Recent content by iceman1609

wow 2 egg sacks, thats great news. if they do come off and you find yourself with a good few spiderlings plz pm me ive wanted regalis for a while now. i have ornata, striata & ruffilata pokies atm. a poss gravid g.rosea & p.murius and many,many others( well over 100) :)

with regards to the request for info on avics, you'll find it probably will be a avic avic as they are the most common of the genus, these are very aesy to look after and can be quite entertaining species and that goes for all the avics. only thing you need to remember is try to keep the tank...

hey and thanks for the reply she still has not layed any ooth's as yet, so do you think i should mate her again or wait, she has a fair bit of stuff in her cage to lay on, she's also eating like there is no tomorrow. her rear end does look bigger and she keeps like rubbing it on the side's of...

well i have to say this guys is great :) i ordered ghost & giant asian nymphs and a pregnant female egyptian. all came very fast with extras included. only problem i had was the adult female was in a bad way and tbh i blame the postman, ive seen the way they throw things around on the vans...

hi guys as this is my first time mating the mantids im sure sure whether the female needs mating again. i mated her roughly a month ago and they were together for about 6 hours. is this enough & when might i expect to see her produce her first ooth.do i need to do anything else to help her...

the tub was plenty big enough for them and i offered them both ff & micro's. unfortunatley not 1 of the european has survived & i dont know why :( from what ive read this species should be really easy to keep but i disagree. i must admit i havnt tried to feed them on any garden bugs as...

thankyou very much for your help, i hope i can get this right first time round :)

my chinese took between 10-14 days. they all seem to grow at different paces. i have 1 thats now huge molted 5 times whilst most 3 times. these all came from same ooth with same temp and food lol.

yeh im getting good with ooths but it seems i still have alot to learn, ive lost alot of the european mantids :( they just want to eat each other. ive ried ff,micro crickets and even squats but dont seem very interested. the odd 1 has taken ff but id say i now only have maybe 30 left :(...

hi guys, i finally got a female griffin for my male, it seems this female has killed 4 males before i received her. i think the guy probably tried mating her too early as i put my male to her and not a problem. her sore her & straight on her. they were together for about 6 hours and then he...

hi there, ive just recieved the ooths and they re tiny, would you say using a heat gun would be the best way to hangthe tiny ooths ? you say that they are best with high humidity so would a small heatmat be better to help increase ?

thankyou very much for that, i have only 1 more question i can think of that is are these easy enough to sex being as small as they are i imagine it being quite difficult and i dont have a camera as good as mj's setup so pics wouldnt be too good if and when its time.

hi guys ive just purchased a gambian flower mantis ooth and was wondering if these little mantids are communal as ive read they are aggresive feeders. any info on this species would be nice, i know quite a few of you either have these or have had them so please a little help :) i really want...

ive managed to get some cups from my local petshop, they are used to measure the dog food i think but look like pint cups. no lids but i think these be great for ffc and i got an endless supply for nothing so cant be bad :) i was going to post a pic of it but aparently im not permitted to do...

hi guys, looks like im doing something right with my ooths 3/3 have hatched now with no problems. only have 2 more ooths left to hatch 1 being texas unicorn so i really hope that hatches nicely. the european i still hatching and started 2 days ago is this normal ? only few coming out but still i...