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when theres a livefood shortage, and if they really are going hungry you can feed them chicken. I have never had to do it myself, but plenty of people have. In fact I read recently on here that some guy is feeding his mantis cat food, and the mantis is doing very well.

thats perfect :) The netting will allow the mantids something to grip on, and also give any mid transfer molts a better chance of success

I tried the box idea and it works perfectly! Fruit fly culture smell tamed

See I thought that, but My African and Budwing females have become more sluggish than active just before laying.

Ah excellent, I will look out for that. The only thing I noticed from personal experience is that in most cases they refuse to eat. I'll take a look at their abdomen next time. Cheers

what is it about the mantids behavious that makes you think its just about to lay?

I dont know if its just me, but however I try to prevent it, my Mantids always lay their Ooths on the side of the enclosure, even when (I would have thought) Better alternatives are available, such as twigs, branches. leaves etc. Has anyone found a way of making sure a mantis lays an Ooth on a...

its not all bad. At least any males have a bit more of a chance now. Sorry ot hear about the bad molt, though compared to how things could have turned out its not too bad. Hope she heals well

Found this on another postboard. Im sure they must carry on eating when they reach each other

you got any pictures of him as an adult? I love the look of shield mantis. Sorry for your loss. I was pretty upset when my first Mantis died

Tidy up after yourself :P

there *is* an airing cupboard, but other people use it to dry their clothes, so thats a definate no go area. I might try the putting them in a cardboard box idea and see how it goes. At the moment my fruit fly culture reaks just as much of vinegar as it does of insect, so it hasnt helped really

Its not the tanks, My tanks have never gotten bad. Whether its because they generally dont or whether its because I clean them every once in a while im not sure. Its the food im more concerned about

As we all know, If left uncared for, Mantis enclosures *can* start to smell. It is however easily preventable, by cleaning out the tank or y using differents means of keeping the humidity levels. What I want to talk about is live foods, especially fly cultures. It wasn't so bad before as I...

there you go :) you need to make a link directly to the image, rather than the page the image is on for it to work

well i'll definately be showing up to look around!

thats a fantastic picture. What site did you get it from? EDIT: Ignore that. I had a stupid moment. http://www.geocities.com/crcpel

to what extent will it affect the project?

Cheers yen. Thats *exactly* what I was looking for. I couldn't find any online shops that sell it in the UK (admittedly I spent all of 2 minutes looking), but there are plenty of people on ebay selling it. Ordered myself a bag :) Cheers