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I have two adult female budwings (Parasphendale agrionina), one just molted and another that's a bit older. I'm looking for an adult male to breed them with. PM me if you have any, I'm very flexible with offers.

I mated a pair of Rhombodera valida, and later the female laid an ooth. Two months came and went so I decided to take a peak inside to see if anything was developed. The eggs were black and undeveloped, so I assumed the eggs were never fertile and I took the opportunity to cut it open and take...

I found a wild female gravid European Mantis who laid an ooth about a week later. Since she was pretty large and laid an ooth soon after I found her, I figured she may have mated already. However, I noticed that after she laid her second ooth (which was a week after her first), she pointed her...

Recently I decided to give my cricket cultures a bit of a break and have been feeding my mantids wild caught grasshoppers. My adult female Rhomodera, however, began having watery feces, but she is not vomiting. It may have been from the change of diet, or she ate an old or bad grasshopper...

The male Rhombodera valida I have was an adult for about two and a half weeks, and I thought I'd try breeding him with a month old female. First thing's first, I fed the female 'til she was full. She went through six adult crickets before she was satisfied. In the meantime, I had the male...

Hello, I'm looking for an adult or subadult male for the couple females I have. Let me know if you have any you'd like to sell!

I have three female Creos, all healthy and eating, and I recently got a male to try and breed with them. The male was a bit rough and looked older, didn't move very fluidly, and had reddish pink eyes, which I thought was unusual since my females all had pale, whitish eyes. Anyway, I introduced...

My four Creo females molted to adult not too long ago (6/18, 6/21, and two on 6/23), but I do not have a male to mate with them. I'm looking to trade any of the females for an adult male Creo. Let me know if you are interested. EDIT: My mistake, they are Creobroter pictipennis As a nymph...

My European and Chinese ooths hatched last week! It was a bit nerve-racking to see so many die off, even though that's typical for these species. The nymphs are so cute at that size :D My little set up. I'll have to find some more containers, or start eating more pretzels... The Chinese...

I found a couple wild ooths in a large grassy field. One is definately a T. sinensis, but the other I'm not sure about. Perhaps someone could tell me what I'm might expect out of this ooth. :) This was found in northern Illinois.

Hi everyone! I discovered the great experience of owning mantids this summer, when I caught a male subadult T. Sinensis and later an adult female. I did some reading about caring for mantids, and once the male was mature, bred them twice. It took a long time for my female to lay her ooth, but...