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I would really like to get one more adult male ghost. I would prefer one that's already had his last molt, but if that is not an option I would be willing to take a 6th instar one. I am willing to negotiate price as long as it is reasonable. I would even be willing to take one on a temporary...

So I have 3 ghost mantids (I know, not many, but that's all I could afford at the time) and I want to mate them if possible. Today one of the females molted to adulthood so I want to start figuring out what to do about mating as soon as possible. First of all, is there anything I should do to...

So I recently went back to school and brought all my little creatures with me. Unfortunately I ended up in a room with two windows on the corner and it tends to get cold. I'm starting to worry for my creatures. So far they've been doing alright with it and once the main heat is on in the...

My ghost nymphs have molted once since I got them and nothing went wrong, but they didn't stop eating like I keep hearing they would. From what I've read and what others have told me they should stop eating prior to a molt, but that didn't happen. The only reason I didn't replace the food was...

It's a light yellow color with some brown markings in the head area and on the wings. I believe it's predatory rather than a plant feeder from the thickness and length of the "beak" and it seemed to go after some fruitflies I put in the jar with it (though it hasn't successfully caught any so...

I know you can count segments or look at the crown when they're adults, but what about nymphs? Is there any good way to tell the sex when they're still small?

Hello all! I'm Cassie. I've been catching and keeping European mantids every summer for a while and I've had so much fun with them I decided to try my luck with a more exotic species. Right now I've got four Phyllocrania paradoxa nymphs that I'm hoping to breed when they reach adulthood. I'm...