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I was wondering what you all suggest for food and water for red runner roaches (Blatta lateralis)? I want to try and start a colony and the only thing I have left to figure out is what to feed and what to do for water. (and a place to get red runners for not to expensive).

What is the best way for me to ship mantises and ooths safely to people? If I walk into the post office with them or if I told them what I was shipping would they care? Anything I need to know I guess.

My location is the United States, Moore county, North Carolina (Also Raleigh North Carolina depending). Selling Ghost Mantis nymphs (right now they are at L1 I can ship them at whatever age is needed) I am also selling ooths. I have more of both nymphs and ooths than I can handle so I need to...

I am having trouble getting my male to be interested in my female any advice as to how I can better mate Ghost mantises. 

three of my four female ghost mantises have molted to adulthood but two of them have "mismolted" in the same way. A smallish bit of their hind wings did not fold underneath their fore wings properly and sticks out under the side. I was wondering if this was common or if it might be fixed if she...

I just got ten Ghost Mantises and in deli cups and I was wondering what you guys suggest using to heat them and what thermostats and thermometers you all use and would suggest and hygrometers as well. Also Im pretty sure about the temperature range and humidity I need but just to be sure what do...

One of my male Chinese Mantises but the tip of the end of his abdomen is not symmetrical and there is a sort of greenish blob looking thing on one side. Its hard to get a look at it and I cant mange to get a picture to post but I was wondering if anyone knew if its a problem like some sort of...

Do the poly fabric lids work fine for mantises to hold onto while they molt?

One of my Chinese Mantises mismolted last night. Its to late to try to do anything to fix it but the only things that got messed up are her two back legs so she should still be able to eat fine and she can still move she just kinda crawls a bit but her climbing ability does seem to be a little...

I went to Honduras this summer to build a house and while I was there I climbed to the top of this small mountain and at the top I found some praying mantises. I had been looking around the whole week I was there for cool insects and such and had not found much until I found them. I was...

I was wondering how much do you guys usually spend on larger flies in a month. Larger like blue bottle flies or house flies? what do you do to keep costs down.

Where would you guys suggest buying Ghost Mantises from? I wanted to get them around Christmas.

Two of the nymphs I have been raising from birth have died suddenly with no warning. I didn't see them doing anything odd or excreting anything but once I found them dead there was also this red substance that had dried on the top of the enclosure and I was wondering if anyone knew what it was...

How long can newly hatched nymphs go without food? I'm trying to hatch some egg cases my mantis laid (unknown if they will hatch or not) and I don't want to have to spend money of fruit flys till I know I need them. I'm thinking that I can use the white bugs that fly around the gardenia bushes...

Does an ootheca need to be kept in a humid environment during its diapause or just while its incubating in a warm environment.