooths I have several of these for sale and have mated females ready to lay. All matings have been witnessed (and seem to do it several times over the course of a couple of days before he get of their back) I am asking £10 per Ooth and that will...

Gambian Spotted Flower Mantis Ooths (PSEUDOHARPAX VIRESCEN) I have several of three of these for sale and have only one mated female at the moment. The matings have been witnessed I am asking £10 per Ooth and that will include first class standard delivery. I will also ship outside UK for no...

This is for Odontomantis Planiceps (Ant Mantis) I have already sold several and had reports of hatching (one i kept back has also hatched) But my females are still producing and dont appear to be slowing down so i have reduced to £5 per ooth £2 Postage (1st Class Air Mail) buy 2 or more get...

Hi all Got several of these Ooths available and got females still laying so should have available for a while. UK = £10 INC Delivery If anyone not in UK is interested i will get my scales out and see how much its gonna be (roughly £3 postage i guess via airmail)

Hi all, Just wanted to see what was about at the moment when it comes to smaller varieties. Looking for something with an adult size of up to about 3 Cm (maybe 4) but i am after Ooths coz i wanna take them through the whole life cycle. If you can let me know what you have and how much you...

The Maggots in My bait tub are wet should i dry em what can i put in to dry em? will flour work?

I have a ghost ooth that i am told was laid on 2nd July, i have been reading up and the hatching time is 4-6 weeks according to the caresheet I do not know how accurate the times are and how late an egg can hatch it would have been 6 weeks Sunday 13 August How long would you guys give it till...

Order fruit flys? i see people always getting told off for not having a culture of fruit flies in when an ooth hatches i have an ooth and have been told mid august it will hatch when would you make an order for the flies? would you do it as early as now?

Are vivariums suitable for mantids in the fact that they are 5 of the 6 sides wood so their is not a mesh top for ventilation? If you had a tall vivarium how would you suggest is the best way of heating it for a mantids? For example 4 f00t high, as its wood the heat mat on the side of the...

www.mantisuk.com can anyone see this site??? everytime i click it asks for a username and password in a pop up box (i'd say popup box is like the one when first setting up and logging onto a router) I just wanna see if i got problems or if its the site thats always been wrong

I like the look of this american product & the 6.75" ones http://superiorenterprise.com/catalog/prod...products_id=134 But dont need that many, expect high postage and as there are so many the cost is high Does anyone know of anywhere in the uk selling these same things as i have been...

My Orchid female shed a couple of days ago it was her final shed all seemed to be going smoothly i had only recently squirted her tank well i had to go to work and wait to see when i got back how she was, she seemed ok she was on a wall all limbs working looking alright just one problem her...

I had a male orchid die today and i cant decide on age or illness as if had i'm sure been sick a few days ago as the has been a red fluid run down the side of the jar and a little on the cloth mesh lid its sort of a reddy brown and i know crickets dont have red blood so it cant have been that...

Are there a huge range of species or just a few How big do the smaller ones get? how long do they live?

When i woke up wednesday my orchid female was on the bottom just getting her last bit of the old skin off and there seems to be a problem with her arms The typical mantis threat with arms to either side is the best way i can describe it but constantly she has not walked far but she has turned...

My Female orchid mantis arrived a couple of days ago when i opened the container she crawled on me and had a walk around my arm, but she is now in her glass jar and this morning i picked it up and she starte jumping around like a pinball bouncing all over the jar the first night i had her i...

i got 2 female orchid mantids this morning. Unfortunately one has had a problem it looks like it has shed very recently (my mam checked them when they arrived this morning and she only noticed one had shed so I think this other one has shed in the past couple of hours) and was on the floor on...

or do babies chirp as well?

i know its not going to hatch coz i dont have a male but still its my first mantis ooth and bigger than i thought they'd be she's so skinny now wish i could lay an egg

to my understanding they come in quite a small tub how long roughly will it be from buying em to em changing to a moth? are they like butterflies and attach themselves upside down cocooned to change? so should they be moved to a bigger container with room to do this?