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  1. K

    My flightless fruit flies are no longer flightless... Help?! How do I feed my mantis now?

    Thanks, I went outside in the snow and let the flying ones fly out. Though of course, it was cold so a lot of them just went motionless which gave me enough time to catch them and feed him.
  2. K

    My flightless fruit flies are no longer flightless... Help?! How do I feed my mantis now?

    I have a Spiny Flower Mantis and I'm not sure of it's age because the website I bought from said it was either L3 or L4 and he has molted once since then.  Since I only have one mantis, I bought a really tiny vial that only keeps about 30 FLIGHTLESS Hydei fruit flies at time. After a month, the...
  3. K

    Why is my mantis so angry? Is he about to molt?

    I have an L4 spiny flower mantis who has been super agressive to anything and everything these past couple of days. Even by putting my hand on his enclosure, he'll lunge at it. He's super alert 24/7 and constantly moving his head to see where I'm going and what I'm doing. This has been going on...
  4. K

    Lost my fruit flies because of a cold front. How can I feed my mantis until they repopulate?

    I do have a pet store but it's quite a bit away. I'll probably still end of going there though. I never expected them to die, but it gets down to 65°F in my home in the middle of the night, so I guess that's too cold for them? I still don't know what's up with it.
  5. K

    Lost my fruit flies because of a cold front. How can I feed my mantis until they repopulate?

    I have a Spiny Flower Mantis. The site I bought him from didn't specify his age but I'm guessing either L3 or L4 at only about 1.5 cms. We have a cold front where I am so most of my fruit flies died and will probably continue to die. I was wondering if ants would work. There's a lot in my...
  6. K

    L4 Spiny Flower Mantis isn't responsive or moving at all?

    I just got an L4 Spiny Flower Mantis yesterday, and today he isn't really responsive. He still moves his head if there's a loud noise somewhere, but I've only seen him do this a couple times. I've been gently touching his legs and abdomen with no reaction. He's pretty fiesty so far so I don't...
  7. K

    Can I have a spiny flower mantis with temperatures between 70-75°F and 60-70% humidity?

    I really want a spiny flower mantis after a bad experience with a difference mantis. My room stays around 71-75°F. I do have a heater which helps the enclosure get up to 80+°F but I have to be home to monitor the heat, so for at least 75% of the day the enclosure is between 71-75°. Also, I live...
  8. K

    If my room is already at 60% humidity, how should I go about misting the enclosure?

    I would like a spiny flower mantis but I've heard they're sensitive to too much humidity, and my room is already at 60%, what should I do?
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