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I had the same experience with orchids, it’s the weirdest thing. The male even flew over the female right in front of her face, and she just batted him away! Completely uninterested in cannibalism. I even decided to see what would happen if I left them together in the same (somewhat small)...

In need of a new roach colony, preferably with a couple adults. I currently have 4 yellow porcelain roaches and an extra adult ghost mantis if you’re interested in trade  Southern California

I would highly recommend against gluing your mantis. I’ve had a mantis rip off it’s own leg after it got stuck under a stick. The tape method might be safer, but your timing would have to be pretty much perfect. Im not entirely sure if she’ll be able to molt properly without her other two legs...

I’ve heard of large species drawing blood before. Most of the time people say it’s because they mistook their finger for food and tried to eat it. I’ve also seen a mantis open it’s mandibles when I had to pick it up by the thorax to move him. Another thing to note is sometimes a mantis will...

He’s a fantastic mantis keeper, so anything he says I’d trust. He’s studying mantids under his university.  I believe it means the species you have is not agrionina. It’s something else that is not officially described, so it doesn’t have its scientific name yet. You can just ask him though...

I don’t think he’s active here anymore unfortunately

Very beautiful species. I believe @LamboMantisMan23 has had success with them

I always wanted to grow orchids, but I keep losing them 😢  I used to grow carnivorous plants, but I made the mistake of ignoring them after getting into mantids, and California summer took them away. I might get some more this year though. I also like drawing. I used to only draw animals, but...

Congrats on the molts! That’s awesome they molted on the same day. I hope the female’s still up to breeding!  And fingers crossed for the spinys 🤞 

😂 If you had to choose only one to put on your wall, that would be it! I always thought it looked perfect for a mantis themed calendar or something

@FeistyMcGrudle Are you talking about Stenophylla cornigera? I believe DeShawn from MantidKingdom is raising a pioneer generation right now.

I always say Choeradodis spp., because they’re just so amazing. I’m also dying to get Empusa pennata and Pseudempusa pinnapavonis. I’ve seen the these both being bred before, but for some reason it seems like they’ve dropped out of the sight here.

Welcome to the forums! It’s so great that you’re finally able to get into mantises, they’re such amazing creatures. Good luck finding a first species! This is a great place to start

US only! I’m in California  I have an adult female orchid mantis I need an adult male for. Male must be sexually mature (at least 2 wks since final molt). I would prefer trading for multiple males, but any amount will do I can send back some of the resulting ooths or nymphs. Whatever works for...

Couldn’t get it down to species, but I think it’s an Enallagma sp.  Hoping for confirmation. For now, though, I’ll just hope to see another one again some day. It reminds me so much of this little blue helicopter I had when I was younger, although I suspect this damselfly can actually fly 😂

Thanks for the correction, @MantisGirl13! Always great to learn about new bugs. I’ll try to get a species ID in case I ever see another one. Very beautiful insect indeed

Saw this beautiful creature while I was out and about today. The pic doesn’t do this blue guy justice! 

Thank you for your condolences. Definitely going to miss her. But everything’s still going good! I’ve got her ooth, and my ghost trio is still doing great! No adult molts yet, but they’ve been eating well, so it should hopefully be just a matter of weeks now. I also found someone else to breed...

Forgot to say thank you for the advice, @MantisGirl13! Unfortunately you were right, there wasn’t much left to do. The spots didn’t spread, but she did become discolored, and I found her dead this morning. I’m going to put her in the freezer until I can pin her. RIP (When she was healthy)...

Me too i can’t remember if the black spots were there originally or if they’re not new.the last segments also look a little more yellowish than the rest, but I still don’t know if that’s new or not. It’s a very slight difference, you can barely see it in the picture.