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I just found a Brunneria borealis stick mantis in the yard I think... I will post some pics... and see everyone concurs... He is so cute, and I am feeding him pinheads and hydei flies.

She just had a beautiful molt, and almst doubled in size. Looking healthy!

Well, that makes me feel better. I am really hoping this little guy makes it, considering none of his siblings did. On the 17th he will be a month old.

Okay.. Well I still have one of my Religiosa nymphs left alive. S/he seems very alert, mobile, and eats readily.. The only odd thing is, I haven't noticed a molt yet? Is this odd? S/he hatched 7/17. She has grown quite a bit, but haven't seen any molt in the cup.. Is it possible that s/he could...

My friend, who is a huge uro fan suggests: Lindsay Pike at [email protected] (here is his website: http://www.urotopia.com/)

So of the two European Mantids I have from the ooth..one of them just molted, and I expect the worst. I have been misting twice daily, so I dont think it was a humidity issue... This morning I came to check on them and one of them was at the bottom of the cup with almost all of the molt off. It...

My two alive guys are eating and getting bigger... I am still very worried, but hopeful. So they are 10 days old now... Should I continue to mist twice daily? They are going to molt in about a week you think? I should make sure that all the flies are out of the cup when they molt, right? I am...

Well, two of my guys died. The other two decided to eat and look good so far.... I'm pretty sure the ooth is done hatching, but I put it outside just in case there's anyone else inside that might come out late.

Yeah... I've read a lot of discouraging stuff. I didn't even get the 100 babies... A lot of them hatched but almost immediately curled up and died. I just hope I can keep these guys alive.

About 76 F. Should I keep them warmer? They LOOK healthy, and are moving around a lot, but don't seem interested in the flies.... Are the cups maybe too big for them at this stage?

I have 4 religiosa nymphs who are about 6 days old. I have them sepearted into 12 ounce deli cups with excelisior. I am misting twice a day. I have offered wingless drosophila melanogaster, but they don't seem interested.... Should I try offering another type of bug? Could they be molting this...

Hello.. My name is Melody. I live in Riverview Florida. I love gardening, and animals. I have 2 cats, 4 newts, 2 anoles, a tree frog and snails. I enjoy raising butterflys and tadpoles, and have recently stareted keeping mantids. I have a Religiosa ooth that starting hatching on the 17th. So...