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Did we lose the "Members" category?  It's not in the header and I can't figure out where it is now... Uploading photos is so much easier now!  Thanks!

Krissim Klaw, Okay, this is what I saw this morning: Her wings, although perfectly shaped, are more toward her right side; her abdomen torques toward the left when she's hanging but is perfectly aligned when she is upright which then makes her right tegmina touch the ground.  While hand-feeding...

Ranitomeya, What do you mean about superworms needing to be separated in order to pupate?  From each other or from the mealworms?  I've been assuming the superworms' adult stage is a big beetle.  Is that correct? I did put them together and they went to the bottom of the meal so I won't know...

Ranitomeya, it is day five post-ooth (which I just carved off the stick) and she still has a clump on her rump. I meant to try flicking it off while she was out but I got distracted.  I'll just not worry about it.  Thanks.

Krissim Klaw, I'm going to get them out tomorrow and see how they are doing then.  Once I put her on the lid, she has stayed there hanging from four legs. She molted low on a stick I believe and her very fresh molt was on the ground next to her.  She couldn't climb at all in fact I am wondering...

Can these two feeders be kept together?

Extrememantid, Well, the male molted perfectly this morning and he has long legs, too.  I'll be interested to see how these two get around on their stilts!  Just hanging on the mesh lids so far. And I guess her abdomen is going to remain off to one side.  It looks like the left tegmina is...

Sticky, Wow!  I never thought of doing either of those things.  Maybe the Vaseline would have helped if she would have let me.  When the prolapse was very small it might have worked.  Of all the threads on prolapsed anuses, no one ever said they tried pushing them back inside  Ranitomeya said...

My female, Speedy, had her final molt yesterday and at first I thought she was perfectly beautiful with her gorgeous wings and huge size!  Then she started moving.  Her legs are sooo long she hardly knew what to do with them!  Her sticky feet and long, straight legs weren't working well enough...

Kermit, I am prepared for the  worst.  Jasmine is still holding her own but I think her outside/insides look smaller, probably starting to dry out. :( Playingmantis, what does a egg-bound mantis look like?  Does she go from round and full to something else? I ask because Jasmine is still very...

I appreciate both your answers.  She was tired.  The next day, she was still facing away from the ooth but her back legs were on it.  When I reached into her space, she whipped around and sat over it with her four legs and facing me with a don't come near me attitude.  Stayed like that until...

My Dbl shield has been guarding her ooth for a day and a half.  I tried to move her a long so I could remove it but she quickly turned on me and I wasn't about to challenge her (she is a big girl!)  Is this typical behavior?  The ooth is infertile so I suppose I could just leave it. Also, she...

PlayingMantis, Of my mantid pairings, the Budwing has already layed two inf. ooths and she is fattening up again but her male has never shown an interest.  The Hierodula now has this giant prolapse and her male has ignored her anyway---he just wants in the Popa spurca tank!  The Dbl shield male...

It's to put Jasmine in the freezer and wish her a better life in bug heaven.  I haven't done it yet because a couple of other forum followers on the other thread (Help, what is my mated girl oozing?---yeah, this is my second one) had mantids that their prolapses self-corrected.  Jasmine is...

Here is an update on what was Jasmine's tiny anus prolapse. Today it got huge by comparison.  I'm not even sure it is the anus or if it is something beyond it.  All I know is I have the ziploc ready.  Right now she seems unaffected but it looks terrible! Photo is terrible, but I think you get...

Introvertebrate,  Mr. Popa spurca was saved when she moved to the other end of the tank.  A couple of days ago, another female molted to adult, so in time he may get to one (or vice versa). Rick, the room is safe and closed off from my other animals.  There's a bigger issue (literally) today...

Thank you both for your experiences.  I did leave her in the plant for 48 hours (the plant is very thick and I just couldn't get her to move out so I could grab her)---but still no ooth.  I finally coaxed her out of it this morning but after hearing from you two, I'm putting her back.  I'll just...

So, my unmated Hierodula is 54 days old and her abdomen is huge.  Every day I search for answers about when to expect her first ooth (my Budwing who is the same age has layed two!)  So, today I put her in a large Xmas cactus to change her surroundings and after climbing around a bit, she...

Gekkonidae, I finally got my photos uploaded of the finished product---nothing fancy like yours but they work ;) .  I am enjoying your aquarium idea sooo much!  Thank you!   Lame, the hinges work, too.  Thanks! Completed top with hinged lids. Hinge close up. Hot glued to rim and zip-tied to...

OMG, I just spent an hour trying to upload a couple of photos of the hinges and I got logged off before I got it posted! (I had given up and got my son to do it and there's no way I'm gonna ask him to do it again). Maybe tomorrow I'll try if I can remember what he did. Gekkonidae, I hope your...