Recent content by Tapos

first check availability, no point in deciding on a species you can't get. there are those who want big, others want color, others want speed. you have to consider ease of care also. some require flying prey, high humidity, or high temp. all present different challenges. i have raised about 7 or...

you pay freight and they are free. i have had an explosion of growth in my 2 colonies. THEY ARE ALL GONE

i have B. Lat and lobster, i like them because they are smart enough to drink without drowning. i hate crickets!!! they stink, they are stupid and they will kill a molting mantis. i have not seen a roach do that. the lobsters seem like more food for the mantis, but the B. lat can't climb. the...

i had grandis from Deshawn and Mem. from a calif. breeder. they were about 2 weeks apart in age, and all the way through i was able to tell them apart. by using the marking pen label on the lids of their containers. lol The Mem. females seemed to have larger red segments on the bottom of...

at what age and what characteristics can you tell a male from a female? marble mantis (Hierodula Parviceps) in the last group i ended up with a brown female and male, but all the others were green, what is to be expected? and at what molt can you see the change, i just had an ooth hatch and i...

do they need misting? if they are not thirsty, they should be eating the FF or each other. what kind, what temp, what humidity? all will effect your outcome

go to pet co or petsmart, they usually have small containers of live flies. check your FF container, even if the adults are dead, the larvae may produce if kept warm?

i sold mine for 25.00-30.00. but interstingly i get e mails saying 25.00 is too much, and i usually ask them to let me know where they find them cheaper, that way i could get some too?

bugsdirectuk.com advertises them, since they don't answer e mails i'm not sure if they are real, but you might try there and look for care sheets

in a pinch i have used raw chicken liver, i warm it and cut it in small pieces. i have had I. Oritoria on it for months. have not used it on any other kind of mantis. read about the liver in a book?

i have seen the female flower curve their abdomen, indicating they are ready to mate (releasing feramones), but i had not seen it in others until last night, my marbled females (3) all were doing it (Hierodula Parviceps) i have never seen any of the giant mantids or i oritoria do it. what have...

i purchased an ooth from him. it arrived promptly, and was packaged well. but the best thing about the deal is it hatched and hatched and hatched. i have lots of little aliens. would/will recomend him, and plan on buying from him again.

look at Deshawns site, i believe he has had a similiar experience.

i found a small light brown male mantis outside my work last summer, he had pointy eyes, and is not like any i have seen. but when i took him home, he escaped and tried to run, not fly, and he did the same thing. he played dead, on his back. he even let me pick him up? he did it several times...