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This may sound gross but sometimes when I run out of flies and I'm in a bind, I rip a mealworm in half and let my big Violin taste the goo. They always take it afterwards but they have to be used to seeing the tweezers or they tend to bat it away.

COngrats!

My female just past and the male just molted to adult. PM if interested.

Deli cups you can get on AMazon but the tops aren't ventilated. They have them on ebay too.

I'm not worried. I'm also happy to have my girls live a happy life without introducing a male.

absolutely

So many Mantids and so little time...

I think I'm reaching that point. Taking about 1 hour to feed my brood.

O.k. Went to work, came back and one of my bleph ooths hatched early. Now I have way too many blephs!

The adults have tiny little bud wings if you look but very small (tiny brown green wings). I lost count of the molt but I think she had 8 molts.

mosquitos!

I have several adult and subadult Ghost available, both genders. PM me if interested.

 Off topic-  Yeah, My husband gave me the same speech right before I took over his self space. On topic- I think I'll try to set up a shed area in the back fro my males and see what happened when they get introduced. Will report back.

Yes, Definitely age matter and maturity for sure.

I think they should be fine for kids. My kid has a bunch of her own mantis to care for (she does not like some of mine, especially the larger species). It's just that some species are more aggressive and may get frightened easily. I would recommend Ghost, Brunner, Violins and Cat's eye are...

Did you find someone in Canada yet?

I actually spend at least 30 minutes hunting down my Mega mantids when I let them roam around the house. Certainly not wise of me but they somehow reappear within that time and they enjoy the exercise. One time, one of my girls decided to hang upside down on my dining chair. That took about 2...

Yup, still female.

Female. The males have a little extra ridge.