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The healthy one has been eating maybe one large fruit fly a day, but they're miomantis paykulli and they are much bigger than the mantis head, but the injured one isn't eating much, maybe one every few days since injured. 

Not posted in a while, but just a little update to see if I can get advice. My pair of Egyptian miomantis paykulli are still going, one very well, the other, almost half the size, and pale in comparison with little appetite, especially after the recent molt problem where they had to be held...

Thanks. Was sad finding her squirming at the bottom

https://anonimage.net/image/D0C7pKq1Ea Please see attached image, my mantis fell during a molt, I found her wriggling on the floor of her home so I had to delicately as possible hold it up, this has been somewhat successful as she is alive and moving around, but unfortunately the leg is...

Welcome :) It's Connception!

Thanks guys. Got about 15 in already actually, might add a few more as more hatch, but might just leave it as is. Found a decent seller on eBay and got some good medium,  but I now have an excellent recipe that I will try myself next time. It baffles me how livefoodsukltd don't care about a...

Do you guys handle your nymphs every day, or every other day? I try to get them socialised well so they're tame and hopefully not so jumpy, but I don't want to stress the little guys out. 

That is a luxurious viv, those guys are gonna be so happy :)

How many flies do you need as a minimum to start a fresh culture?

I just heard from the supplier, they're confident these particular nymphs were L2 when I bought them. That means the one in the photo above is only L3, the other, which I'm struggling to get a detailed shot of, must be L2 sing dog hasn't molted yet, which would explain the great difficulty...

Thanks. The other one is proving trickier. Little smaller, and faster. Less willing to stay still long enough. 

A few people told me they can't tell yet because the  end segments may fuse together, but when they reach a certain instar you can tell for sure. Trouble is identifying the exact age, as one has molted, the other has not. They were simply advertised as L2/L3 and one has molted since, so one is...

Thank you, that's awesome. I understand that it may still change but it'll help assist in names at least. I'll try to get one of them both side by side, and another clear one of the other ones segments. 

I'll try my best, I haven't let them loose near each other before for fear they'll freak out and attack. 

I'll try to find a sheet of glass of something so I can get some high definition shots from underneath. There is a considerable size difference between them both