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So first off I spose i'll do some backstory since I haven't been on much in the past few monthes. I had a pair of idolos a while back i got to adulthood and bred. My female produced one ooth and passed while trying to lay her second. Well the first ooth did hatch. It was a little...

yeah overlapping mesh screens seem to be the chinese finger traps of doom for many mantis

Ordered some bb spikes and pupae. Also picked a pair of adult Hierodula. All arrived promptly and in perfect shape. A+ good stuff

i am pretty sure its a male.... other then the spike on the abdomen, the lower part of the antennae looks too thick to be a girl.

oye, well i have been super busy lately and keep forgetting to hit post before I shut down for the night. She passed early last week. Followed by the male this week. Fairly certain that he passed of old age, was almost 70 days into adulthood with at least 5 matings. But as far as her, I am...

I can dig on that a lot

yeah and I am not so afraid of her as much as I am afraid of my reaction. I can be jumpy at times. On more then one occasion have I accidentally flung a mantis that struck me or grabbed my finger or even the confused male that picks up those girly smells on my hand (some of those boys can get...

yeah the eggbound word is the one I have been hoping not to hear but doesn't make it impossible, hopefully everything works itself out tonight. Any reasons i shouldn't raise the humidity to as close to 100 as possible? I have bred alot of chinese in my youth for many years. I wasn't aware of...

Also I am still new, and i do think i did get a little lucky with a very horny little boy. But every time I have witnessed them connected, the temps where lower then normal for them. Probably just a coincidence, but i think it is worth trying if you haven't already. Also my male and female...

Thanks ya'll, it is much appreciated, especially for the fast responses.... I did go outta town for the weekend and had no one to water them for a couple days and that is what I am gonna attribute this to. kinda figured a 2 days wouldn't be too big of a deal. Also she did damage one of her...

yeah I am just very worried as it has already mostly hardened and she REALLY doenst like me messin with it, hissing louder then my roomies cat( almost wish i could record it). I am just really hoping this isn't the end for her. :no:

I dunno I would try the high temps(95-100+) thing with a big dip in temp at some point in time(to 80-90), as my male only shows interest when it is 80-90, above that they get too territorial with eachother. Also I am a believer in the "separation theory" keeping him from getting to much of the...

So i wake up this morning to find my female started laying her ooth but stopped after depositing just a couple eggs and looks like she forgot what she was doing and just pulled her abdomen away and now has a ball of eggs just stuck to her rear end almost blocking her poop factory. I didn't have...

I am pretty certain I kill more honey bees on my daily commute then any mantis would eat any given day, not to mention all the other natural predators. unless you are raiding hives for your entire mantis stock, then I really wouldn't think too hard on it. . Besides if you are really worried...

Got another connection today. Still no ooth yet. Conditions for the past 24 hours have been temps between 74-84 with humidity running 42-75. Currently it is 80 with 67% humidity. The previous mating had fairly identical temp and humidity. It just took place in the morning. Makes me wonder if...

...and she was also mated by 3 different males. I only saw one connect but another rode her for almost 2 days. I just never saw him make a connection, or the 3rd for that matter. I also have a theory that some of my "chinese" are Tenodera angistipennis and most T. Sinensis. As some are...

well, ok, yeah, it is a chinese ooth but I've had unmated females lay normal looking ooths before, I just don't understand the lack of foamage.

anyone ever see this before? I'll tell ya'll what it is later if ya cant guess. I am just a game playin mood tonight. So yeah, I hope it can be fun. But anyhow i wanted to know why this might of happened. Came home and found it in my little exoterra.

Oops apparently didn't read your whole your post there deathzez. just saw no silk worms thingy. I don't mean to be an echo. Sorry