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I agree with Synapze. Usually a male has one less molt that a female, so keep that in mind too

I’ll definitely do that. I’ll also be posting in the for sale section of this forum, so be sure to keep your eyes open for that ?

My Scottish side is definitely happy about that ? I’m planning on having some ghosts, orchids, and spiny flowers here pretty soon. I’m also going to have some  pseudoacanthops nymphs (really rare) and I might be able to sell you some of those

Online. Just search “photo bucket”, and it should be the first result. Just make sure you do the free account ?

Well, when you do get a space, send me a message, and I might be able give you a good deal on some mantis species (depending on what I’ve got)

I’m not sure if you can. But with the help of Synapze, I was able to learn how to post pictures by an alternate method.  1. Make a free photo bucket account 2. Upload pics to that 3. Click share on photo bucket  4. Copy the direct link 5. On the forum, click “insert other media” 6. Select...

aw. I was hoping you’d say Indianapolis ? how soon are you planning to get started collecting?

They are out for delivery now, estimated time of delivery, 11:25 - 1:25. Its 12:30 now, so it will be any minute now

Welcome! That’s a really big endeavor, starting an insectarium. I wish you very much luck. Where are you located? If you’re close, I’ll have to give you a visit some time!

Ugh... don’t even get me started on ordering cultures. I ordered one, and it got delayed in shipping, and I was greeted by a huge pile of nasty, smelly, rotting media. There wasn’t a single fly, and there were only a few dried pupae. It’s not that the smell was just bad, that I can take without...

I can’t say I’ve ever had any larvae climb onto the top of the culture. I don’t keep them in cups, but rather jars, so I can easily reuse them. This culture is 13 days old when I took this picture: (This is one of my my third generation cultures) I use a homemade media too, and it works...

My subadult orchid male just tried to molt last night, and unfortunately did not survive (even though all the conditions were perfect). Makes me kinda sad, but now I need another male for my female, who is due to molt pretty soon.  If you have a subadult male, or a fresh adult, I would be...

Maybe you're right, bombarded is perhaps a better term ?. Anyway, i mean it in the best way possible. @Jaywo, this really is an amazing site, filled with amazing people. There are answers for just about every question you can come up with, and people on here are very generous with the...

Welcome to the forum! Prepare to be relentlessly attacked by really nice people who love mantids just as much (and probably more) than you!

@mantisgirl13 yes, she was mated twice, so she will lay fertile ooths (which makes me really excited ?)

That is an interesting approach, letting the second male breed while the other is beans eaten. I think it will work, if it needs to come to that. Nonetheless, I would give the female an extra large grasshopper or roach to distract her while the male males his move  if she drops her food, and...

By way of bartering, I was able to get a pregnant female pseudoacanthops from a new friend of mine. I’ve asked him lots of questions (and will continue to), but I wanted to reach out to the community to see if anyone else can help me   To begin, I recently got a pseudoacanthops. I probably...

I’ve got orchids, ghosts, spiny flowers, and a very pregnant pseudoacanthops. And I ordered some other ooths from a friend, panther mantis and creobroter 

I was just wondering, is there any way to store an ooth for a short amount of time? I know that native mantis ooths can be put in the fridge for a few weeks, but can you do this with exotic species? I ask because I have a bunch of subadults of a few species, and I’m wondering if there’s any way...

Welcome to the forum! This really is an amazing resource, filled with amazing people that know the answers to just about any mantis-related problem. Any question you’ll ask, you’re sure to get at least half a dozen answers, and these people really know their stuff, so expect very detailed...