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These are freakin awesome! How did you do the soap in the tub?

I wouldn't put her in the freezer just yet. See how she is tomorrow or over the next couple of days. I had a limbata female that died only after 2 months of adulthood and one ooth. Then I found 3 more outside still alive and thriving (I am in New Mexico). I would say that if you really didn't...

She does eat it readily. She does not move her head towards it but if I put it right up to her mouth she nibbles it. Thanks for all your responses.

Well, she is still here. Her eyes and antennae seem alert although she does not move her head or legs. I have her propped up and feeding her water and honey/pollen mix with a q-tip. I have just started to see diarrhea for the first time as well and I am keeping her cleaned off. She is eating and...

I am planning to take her outside when I get home. I don't want to put her in the fridge. I feel that to be a little undignified for such a special girl. :(

She was wild caught as a nymph and molted to adult on August 19. She has laid one ooth already. There is no vomit or anything. Unfortunately I could only care for her up to the point that I had to leave for work this morning. She was not kept in the cold but with the weather changing, it tends...

I found my gravid limbata hanging by one leg this morning motionless. i picked her up because I thought she was dead but she started moving. It appears she was possibly trying to lay her ooth. I am holding her in my palm to try to warm her up. Her genitalia it open, pulsing and moving about. Is...

I read first that they should be kept in the fridge. Then I read that they should be kept 70-80 degrees. Whats the real answer?

Phew, she finally couldn't take it any longer and laid a beautiful little ooth. She is so precious. I haven't seen her more than an inch away from it since last night. It is almost like she is guarding it. So proud.

My poor girl. She just keeps climbing to the top and falling down over and over again. She keeps boxing the sides of the walls. She can barely walk, just drags her stomach along behind her. The only time she settles down and sits still is when i hold her in my hands. Is she ok?

My female Limbata molted to adulthood August 19th. She was bred on September 17th. She is pretty big and only has 3 legs so she drags her abdomen and I worry that it is too hard for her to carry the weight on 3 legs. She has seemed very anxious lately, pacing and zipping from one end of the tank...

Hello, I was just looking for a "back-up" feeding source for my mantids who are all mostly adults now. When I look at feeder insects I see a lot of exotic roach species but I never see anything about just the good old American Cockroach. I was thinking about catching a few that I see running...

Well my males have been adults now for 2 weeks. I had been slowing them down and speeding her up and I thought she was about to molt into an adult but then... nothing. She just molted last night. It will be another 2-3 weeks before she molts again, then I have to wait at least another 2 weeks...

I had my pairs scheduled just right, or so I thought, but my female just molted her 8th time. I thought she was ready to be an adult but I was apparently wrong. Do females molt 9 times to adulthood? Anyway, my 2 males are ready so I am either looking for an adult female to pair with them, or a...

Well, no I don't only feed at night but when i feed them it's usually when I pay most attention to them. Maybe it happens more but I am just not around to see it except for feeding time.