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Hey Jessie , looks as if you have a great start to your book .  Good going ........ S

You do live in a country that's an entomologists dream.......... S

Interesting to hear , I have another couple ootheca that I am diapausing to confirm or disprove that diapausing is required.  I should  have the results this spring ...... S

You must have some wild infiltrators lately .......... S

With live plants and moss that would surly keep the humidity high .  What species of mantid are in there ?

Tales of the one that got away are fun to tell & think back on ......... S

I must agree with Thomas , looks as if you have a very humidity in the cup. With high heat and moisture any wild spores will begin a growth . ...... S

Quite the environment in your Exo. is it all artificial or do you have some live plants .? Where do you place the temp. probes ?

Greetings...

hy ,Greetings & Welcome........  S

Funky commentary ............  S

I would think all  mantids could harm their feet , I hot glued fiberglass screen over the top screen . After removing the styro background I hot ge'd the screen all down the rear . It makes for xlnt viewing and goood climbing ... S

The undiapaused ooth have such a low survival rate , I have one (1) L3 Religiosa nymph that is the lone survivor of an ooth...and only 3 , L4's from an undiapaused Tenodera ooth. Therefore I diapause all of my naturalized mantid ootheca ....  S

I do like his youtube video's.......... S

One other odd thing is that I have seen them eating dead fruit flies , not too usual for mantids .

The Tenodera S. is the only female mantis that I have seen actually fly in a controlled manner . All other species I've bred  Mantis Religiosa included use their wings in quite a limited manner ...   S

hy logan   Do you know when the ooth was laid ? Or has your ooth been diapaused ?  I have hatched 2 ooth  (not diapaused) this season with extreemly high mortality . The remaining nymphs respond quite differently than others that I have hatched ....S

Greetings & Welcome ............. S

I have to concur with velve after a certain amount of time (1 hour) the new exoskeleton  will harden into that deformity . I have tried to rescue such a mismoult without success , sorry ............. S

Water can cause some questions , I started using distilled water in my humidifier to reduce the water scale on my habitats . I found they were clouding up looking kinda ****** after a few days . Also using distilled in the mister keeps from clouding the insides ./ I'm not sure that tap water is...