Recent content by bruty2fruity

u keep a mantid in space like that...jesus christ he must love it! haha its nice but not what id use im a practicall sorta person. i keep them in pint glasses until lv5 then from there i put them in a sweet jar has ur mantis ever bitten you?

how big do they get?

ive always used a ventilated container, and sprayed every three to four days on some kitchen paper on the side of the cup. my first ooth hatched, got quite a massive lot of mantids. my seccond one hatched was more prepared - only three have died so far - well what ive seen. i still have a tonne left

do all you guys keep them as pets or do you supply overstock to encourage others in the hobby??

ok i dislike chinese because they are so nasty. africans, marbled and giant indian are what i have now and they have all been super easy. there so beatiful aswell that i dont think id ever want something like an orchid mantis

yeah i got a male n a female parviceps and grandis...not complaining though. both females are beats who regularly enjoy strying to attack me. haha

as are and as do locusts. also african mantids are well easy to keep. as are giant indian and marbled. chinese are a pain and constantly mismoult or do random things when moulting

not if it seems healthy and moving around. you know where this ooze came from

exactly ^ it isnt rocket science. the temp is there its just the misting and the ability to keep the humidity up thats the problem - that and feeding

yeah let it dry 1st, those things are tough. you have to be really heavy handed to break one

i dont blame her, just scared me big time

my african female has attacked me...on more than one occasion

ill use the stick method cheers :D also is there a time period where males are useless during adult hood (breeding)? thats what i try. ill just use the stick method. also is there a time where male matids become

i do agree, but when you have to take them out to clean there cages, or when one crafty male escapes etc. i dont handle them because of the stress reason. its just for mating etc

but how can that be if its sitting in the gut. its basically feeding off the food eaten by the mantis - not the mantis itself so passing it through would only rid the worm., surely not?