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    A noobs Foolish mistake

    I used empty Pom glasses through L4: http://www.thisnext.com/media/160x160/8A9A...sware-green.jpg The lid even snaps on and off. Very convenient. After they hit L5, though, I put one in a small critter keeper and the other just stays on this giant fake flower I have in my room. They're both...
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    Accepting dead prey

    My Chinese female ate a day-old dead bee today that had died after a few days in a critter keeper with my uninterested Chinese male. Out of curiosity I picked up the bee, wiggled it in front of the female and she immediately grabbed it and started chowing down, even though the bee was all dried...
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    Timid Chinese male

    I was just going to ask this! My male ate today, but only after I put a moth right up to its head. I'll be more patient next time.
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    First (Well, third) post

    Haha, really? I've never heard that, though I hear I'm pretty tall for a Chinese girl whenever I go visit (I'm 5'6"...pretty average here)
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    First (Well, third) post

    I'm from Jinan, we speak Mandarin. I am okay with the Shandong accent as well (not sure if it counts as its own dialect)... As long as you speak to me slowly I do fine :)
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    First (Well, third) post

    I'm in PA but I go to school in CT. My conversational Chinese is also passable...Barely. I think I'm going to take a character writing class next semester.
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    First (Well, third) post

    Oh no! :( I'm Chinese but I moved when I was 3, so I can't read. Shameful, I know.
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    T. sinensis

    Wesleyan, in CT
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    Honey?

    Sorry, should have clarified--I saw a forum post where someone had smeared his crickets with honey and bee pollen, and was wondering if there was any benefit to this.
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    Honey?

    What are the benefits of giving honey to your mantids?
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    T. sinensis

    I have one more subadult, but I think it's another male
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    T. sinensis

    It went well! I have my first adult! I'm so happy...*sniff* For a while I was really confused as to where the wings were...And then... 1st meal as an adult :) Tucking into a fat female Lymantria dispar (I collect the pupae around where I'm working this summer...I hate these moths, I'm...
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    First (Well, third) post

    I read in another thread you had an eye incident! Actually, a few minutes after I took that picture, it did, in fact, strike at my eye. Luckily it hit the top frame of my glasses, so no trip to the ER for me. I haven't let them on my face since.
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    First (Well, third) post

    Hey all. I'm Xue, a 20 year-old college student. I decided to rear mantids this year after finding some T. sinensis egg cases in the winter, and it's been a lot of fun! They helped me procrastinate during finals :) I think I've found a new hobby.
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    T. sinensis

    I thought this was the photo section?
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    T. sinensis

    These guys hatched in late April (actually, hatched all over my dorm room--long story) and have been reared indoors. Egg cases. Gave most of them away to friends L7s I spent like five minutes snapping my fingers in front of this dude trying to get a threat posture. No luck L7 getting...
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