Recent content by Ax55

I didn't want to post this on the "For Sale" section because I'm still not sure if I even want to sell these animals yet; the purpose of this post is more just to gauge whether there even is a market or interest present for animals like these on this forum. I caught some wild larvae and almost...

I have 2 L3 Metilia Nymphs for sale, 30$ each. In-person pickup/drop off only (CA). PM me for any inquiries.

Iris oratoria too!

Male orchid mantises have 8 abdominal segments while females have 6. In my opinion though, your mantis is too small to determine the sex at the moment. By the time it hits L4 it will be easy to determine the sex, as this is the stage where necklace color (brown for males, green for females) and...

Does anyone have any idea how to breed these guys while being as clean as possible? I've successfully bred green bottle flies with dog food and milk, but I don't like how the larvae won't accept the food until it starts to mold.

I noticed that I didn’t have any mantises get infections when I fed them pieces of hornworm, so I will see if it works with the orchids. I was also thinking of feeding the orchids Painted Lady butterflies, does anyone have experience with that?

Hey guys, it’s been a while! So I may get back into the mantis hobby with a bang, and raising a bunch of orchids. In the past, I had a lot of problems with my orchids contracting digestive sickness/issues. One day, I had found my  prized female struggling, oozing black from her abdomen, and her...

Your welcome! Regarding your question of humidity, it’s hard to calculate the humidity by guessing, but what you can do is buy hygrometer, which will tell you the humidity. They go for around 13$.

In my setup, I created a controlled environment; I had thermostats and humidity controllers regulating the humidity and temperature within a 20 gallon long tank, which had the mantises inside it. Each mantis was in a deli-cup with a piece of cheesecloth (allows humidity in the cups), closed with...

It seems you may have a little too much ventilation, to where all of your humidity is instantly leaving the cup. Additionally, if you are using metal screen, nymphs may have a hard time gripping to it. In my experience normal deli cups with cloth-ventilated lids are sufficient, just make sure...

So lets see here- You are using screen lids? Like the metal ones? And a screen hole on the side?

I have a 20 gallon long tank for sale 30$. I would preferably like to trade it for a vertical 20 gallon tank. California buyers only.

I plan on leaving the hobby, so I'm looking for new homes for my mantises. I have: An adult female Creobroter gemmatus for 15$ A ghost mantis female (about L4 or L5) for 15$ A female Iris oratoria for 10$ 2 Deroplatys lobata nymphs (L3) for 10$ An adult female Hierodula majuscula for 25$ 2...

I have a virgin female Hierodula majuscula up for sale, for 25$. PM me if interested.

True, we don't even know if this "Rhombodera sp. Red Devil" really exists. All of the photos of this species are from him.