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I was ordering mantids from a gal in the states. They were supposed to arrive in California. She told me that she no longer puts live insects or anything of the sort to indicate what the package contains because one of her customers had his mantids arrive dead. The post office had killed them...

I broke down and bought a heating mat. Our weather here is so roller coaster as well as our humidity that I felt I had to do something to try for success. I used thread and hung two ooths from a piece of sheer fabric netting. Each ooth is in a quart sized canning jar and I am using a piece of...

The title is, "Until Adults." Would you mind elaborating please. This container seems to be a bit crowded for baby mantises. What keeps the younger than adults from getting lost in the container with all the decor?

Thank you for the additional information. I guess I will have to raise the temp a bit. It is only around 44% humidity here today, so I guess i need to keep misting. Do you have a picture of your hatching chamber? When I got Charlotte, I did not plan on keeping any more. I have grown rather...

Yes, I have experienced the impatience. I have opened two oothecas, both were dried out. I did not know to mist them until too late. I now have two more that she has laid. I have "hung" them with a piece of thread sewn through netting at the top of two separate quart canning jars. I used the...

NO, I live in Germany so I do not have access to Michael's here. I read after I had submitted my question that you got the "gift pails" from Michael's. I looked into the Michaels online and could not find those. They sure look nice. When I come back to California for a visit this December, I...

Those things look really nice. What were the cylinders that you used?

Hi , I have never participated in this forum before. I have a question or two. I am totally new, two months, to the mantis world. I bought a s.lineola female. She had laid one ootheca at teh pet store. It has not hatched yet. I have had her since the first of June. The pet store has had the...