Search results

the only thing I can think of is that once a week may not be often enough for a "well heated" container as the high temperature will evaporate the water very quickly, for example I have oothecae and some nymphs in a warm area and I am having to spray once or twice daily to keep it reasonably...

what kind of tank do you have them in? is there much ventilation? how often are you spraying them? They do have a reasonably high mortality rate but I don't think it should be this high, if you can answer these questions we may be able to pinpoint a reason/reasons

I agree with what everybody has said I see no reason why you have problems with hand feeding Jon, I done it last night As Rick said it could be tricky as the mantid is so small As a last resort only try it, I mean if the mantid will not eat on its own. With a small nymph it would probably be...

I have thought about this in the past, the main problem is most maggots feed on rotting flesh which would be slightly smelly inside to say the least

not sure about species as for sexing it is to do with the legs, can't remember exactly but near the front(there is an exact section) on one of the sexes a pair of legs are missing. Search the web, you should come up with something

ah, ok I understand the laws in the USA are a lot stricter I would not ship to the USA unless it was a large order and it would have to be at the buyers risk, as I cannot make international phonecalls confirming with different US agencies if they can receive them Many people who export...

I would be interested in knowing why you won't allow topcs about intenational shipping of oothecae, I am not trying to start an argument but I can't think of any reason why they aren't allowed Hope you can answer my question Thanks Chris

not sure MicroMantis now back to what I was saying Many reptile keepers keep a supply of mite killing spray etc which can be used to kill mites in cages, online shop usually have something like this available Not sure how this would work with mantids but if you are having a problem with mites...

not sure about insect mites, think its different so this post is probably useless With reptiles and other animals mites can deteriate the health of the animal Ill finish later gtg now