Search results

What species is Momo? It is normal for it to take the better part of a month for that final molt, even longer sometimes. It was about 2 months for my ghost's final molt, but they are notorious for being slow-growing mantids.... EDIT: Just saw you posted that its a giant asian. They take...

I purchased Orin's second book and couldn't be happier with it. It was so informative and packed to the brim with great and useful information. I would recommend to anyone looking for a great source of knowledge on all things praying mantis!

They darken at night as a part of a process that helps them see better at night. It does let more light in I believe. 

Female ghost (I named her Legs because when I originally got the ghosts she was missing a hind leg.) During the molt: This is the colony. I have four total; two males and two females. I have since separated them even though I really doubt they will cannibalize at this point...: Last I...

Nice. What species?

Yeah I was curious on the instar as well. Great looking mantis!

Thanks. That's probably the case then....

Just wondering if anyone has seen anything like this and if so any idea why they would do something like this, or just random? My Rhombodera went into a threat pose in her terrarium for apparently no reason. I was not interacting with her and just happened to be in the room to witness it (no...

If anyone can provide an ooth (or perhaps some nymphs) at a reasonable price please let me know. I live in New York.

I have had two Heterocheata and they both died on their final molt. They are hard to care for have molting issues, so not the best for a beginner as MantisGirl said....

Thanks all!

Okay, Ill try that. I do want her to live as long as possible as an adult (obviously). It seems like the temperature makes a big difference too. My other mantises started growing noticeably slower after I had AC's installed--going from 85° to 76°. 

Just wanted to show the progression of growth of my African Mantis, an S. lineola. I had her from L2 and she is now an adult. This was the first mantis I kept as a pet by the way. I had 3 lineola and she was the only one that made it! Due to high heat (near 86°F) and me feeding frequently (I...

So just to clarify I don't feed anywhere near that much other than those two times as an experiment. I usually feed like 2 flies one day 1 fly the next day. I go by the shape of abdomen to guage how much I am feeding. Do you think that is feeding too much to speed up the molts that dramatically...

   I have an African Mantis (S. lineola) and she went from an L2 to adult (@ L9, I'm pretty sure) in 8 weeks, 5 days. It seemed kind of fast, but even her sub-adult to adult molt only took 2 weeks. The L5 or L6 to L6 or L7 molt happened in only 1 week! (That totals to an average of about 9 days...

Getting blue bottle fly larvae is the best way to go. They love flies and can even eat the larvae by hand feeding. If the worm gets away or falls in the terrarium, it will just hatch into an adult fly in a few days! My sub-adult chinese mantis eats blue bottles exclusively. I used to feed...

Yeah it kept the humidity nominal for 2-1/2 days. They definitely work better than a cup with holes poked in them, and no chemicals to worry about like those 'cricket bags.' (If anyone knows if you can use those for mantids let me know? If you don't know what I'm talking about, its some type of...

Thanks. Thats what I thought when I first looked at it but then with no stripe I was thinking European. Any way of telling?

A friend found this mantid/mantis in Staten Island, NY. Can anyone ID it for me/them? It does not have a stripe on head or abdomen, just plain green, I was told. (I know in this area its either European, Carolina, or Chinese; the last being less likely due to no stripe I've been told).   Here...

Oh right, that is definitely something to keep in mind; thanks a lot! At the very least I will swap them out every few weeks. I also use bamboo sticks in the enclosures. What do you think of those?--or better yet, what type of wood/sticks to you like specifically?