Recent content by KennethJ78

I've tried ventilating my containers with pieces of mesh screening as well, but ran into one major problem: crickets. I feed my mantids ( mostly ) flies and little roaches, but I also feed them crickets... And these crickets have been chweing massive holes in the mesh screening. So any future...

Now that's what I call an understatement :lol: I'd LOVE to get my hands on such a species..seriously :twisted:

16 - 19 degrees is to cold.. You're slowing down the metabolism of the mantids which causes them to refuse food. Try increasing the temp to 22 - 25 degrees. Good luck

What technique ?? Well none. It's not possible to crossbreed Mantid and Phasmids.

Another great thing about this species ( to me that is ) is that the 10th :!: ooth from one of my females recently hatched, providing me with some 40-ish healthy nymphs. Not that special you might say... Well.. She has just mated once, before laying any of those 10 ooths... Quite strong...

lol.. I agree :lol:

Nympho said Do you seriously have any idea of what you're talking about ??? Gongylus females produce up to 10 ooths, all containing 10 - 35 nymphs.. So where exactly did you read about 300 nymphs per ooth ??? :lol: Or did I completely misread your topic :wink:

Damn.... Beautiful pics of an even more beautiful mantis. I don't feel experienced enough to purchase this species yet, but OMG what pure beauty. In Dutch: Schitterende foto's Steven.. je mag met recht trots zijn op dit dier. ( translated: Really marvellous pics Steven, you should be proud...

Underrated: Hierodula membranacea. Allmost everybody has them; easy to keep, large, beautiful normal type mantis. Over rated: Definately Phyllocrania paradoxa. One of the most beautifully shaped / camouflaged species.... yet the most dull species I've ever had. The just sit in their...

Tenodera ?? Hmm... dunno.. Guess I would seperate them a.s.a.p. For Oxyopsis: you shouldn't worry about cannibalism that much. I've been keeping them together in one container since they've hatched. They're pretty much all L4 now and I have had allmost no deaths due to cannibalism... So, you...

I allways feed my mantids prey items that are 1/3 to 1/2 of the mantid's length. In that case I just provide them with as many crickets / small roaches that they eat at a time. :lol:

how tiny are they anyway ( as adult I mean ) ? Creobroter size ?.. or smaller ??

they definately need misting and ff....

He allready has a female... subadult female... the bottom pic is her to be exact.. He forgot to translate "vrouw" into "female" :D Excellent pics and can't wait for him to submit pics of the female when she has finally become an adult. Good work Steven :wink:

Have had some serieus problems with a deal we made.. He wanted to buy bulk mantids for less then 1 UK pound each. I offered him 80 budwings for 60 UK pounds.. told him I accepted paypal or banktransfer only. We agreed and then the problems began. After a day or two he said to be having...