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When you get a big bloom of flies just open the lid at least once a day to let the CO2 out. A screen lid won't work, the holes are too big and will let the fruit flies escape. Poking extra holes in a polyfiber lid is iffy, you have to be very careful to keep the holes small for the same reason. ...

So sorry your mantis didn't make it. It is possible for a mantis to die from only losing part of a leg....while others can lose several and live out their natural life span. Sometimes things happen that are beyond your control. For future reference here are some diagrams with basic mantis...

Ok, I just wanted to be clear where they came from. I am glad you were finally able to find a reliable breeder to help you out. They are beautiful specimens!  Good luck with the claim, hopefully PayPal sides with you. I don't see why they wouldn't, you never received the order and the seller...

Is that all the dead flies there were? As far as I can tell there is nothing wrong with the culture. When you get a population explosion like that it means the culture is healthy. Fruit flies go through all their natural life cycle in the culture. That means you will get dead flies from time to...

These are from the second breeder or the original one that kept giving you the run around?

No, not really. Most of the time the isopods hide in the substrate and their hard shell and ability to roll into a ball makes them difficult to eat. Most of my mantises don't even notice they are in there...with the exception of my female shield mantis. She is an extremely aggressive hunter and...

It's hard to tell in that pic but the fabric is glued to the inside of the lid. '.The description does say "Fabric 4.5" Vented Lid for Insect Deli Cups"

LLLREPTILE  has pretty good bulk prices and shipping starts at $6.99.

Covering a rectangular top with screen is easy, just hot glue fiberglass window screen & secure it in place using hot glue and 1/4" wooden dowels, this works best if there is already something to secure them to or cover over. Another method that works for irregular shapes or if there is...

The misting serves two purposes, to increase the ambient humidity and provide a source of drinking water for the mantis. They will drink from water droplets left on the sides of their enclosure, a fogger will increase humidity but it may not produce enough droplets. If you can figure out how to...

Fiberglass window screen is measured by length and width of the roll, diameter of the "wires" and comes in fine, medium or coarse sized mesh. You can use any length & width but for the size of the mesh preferably you want to use fine if you can find it but medium is also sufficient (unless...

1. Praying mantids commonly found in the wild in Colorado are the Carolina Mantis, California Mantis, European Mantis, Chinese Mantis and two species of Ground Mantis: Litaneutria minor &  Yersiniops solitarium. Only Carolina, California and the Ground mantises are native. European and...

The first female that mated with many connections laid an ooth last night. She was only with the male that one time so I guess we'll find out how well that worked in 4 to 6 weeks. I will try mating her again soon, but wanted to give the male a couple days to make more spermatophore first. I'm...

They will refund the entire amount you paid, you didn't get anything in return for your money and the seller hasn't shipped the order. His "restocking fee" doesn't even follow the commonly accepted definition. Typically a "restocking fee" is charged by a seller when they ship you something but...

I mated my two ghost females yesterday with one male. The male has been an adult about a month and the females have been adults since May. When the male mated with the first female he was on her back about 3 hours in which he made roughly 15 short connections each lasting about 1 minute long...

Hi, welcome to the forum. Ghosts can be kept at room temperature 65° to 80°F. They don't usually need an external heat source. You can use a small spray bottle to mist once a day to keep the humidity between 50 to 70%. If a mantis is about to molt the higher end of that range is more desirable...

I've left the cup in the fridge all day when I forgot I put it in there and they flies were still ok. You can actually store adult flies in the fridge for several days without issue. You can also stun them in the freezer too which works faster but you have to be super careful to take them out...

Interesting. I thought that might be what it was which is why I asked if she noticed there was more discharge and if it got more transparent when her mantis drank more water. I've never seen any of my mantises pee but that doesn't mean they don't. The clear green goo I saw on my female was more...

I understand the concern after hearing about my female becoming eggbound but it hasn't been long enough after Cochise's last ooth to start thinking that is the problem. Since her ooths are infertile they may take longer to lay than fertile ones. As you know I tried mating my female but that did...

I have 36 individual mantids and I buy 500 bluebottle and 500 housefly pupae every 3 or 4 weeks. I usually buy fly pupae from mantisplace.com as she carries larger amounts and has the lowest prices I have found so far. If I bought 500 of each separately they would come to $9.90 (+$7.20 shipping)...