Recent content by Tau874

I wonder if that’s a variety of grain/flour beetle.  Pest control sites mention they are attracted to yeast and can infest it.  

Hi all - following up on my Creo project.  I have five mantid nymphs that I am trying to  get some ooth out of.  The last time I checked I thought I had three males and two females.  This morning I realized the actual ratio is four males and one female.   Thankfully the female is the furthest...

From my experience grain mites are inevitable when it comes to fruit flies - though I will say I tend to notice a lot more in purchased cultures.   I’ve seen some interesting solutions - one included straining the flies to remove the mites.  Not sure how effective that is but you could try...

Last time I looked Petsmart stocks fruit flies for reptiles.  About 8-9 bucks for about 50 flies in a vial.  Not the best deal but it’s super convenient and 50 flies is more than enough to start a booming culture you can spread into future ones. I’d suggest trying your own medium - stick to the...

Thanks for posting - I very much enjoyed your point about getting attached to your mantises. I have long been a proponent of not naming animals with such a short lifespan out of fear of attachment, but you illustrated your point brilliantly.  Life is indeed short and avoiding emotional...

Technically not my first post but I wanted to make a quick introduction  :) .   I started raising mantises after capturing a couple wild Europeans in my front yard when I was young.  One of them even laid a fertile ooth, of course I didn’t realize this until I found them crawling all over my...

Ordered 5 Creos from DeShawn on Feb 14. Due to the holiday, DeShawn sent out a notification on Feb 18 letting buyers know that shipping would be delayed. He then promptly shipped out my mantids on Feb 21, with the delivery on Feb 23.  The box arrived well packed (even though the postal worker...