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Hey! Missed this forum! My last ghost mantus died after two years of breeding and keeping many. Guess it’s time to buy more :)

Well I guess they can she is cleaning her raptors as we speak.........and the Widow is in her belly

Totally collected them!! Was so excited to see them come back again, This might have nothing to do with them but around the same time I also was into Nik-L-Nips those waxy bottles with colored liquid inside. Those are back around again too :P

Found this one today. Is it a Brown Widow?? I live in Southern CA. Looks pretty Black to me. My Blue Flash is starving and my flies aren't here yet it's almost dead. Is it dangerous to feed it to a Mantis?

Mine do this. They lay long ones along the branches. Mine have laid two so far. not fertile of course.

Mine did this. I kept her warm and hydrated at all times with at least one house fly in there during the day then at night I'd remove the fly if she didn't eat and put one back in in the morning. Hopefully she's about to molt. Even after mine molted It took me awhile to realize it because the...

So sorry to hear about both of them :(

Wondering how your Blue flashes are. Mine just had her second molt. She is about two inches now and will eat about 4 blue bottles a day. Here is a picture of her.

Beautiful!!

My L3 Wahlbergii

Oh wow didn't think of this. Better put the Hydei back in and take out the houseflies. This Idolo has caused me more pain !! Actually out of the six mantids I own she is the sweetest though. She seems to like to come out of the enclosure much more than the others and hang out on my hand. But...

I think it's funny that there's no news showing people freaking out and running from these swarms of spiders. Instead there's a picture of a women walking her dog through these miles of webs very calmy and matter of fact. Rather peculiar.....I would be a little freaked out. Maybe we missed that...

Ahhhh finally I saw her eat one small housefly. Yayyy! :clap:

2nd Instar

Welcome :)