I sent a few Stagmomantis Carolina ooths, laid by mantids that I mated, to hibiscusmile and received prompt payment via Paypal. Pleasure doing business and hope you can establish a good supply of these so anyone who wants some can try them out, hehe.
the cricket quencher claims to help keep crickets from stupidly drowning in a water dish, but as for using it as a water source for mantids I would think you could just spray water mist on their enclosure walls ever now and then and they'll be fine. My mantids hardly ever drink because they get...
I would think if the room was too dark most of the time, like a dark closet then it would encourage mold growth in the culture but I dunno. Light seems to inhibit the growth of mold, at least for a few weeks in most cases.
yeah I had read that article before I started trying, and he does instruct you to remove the breeding dish after you're sure eggs have been lain, but he doesn't actually say whether or not if crickets will eat their eggs, and he doesn't say what to do to keep a fresh breeding dish around at all...