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:cry: I went to check my Idolos this morning, disaster... After getting my (second!!) male to adulthood I found my female -who was about to moult this or next week- laying on the floor of her cage. Same old story: those f***ing hanging problems. I'll put her to sleep, since she is too...

I wouldn' bother them too much, after all it's Idolomantis/Extremely Stressy. Great mantis though, keep up the good work!

Awesome Alan!!! Congrats and good luck with your male :wink: My female didn't make it however (the one with the black eyes), so my male is horny as heck... Pitty you don't live a bit closer. ps: I have another sub couple, so I'm -literally- putting all my money on these :twisted:

@yen_saw: who is Joe?? If you say it like that he is some kind of criminal dealer :? (I bet he's a nice person though :wink: ) @cameron: I just use light bulbs, no maths. I'll try to make picture of the straw/mesh combination soon.. Some explanation: take a piece of mesh half the size of the...

@Alan: just this male, my female is now already 3 months since her last moult @Cameron: I think it's pretty obvious in the last picture... I only use stray and mess cages :wink: I have problems finding stock also. I am looking for L5/L6 males since I have an L8 male (=sub) and 2 L8 females...

My Idolo completely coloured green/white/purple so I had to take some more pictures (they should be sharper, which I am working on..) close ups: the whole beast: To get an idea of its size: the width of the leaf is 6 cm @Christian: you were right, he is just under 12 cm :(...

Pauline, Absolutely nothing to worry about! The reason the mantis spits out food is probably a combination of stress (you just bought him/her) and feeding your feeder insects too wet/liquid food (carrots for example). Try feeding your crickets/flies cornflakes, bread, etc. I had my...

@Christian: I really think my male is 10 cm, I'll measure him this week (he probably is this big because I gave him everything he wanted: excellent food, environment, TLC, ... :wink: ). I should say though that I have another subadult male which is considerably smaller than my adult male when...

@ellroy: just the straw, no other branches so that they are obliged to hang from the ceiling. I completely shielded the cage to minimize stress. About the humidity, they stand in my aquariumroom so the humidity is already high. On the bottom of the cage I have plastic with lots of toilet paper...

Oops, I changed that :oops: He didn't turn green yet, simply because he moulted this morning. I was told however that he should turn green/purple in the next few weeks, so I just have to wait... About the size: it's 12 cm from the top of the head to the top of the wings. Without wings he is...

This morning, finally..., I was looking at an adult Idolomantis diabolica male (MY Idolomantis diabolica :D ). It took him 66 days before he finally decided to shed :shock: He is awesome, the greatest mantis specimen I have ever seen, huge (definitely over 12 cm/4,8 inch) 8) and hopefully...

indeed, awesome pictures! I wonder where you got the terra-typica link from :wink:

I would say: hot and dry (40% RV, 30°C), I have no experience with the species though..

noop, but no news is good news :) I'm expecting both to shed within the next couple of days (their wing buds are getting fatter and fatter every day), still hanging strong! My male is looking great, he should definitely make it. Female is another story, but I'm optimistic :) . I'll keep...

You have any idea what could have caused the darkening of the eyes. I should tell that I had to use a cheap, yellow reptile-lamp for a couple of days because the light in my Idolo-terras broke down. It is during this period that the eyes darkened... Which kind of lighting do you guys use in...

I'm getting increasingly concerned with my subadult Idolomantis couple. In between their previous moults were always 22-26 days. Now it has been 40 days since they moulted to subadult. Is this normal? What's even more concerning is that the females eyes have darkened enormously (from one day...

@Ian: did you breed them or just hatched imported oothecas? Didn't they survive their last molt?

Males are adult when L9 and females when L10. This means females have one more molt to go and if kept at the same temperature the male will be dead before the female becomes adult. I reckon your dead, fulgrown adult had big antennae? This means it is/was a male. Your other adult probably is...

High humidity??? I always thought they had to be kept dry (like the mendicas). I never sprayed directly on mine, just sprayed the floor of the cage once a day... btw: mine are doing just great, subadult now (couple) and ready to shed for the last time :) Fingers crossed everyone :twisted...

Everything's going super here: today my female became subadult (L9) and yesterday my male (L8, you can see his antennae get thicker :shock: ). They are huge :shock: :shock: :shock: 1 moult to go and than I've got some breeding to do :wink: wish me luck by the way: they are still on 27°C in...