Recent content by AndyWatt

The are doing great, as I mentioned to you before they are my best species, they are full of character :-) I have sucessfully mated all my females and have many oothecaes laid, I am now just waiting for the first one to hatch. It won't be long before it's raining unicorns :-) I have left them...

Hi, Do you have any branches in the breeding tank? I found that if there were more branches the males tended to mount the females more. Also, Yen gave me a little tip - raise the heat. I have alway kept the unicorns between 80-85 degrees, but raising the heat to 90 really helped, the male...

Hi Rick, Please could you provide information as to where you source your items? Cheers Andy

I keep amphibians and I have Dwarf tropical woodlice (Trichorhina tomentosa) in the tank, they hide under the moss, come out every now and again and clean :-) They do eat waste, I have seen them feast on dead fruit flies and on the amphibians excrement. The frogs will also eat them as well...

I have L2/L3 Texas Unicorns and I have never seen any cannibalism. I have seen the odd unicorn knocking another unicorn out of the way, but that's it.

No, it didn't drink, the bottle hadn't been opened. Andy

I had two Pseudoharpax Virescen Gambian ootheca's hatch, the first hatched last night with 10 nymphs emerging and the second hatched today and produced 14 nymphs. To celebrate new hatchlings I decided to let one of them have a drink :-) Nymph enjoying his first bud :-) Cheers Andy

Hi, I ordered a variety of different Mantis supplies from Nick @ Mantis Place and must say that the service is excellent and prices are very reasonable. The packaging of the products was fantastic, all products survied it's journey to the UK in tact. Not a bad word to say, will be using...

Thanks guys, I look forward to getting as many as I can to adult :D Ian, I will PM you when they get a little bigger :D Thanks Andy

Hi All, Last night I had multiple ootheca's hatching :-) Thanks Yen :D I am now the proud keeper of 53 Odontomantis Planiceps Ant mantis and around 30-40 Phyllovates Chlorophaea Texas Unicorn Mantis. The Odontomantis Planiceps really do look like ants, jet black as well, they are...

I agree, I hate all of the polls that have been created. Maybe admin should lock polls for mods and admins only. I also find that alot of posts contain too much messing around by certain people. I find it a pain to wade through all of the . I really like this forum, and find a lot of very...

Are you additcated to Polls :lol:

OGIGA was right, the mantis was defective :-) I found him on his back with his legs in the air. However, he took a cricket with him, the back end of the Cricket was still attached to his forearm.

Sounds like he's about to moult :-) You will probably end up doing what I do spend ages watching and waiting for him to moult, but it doesn't happen. Then you go to sleep, wake up and he's moulted :-) Well that's what normally happens to me.

Hi, Just out of interest I use a compass cutter or a reamer. Both work great and creates a perfect circle of varying sizes. Reamer Compass Cutter