Hello, I only came across this now... congratulations on your work! It's hard to find something so scientific on a breeders forum. The results are very interesting, I wonder if these data can be confirmed by larger scale studies. Did you find anything relevant about instars after L3?
Hi everyone, hope you like this mantids from my breeding :)
Epaphrodita musarum adult female:
https://imgur.com/cz6b23l
Phyllocrania paradoxa adult female:
https://imgur.com/fOadQkw
Details of her head:
https://imgur.com/oYoygz3
Hymenopus coronatus adult male:
https://imgur.com/eY79qFD...
I'm looking for Epaphrodita musarum adult/sub males. Let me know if you have some or know someone who has them available.
Better if European keeper, as I live in Italy. ?
Thanks in advance.
I don't have experience with this species but I'd suggest you putting your pair in a big decorated net cage and placing a little fan near the box. Wind seems to help in mating Deroplatys. Males will not take action at all if you watch them constantly so feed the female as much as possible and...
They can be fed roaches, but not as the only source of food. Moreover, they can cause the female to produce deformed ooths. I'd suggest you feeding flys!
Hi everyone! I hope you'll like these pics of some of my mantids:
Asian Flower Mantis (Creobroter gemmatus) sub male
https://imgur.com/a/EgXbl
Peacock Mantis (Pseudempusa pinnapavonis) adult female
https://imgur.com/a/HbY8M
Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) L6 female...
Give them banana. It works perfectly with Ghosts. Lots of years ago I had a huge problem with live food and my ghosts fed for the time of 2 molts only on banana and they survived!
Hi, I'm Tom from Italy and at the moment I have 4 Creobroter gemmatus adult males with no female. If you have any adult or subadult female for sale let me know via private message. It would be a pity to let this 4 males die without mating...