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Signs you can look out for for when the female is ready is calling normally seen in the morning or evening or the laying of an infertile ootheca.

Thanks, shes coloured up nicely now so I took her outside at the weekend to take a couple of pics

It's generally the other way around, males go though less moults than females i.e H. coronatus males mature at 6th instar females at 8th instar, never counted my T. sinensis moults but they moulted around the same time to adulthood so think they go though the same amount.

Is Scott back on here again then?

13# Pseudocreobotra ocellata (Spiny Flower) Adult female, no males 14# Humbertiella sp 15# Pseudempusa pinnapavonis (Peacock) Adult female 16# Deroplatys dessicata (Dead Leaf) Adult female 17# Creobroter gemmatus 1st gen adult female 18# Blepheropsis mendica (Devils Flower) Adult...

7# Hierodula membrancea (Giant Asian) 1st gen sub male 8# Phyllocrania paradoxa (Ghost) 1st gen 4th instar female 9# Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii (Spiny Flower) 1st gen adult Male 10# Alalomantis coxalis (Congo Mantis) 1st gen 4th instar 11# Rhombodera sp (Giant Sheild) 1st gen 5th...

Was bored so thought I would take some pictures of the species of mantids I keep, not great pics because I'm not patient enough, but hey was about time I took a few more pictures. 1# Ephestiasula sp (Purple Boxer) 3rd Instar 2# Hestiasula brunneriana (Unicorn Boxer) 2nd or 3rd Instar 3#...

Giant Rainforest Mantid? Could be any thing, you'll have try and find out the scientific name or at least a more common common name (not one that the seller has just made up) if you want some help on it's husbandary. A pic would be good to if you can get it.

I never spray my G. gongylode ooths, so I wouldn't worry too much about the dessication part especially as your getting mold on the ootheca. I've had ooths hatch at 4 weeks, but normally around 5-6weeks, depends on the incubation temp.

Seems to have gone very quite on the Idolomantis front on here, thought I'd share a pic of my first adult female, she'd only been moulted about a day when I took the pic so not showing her colours yet, although I can say 4 days later that she is a stunner. Hopefully the rest of them won't be...

I have for sale 2nd instar Gongylus gongylodes (Violin Mantis) nymphs. £5.00 each or 5 for £20. Feeding very well on fruit flies. PM if interested.

It may be worth mating them again, she was only a immature adult when you mated her, so there may be a chance the first mating did not do the trick.

Traded some mantids with Morph, recieved very well packed and very good condition, Fantastic :D

I think you hit the nail on the head!! Get some experience with "tropical" mantids (not Tropical fish, reptiles, amphibians, etc) first Scott, before preaching about how they should or shouldn't be kept.

Great thread, Scott, could I ask what species of mantid have you personally kept, reared and breed, and also what sort of conditions you have personally kept them at?

I have for sale L2 Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii (spiny flower mantis) nymphs captive breed by myself. £4.00 each . Also Acromantis formosana (Taiwan Flower mantis)nymphs. L2 £1.00 each L3/4 £1.50 each All feeding very well on D. hydei. Postage £2.50 1st class or £5.50 special delivery. U.K...

Just to let you know it is possible to hatch "temperate" M. religiosa without a diapause, I've done it on at least 2 occasions, although nymphs are somewhat weaker, it is still possible to raise them to adulthood.

I'm looking for a adult, sub-adult, or pre-sub-adult male Creobroter elongata in the U.K. or Europe. Also in desperate need of a male Rhombodera sp, adult or sub-adult. Can anybody help???

If you really did want to start a flying fruit fly culture it is very easy, just put your culture container with the culture media in and place this in a shed, or green house and the flies will be attracted to this and lay their eggs, in no time at all you will have a culture of flying fruit...

Try spraying his container with warm water, this will increase the humidity and hopefully help the rest of the skin off.