Recent content by Jay

I am so sorry about the wings. I wish you the very best with her!

Hmm... In all my years of living in Arizona and seeing S. limbata many times I never have never seen a female that was not green. And Arizona (especially the Tucson area) tends to be incredibly dry! Not to disagree with anyone and not to say that other morphs cannot exist, but just saying...

Thought I would add my 2 cents on this conversation. For the time it takes for meal moths to breed, for the potential problems they can cause and for the amount of nourishment they provide a mantis I would just prefer to raise d. Hydei. That being said, when I find moths like these, I am happy...

Of all the individuals that I have purchased mantids from, Dave has been – by far – one of the most helpful and understanding. Although a major mishap occurred during transport, Dave was more than willing to work with me to resolve it. Packing was fabulous, service was great and he was always...

Hmmm. Sounds like you have everything you need. Plenty of ventilation is often important for adults. Making sure the female refuses additional food before attempting mate helps to keep males alive - as well as the hiding places and additional branches, as Rick mentioned. So both males are at...

Welcome Benjamin. Where are you located? I alternate between vegetable gardening and mantids. Life is such a miracle and it is very therapeutic for me to work with living things.

Great find, Rbird! My thought is, once she is adult and calling, take her back to the area you found her (at night) in some kind of net cage and wait for a male to appear.

Sorry to hear that too, Thomas. I've never had luck with crickets, except the wild-caught ones. But sometimes I get desperate and crickets are easy. Hope your other mantids are doing well.

Hi there and thanks for the question. I'll tell you what I understand, mainly based on my experience. You can read in other places in the forum concerning the effects of feeding amounts and temperatures affecting lifespan. If you feed a mantis a lot and keep your mantid at a higher temperature...

Congrats! Did the wings turn out good in the end? It is amazing the difference in abdomen shape between Stagmomantis males and females. The females are so stocky!

Ha! Do you ever ask people how the fish grew so fast? :D

Very nice!!! Just out of curiosity - how aggressive is this variety (what is the percentage of males would be left if all the siblings from an ooth were kept contained together till L4)? -Jay

Wow - it is amazing how big (and beautiful) the idols are!

Wow - that's great. I would have to say the 3rd is my favorite. The color of those flowers suits the model quite well.

Here's one: I'll let you know if I find one of a mantis. :D