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not hard to *** your Idolomantis once its at least l3. Here's how: http://mantidforum.net/forums/topic/24368-how-to-determine-gender-for-l3l4-idolomantis-diabolica/

Hi, nice setup. Whats the concern with the pillpugs? They arent necessary, but will clean up the scraps of bugs your mantis tosses out, helping to discouarage things like mites. Springtails will do the same job basicly, if you dont want to use isopods(aka pill bugs, rollie pollies, sow bugs)

Hi as far as I know theres no need for anything fancy here. Mantids dont need supplements with their bugs like reptile and amphibians. I think the mantids do get a mouthfull of whatever their feeders eat so I like to feed bananas or other fruit before feeding, that way they get a nice treat.

You wont get a hygrometer that is accurate above 80ish percent unless you spend a lot. The cheap guage style are my preference  but digital type will be fine too. If your substrate is moist and your lid allows for some ventilation odds are good that you humidity is fine already. Personally I've...

Yes, odds are good she's mated, but she will lay eggsacs whether she's been fertilized or not. Also its possible to attract a mate sometimes, depending on where you keep her. Sometimes a male will come looking for her from her scent/phermones.  Lastly although many mantids only live a while...

Hi, if you have 2 and know ones a dud, you could try weighing them. Fertilized/developing ooths should be heavier. If you dont have a scale you can make a ballance. As for hatching times,  most soecuez have hatched between 6 weeks and 3 mos in my for me:)

Hi, the reason larvae climb to the top is CO2 build up. Once they start covering the holes they increase the problem very quickly.  As for trying to buy flies in the mail, dont get me started...Ive spent more than 300 dollars buying nothing but stinky rotten disgusting slime.  Good luck

Hi burnmeister, congrats on the cool find. Always nice to have some more canadians keeping mantids:) Im in BC too.

The only person I've heard of saying you can, sent me missidentified ooths which didnt hatch. Id also be interested if anyone has info about this.

MantisGirl13, yup I'm looking forward to it. I have the ghost ooth aswell as a type of Creobroter and Tarachodula pantherina, which arrived with a nymph partially emerged and dried out, so I am worried it may not hatch me any babies:

I bet he molts tonight. Hope he does well:)

*just smiles and gives you a Vegemite sandwich*

Congrats, kinda gives me hope for a few unhatched ooths I have!

I have had many no hatches, and several very poor hatches.. I've had oothecae hatch in the mail.. I've had an old  ootheca hatch(after I gave up on it) a lone ghost, whom I found hanging out on the wall, late one evening. One of my favourites though, was my first ootheca, it was a big...

Glad the boot came off:)

Yeah treat her same. You can mate after she's laid her first ooth, and after then she should lay a few more fertile ooths. Adults often live quite a while and lay several ooths I doubt she'll be at her end for sometime if you keep her unless you are putting her outside. As for the boot, I'd do...

The live/active yeast is used to innoculate it, and the dead yeast is used as a protein and vitamin supplement to increase yields. Yeast leftover from brewing beer is sold as a nutritional supplement for people aswell. In australia, where they brew lots of beer, they sell it as a healthy...

Yeah roach forums been down for a few days, I hope its temporary.

I havent raised these yet, but lepidoptera often cant fly when reared on artificial diets lacking in omega-3 fatty acids. If you dont get a better answer, try tossing some flaxseed into their food mix

Hi ladyarcana55, It can be difficult getting mantids, but it should be much easier now that you've found this forum. You are more patient than me, if I dont get a reply within a week, I'd move on to someone else. I am confident I know who you are dealing with too, because he's the only person...