Recent content by Twiggy

Thanks for the information, I knew the latin name but not the other.. and I thank you alot as I've got another 2 ootheca's which I believed to be unfertile, as does my friend whos supposed to be taking many of my nymphs!! :shock:

I was given an ootheca from the guy at the local pet shop over a month ago, we thought it wasn't fertile.. until today when i was swamped by little mantids! :? I'm not interested in selling them, I've got a local parks tropical house taking approx 50 to keep free range, but with the rest I'm...

She eats around 3 crickets a day, she shed on saturday night, it's not that though, its simply because she's lazy, if i feed it to her, or its stupid enough to come to her she'll eat it, and she'll eat stupid amounts if i let her... maybe she just thinks she deserves to be pampered!?

I have a Giant Asian Mantis, who's very very lazy, she wont eat unless her food comes to her, and believe it or not it's not easy finding that many stupid crickets! Also the other day the water at the top of her tank had dried up (not the bottom just the top area) and she dehydrated herself...