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Just an update: The mantids are all L3 now the last one just molted today, the first one molted on the 20th which happens to be the only male as far as I can tell at the moment. I cant get good close up pictures with my phone but here are some: This is the male: and here is the female that...

Another paradigm: I have found that the vinegar eels are only in the cultures that contain the wild D. Melanogasters. I have used the same apple cider vinegar in all of my cultures, the eels do not show up in the other cultures. So maybe they are not vinegar eels, but nematodes? Anyone have any...

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At what instar do you start seeing color changes in a ghost mantis? I know they are black when born and look like ants but when do they start to change color and do they take on different colors at each instar? I have 6 ghost mantids and they have all reached L2 and are still black (one molted...

Mispost... I guess I didn't read the topic that well I apologize.

Well apple cider vinegar is not pasturized and still contains some mother of vinegar and you can get it at any store. So the eels can come from the apple cider vinegar.

Salt and Vinegar eel chips anyone.....

"Apple cider vinegar, otherwise known simply as cider vinegar or ACV, is made from cider or apple must and has a brownish-yellow color. It often is sold unfiltered and unpasteurized with the mother of vinegar present, as a natural product." "Vinegar eels are only found in unpasteurized vinegar...

It appears that they are not parasitic but just living with the fruit flies and feeding on the culture. Here is a better pic.

Yes I saw that article, but that is a parasite to a different fruit fly although I suppose it could happen to any. They may or may not be parasitic, since there are so many of them They are everywhere even on the pupae. I cant tell exactly if they are feeding on them or not. I will get some of...

Here is a pic I took with my microscope of the worms. I believe it is 100X

Unfortunately my regular camera broke and all I have is my phone camera, can't get close enough for a good shot. Originally I made an open culture to attract the fruit flies flying around the house, I used mashed banana, vinegar, and some yeast. I left the culture open for about a week in a...

It is a captive bred and it cost me $25. Here is a picture of the underside let me know if it is a good enough shot or not. Thanks

I made a culture of wild d. melanogasters and it is about 3 weeks old and seems to have thousands of very thin worms that seem to be feeding on the pupae of the flies. Does anyone know what they might be or have had a similar problem? Roundworms maybe?

Ok here is a picture of Coco the corn snake. Not sure of gender so we named it something gender neutral.

I would show you a picture but this thing wont let me attach a picture says I have used 713.32K of my 1000K global upload quota which is pretty ridiculous if you ask me. So I guess I can only upload 1MB of data for the entire life of the forum? Anyone know how to fix this?

So I just got a baby corn snake and I have him on the shelf below the ghost mantids and fruit fly cultures. I noticed that some of my cultures have white mites is that going to be a problem for the snake?

What should I look for when they are about to molt for the first time?

Just got my Ghost mantids setup. Ghosts from Precarious, FF from Brian, and supplies from mantisplace.com. (Thanks Guys!) I have sphagnum moss as a substrate on the bottom of 32oz cups with cloth lids. Used sticks from outside (boiled them first to get rid of any bugs or bacteria). Does anyone...

So your basically saying that if I put Omega 3 Fish Oil in the medium that my mantid still wont be able to beat me in chess? Bummer...