Search results

I'm having trouble logging in on computer and I don't see an option to upload one on the phone version of the site. It's a rear leg that has a bend above and below the elbow. Causing the one leg to point almost straight up into the air. I was able to add a pic with the edit feature.

I have a Chinese mantid with a deformed rear leg. He's getting ready for his adult molt and I want to fix his leg if possible. Do I tape him up to his lid? Snip the leg off at the bend and hope it grows enough back in the last molt? Or???? Any help is appreciated folks.

I use this recipe with a couple tablespoons of oatmeal too. I would also like to add the cheaper the flakes the better. Make sure there is no added butter or flavorings.

Try a house fly or fruit flies. My mantids prefer flies.

What you needed to be doing was catching the condensation and using that instead.

I purchased 2 Chinese Mantis egg cases and they both turned out to be dead. I have tanks, reptile heater, vines, spray bottles, sponges and moss. Just no Mantids to go with it all. If anyboody has an Oothe or 2 thay would sell that is not Chinese I would like to try them out. Reply to this...

I got 3 1" holes drilled and plugged withh sponge. A 6" ivy to hang the Oothecca and provide cover. Moss for humidity and a forest background. Its looking good now.

Green mold on plywood? Idk.

You should have. I got mine 7 years ago for $140 and they are $300+ now. I should have gotten 2.

These are a few of my guns. I don't hunt but I do like to shoot. Top riffle is a 1988 Marlin model 60 .22 with ATI stock, Simons scope and mounts. This is a rare model with LSHO, 18 round tube and 22" barrel. Second is a 1972 Marlin model 65 .22 that is mostly stock. I did upgrade some of the...

Thanks for the encouragement. I willl wait and see what happens. The seller has offered a refund or exchange if they don't hatch.

Both of them rattle. I have read they can dry up and go bad. I'm beginning to wonder. I really hate to cut it open to check and kills some babies if its good. I also don't want to waste money on FFs for the next year to discover they didn't ever hatch. Any other options?

3 weeks to 1 year to hatch. 80 degrees and over 40% RH seems to be the mark to shoot for from my online searches. I speak from reference and not from experience.

My new eggs make a funny sound when they are turned over. I haven't been able to find anything on the internet about this so I'm asking here. A lot about rattling wings for the mantis in general but nothing Oothe related. One of them is a bit darker at the top then the rest of it is. Is that...

I have 2 Chinese Oothe hatching myself. I'm curious if your cases rattle when you turn them? Mine sound like they are full of sand or something that shifts and makes a rattling sound. I have had mine in a tank for a couple weeks now and have heard it can take from 3 weeks to an entire year.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. This is a great site with a lot of good information on it.

I currently have an indoor grow room with 80 F. temps and 50+ RH regularly. I have a ton of lighting but haven't seen much in the realm of lighting spectrum for a Mantis. I currently have my hatching box on a cloning heat pad and have one red 2700k 23w and one blue 6500k 23w CFL bulb in a...

I have been looking for wild Oothes since I got mine in the mail and learned what to look for. No luck yet but I'm not done trying. Spring is almost here in the Willamette Valley. Buds in the trees and flowers popping up everywhere. Its a sunny 65 F. degrees here today.

Okay, so a side door it is. I plan a background picture of some kind over the back. I'm guessing center-ish and 5" x 5" maybe? I plan to secure the door with magnets and hinge it. Any feeder hole size/location recommendations? I have a 1" hole drilling bit I can use. Enlarging it with a...

Double Post. See down there \/\/\/