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From what I have noticed is when they run out of food/water they start getting holes in wings and stop flying and start to "annoy" each other and shortly after die off. Just an observation but may not be what is actually happening. Al I know is that if I add water crystals and this fly food...

Wow that is odd, I tested some water without using the Britta filter and it also comes out to 180ppm! You would think the filter would remove some of the particles in the water but I guess not! That doesn't make sense to me. :blink:

Haha Precarious and I have good taste. ;)

Many thanks Frey! :) 6 of 11-12 arrived alive. Two of them looked to have molted during shipment. Three are simply dead bodies and I think one became a snack! :lol: Hopefully no more casualties but more to be expected. Anything is possible. Frey is great in my book to keep mantids...

Received a nice size package of flies and supplies today from Rebecca. I had a little problem with flies dying off last week because I instructed the mail person to leave them on my doorstep while I Was out fishing and they all cooked in the sun. We worked out a plan for a cold pack in my...

Sorry to keep hijacking the thread. Just wanted to show my stick pile from Grandma's house. Threw my dirty sock foot in there for good measure ;) :lol: Also some cream of mushroom up in there. Try getting a pile of sticks like this home on your motorcycle! :lol:

I like to use water crystals instead of water with wood chips in it. This way I don't kill any flies. :) More live longer this way. Before there would always be some dead in the water cup no matter what I used as anti-drowning material. If flies get ANY water on their legs or wings, they...

Beautiful animals. B)

Oooh scratch that I see the Hydei maggots! They are just getting started. All I See is little black dots where there mouth is in the medium moving around lol. I read somewhere Hydei take longer than others. So happy I can culture my own flies now! I think my current melanogaster are the...

Oooh those are very cool I have a picture of one on my calender Peter sent me. They color out very nice. Wish I had breeding experience :P Good luck to whomever gets these!

Wow both of those look completely different than my Dead Leaf mantis. Great shots.

Arggg I can't get my dubias to breed I think they just living in there. Have two huge males and females and they doing nothing.

Very cool textures on those eyes. Awesome footage dude. I like the little short abdomens. The second video he couldn't decide which fly taste better haha Hey I got a 45 second song going now I Was trying to finish it last night then the Crown Royal came out and all heck broke loose. Maybe...

No she still needs the good camera for selling houses. Not until I find another camera for her. I'm still using my Nikon S550 point and shoot. Just doing some careful editing! Check out some of those mandibles. :wub: Honey is a great way to get mandible shots.

My melanogaster culture has maggots now! That was quick! Still waiting on my hydei maggots! I see some skinny hydei and some very very fat ones in there! Somebody must be about to lay something so I think it will be successful too!

Limbata 2 Chinese 2 My shields from Rebecca are turning pink! Thank you!

Honey time! Gave all my mantids honey last night for the first time. Each and every one of them! Only one chinese didn't want any honey at all! Here's some pics. Yen's Creo Neb Ghostie from Peter. Look at that huge head crown! Limbata 1 Chinese 1 Frey's Idolos

Woot! Mr Gongy molting to sub adult when I woke up! Looks like he is going to make it! He regrew a leg too! Niiiice. You can see the molt only hanging by three legs! lol Can't believe he actually takes up half the cube worth of space to molt! Dang he's huge now! Check it out my first fruit fly...

I'm afraid to dig the plants out. Will I harm any roots? Should I put them back into some sphagnum? I just bought an orchid flower that is in sphagnum moss too. I have to learn how to fertilize it now. I just figured out it doesn't need much water at all. Once a week if that. PS the water...