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So awesome!!!!!!!!!

Okay thanks, I will leave them be. They are now contained to a medium sized screened area so I will leave them their until they seperate.. or worse.

Now they are just sitting there doing nothing. I tried blowing on him but that didn't seem to wrk. I am afraid if I try to gently squeeze his thorax he will freak out again and leave the female. What should I do?

Ok so he is on her now trying to connect but she is giving him a rough time. What I did was I left him overnight with her to see if that would spark his interest. It did and I saw him following her around so I took them out and tried getting her to walk away from him. He mounted her and now he...

Thanks for helping me out. So I put them together again following Ricks mating guide exactly all up to the point where he mounts her. He notices her and points his antennae towards her and starts rocking back and forth and maybe takes a step or two but then he stops. I tried bringing the female...

Thanks. They are in together right now and the male just doesn't do anything. He doesn't even attempt to mount her. Maybe he is not ready?

Hi I am new to this forum but have been keeping bugs and herps for almost my whole life. I recently got a male and a female giant african mantids. They are both adults but I do not know exactly how old the male is but the female hatched out in the end of May. I tried mating them but the male...