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my female has just matured and i need a male to breed her, if i cant find a male then i would be willing to trade her for somehting else rob

thanks! sadly i have since lost other adults of other species, the head capsules went red. i wont be using crikets again i bought some locusts today, i will starve them for a of day tp clear the gut and give them a mix of fishfood and honey, but i dont know if they will take this like crikets...

sorry for the late reply, i still need to get some larger flys, the local angling shop just shut down, so i still need to get some pupa from somewhere, and then culture them. there still on fruitflys,yes they are a bit small for them, but they still strike and eat loads. if anyone can help...

that was me who posted that

hi thanks for the replys, they were crikets not locusts, and were feeding on whatever the bran stuff is in the tubs they come in, i know that carrots can kill mantis so theres no possibilty of carotene poisoning. they were L7 i still have one left, hopefully this one will make it to adult...

i had 3 of these left, and ran out of flies last week, so i fed some tiny crickets to 2 of them, the both died the next day! the one i feed with a fly instead survived (as usual they allways have fruit flys) are crikets poisonous to idolomantis? i feed the same crikets to all my other mantis...

i have a female that i would very much like to mate she is one moult from adult please if anyone has a male that they want to do a breeding loan (nymphs will be shared) please get in contact with me [email protected] thanks rob

thank you for the replys, dont they need flying insects? also would i be able to get rid of the heat mat alltogether and just go with a heat lamp? it dosent need to be any special UV light or anything does it? and is it exspenisve to run - im kinda on a limit on how much electicity i can...

hi am i right to say these species like it hot 25 -30c also kept on the dry side? (low humididty) and they are rather large when young? also would a heat mat suffice for temprature requirements? are there any other rules i need to follow? thanks rob

i wouldnt have thought so - you could try a little on a few nymphs to see if they would eat it , but i highly doubt it, i think indian sticks will eat it. for ET's they will eat oak, bramble, eucalypts, rose, and possibly a few more as they may try other things, have a go, but as i say try it...

ok thats fine - my search continues! rob

hi i wish to buy/trade for some ooths or nymphs of the violin and orchid mantis, can trade for phasmids. thank you rob

thanks for the links! to orin - i wonder if you have any ooths of the violin mantis or orchid mantis? thanks again for the info! rob

thanks for all the welcomes! :D - rob

ooooo, i like the sound of that, orchid mantis man! thats so not true about hibiscus being larger than orchid flowers, true mot are quite small, but some of the flowers on some species can reach over a foot in diameter ! (sobralia macrantha) and of course lets not leave out their most...

and and hello to both of you to!

exterminates ants?!? alot of people call me the orchid man, or plant man, whatever! orchids are very addictive for me i have to say!

hi my names rob, i grow orchids mainly, but have just started to get back into insects and what not, 3 years ago i was realy into insects, but for some reason i lost the heart for it and stopped... but then my brother was watching a creauture comforts episode (the one with stick insects and it...

hi it would be great if any one could give me some tips on these, i.e what size do they get to, and any special requierments, are they are large species? thank you! rob