Recent content by Jaunte

The title says it all. I bought 2 L2s, and they both turned out to be female. Let me know if you have any for trade or sale. Thanks!

It does look a little bowed, but I’ve seen the little one straighten out and hold itself up. It can hold itself up, but not for very long. It can’t hold prey. This is the end of day 2 after molting. 

thank you for your help @Synapze I’m okay and understanding that a full regeneration isn’t possible. I’m looking more for quality of life. I was able to hand feed the little some most of a squished red runner.    I uploaded a photo so you can see the deformations. 

Hi.    One of my heterochatea mismoulted to L5 and both his/her raptors are misshapen. I know eating will be difficult, so I plan on hand feeding, if she/he will accept.  My question is, should I try and snip off the misshappen ends to hope the next mount will correct the disfigurements, or...

Hello. I recently acquired a juvenile stagmomantis limbata, and this little one is fast and aggressive when it comes to food. I haven't tried holding the little one yet, but I'm a little nervous. Does their aggressive behavior translate to them not being good candidates for being held, or does...

Okay.  thanks for the reply.   

So I read that the ghost mantis ooths require 50-70% humidity, so I decided to lightly spritz the hatching cup twice a day... this brought the humidity between 50-90%. But this Ooth hasn’t hatched, nor have the other 3 that were laid after this one on 3/10. I think I oversprayed, because after...

Okay! Thank you for the information.

@MrGhostMantiswhen you say that, do you mean there are changes or aren’t changes? @hibiscusmile I noticed that too. This is my first time breeding and, hopefully, hatching ghost oothecae.  The first Ooth my female laid was unfertilized, because the male took his time becoming an adult.    im...

Are there any visible external changes in ootheca development for ghost ooths?