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I found this this morning inside my cricket box I have no idea of what it could be, but it looked nasty. What is it?

Lower temperatures slow development, so I'd guess putting the ootheca in somewhere cold. But I really don't know if it would work.

Hi, I live in Spain, Europe, and I'm having a little bit of trouble finding a site from where I can buy a mantis. I've visited BugzUK and it's an option, though I'd like to know more. Can you inform me about sites where I can buy mantises in Europe? Thanks

Hello, some days after my female Mantis Religiosa mated, it started shooting a strange liquid from its rear end. Every day or so, I found a couple of drops on the wall of her container. I even watched her shooting this stuff once or twice. The description of the liquid is as follows: Transparent...

Oh that's a bummer. But life is life :/

Thank you all for the warm welcome :)

I found these little guys in my bedroom the other day, and saw them again just now, before going to sleep. What can they be? They are small, around 3/4 mm long. I'd guess Gnatocerus Cornutus females. (Sorry for bad image quality. Junky phone)

Lets play a game. People guess the butterfly species, just to see who guessed right. I'd guess viceroy :P (I hate guessing but both species' chrysalises are extremely similar. )

Hello everyone. I've already posted a couple of posts in the forum, and I wanted to present myself, as I feel I'll use the forum often. So without further ado, let's get started: My name is Diego Suárez and I live in Asturias, which is situated in the northern part of Spain. It is a very green...

This is my mantis' enclosure. The container is made out of plastic and is 14x6 inches. I bought it for 3.5 (4$) and cut out two rectangular holes, which I covered with mesh. Instead of using twigs I hung a vertical plastic stick with some mesh stuck to it so the mantis can climb well. She loves...

Thank you all. I highly increased ventilation and now the black area isn't growing anymore, though if at some moment it keeps spreading I'll try the methods you suggested.

Hello, I am new to the mantis world, and I have an pregnant European Mantis. Three days ago I found that she was missing the tarsus of one of its walking legs. I don't know how she broke it, and the tip of the broken leg had become black. The next day I found out that the black area had spread...