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That sounds promising! I will definitely send agentA a message to ask about how he cultured cabbage loopers. I could probably buy cabbage from the grocery store during the winter to feed the cabbage looper caterpillars! Thank you for the help.

$10 each for 16''x16''x24'' net cage: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08T1RBPMW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Hello. I had a couple ooths of Hierodula venosa hatch out recently. They are still L1, so I will have to wait a few weeks before they turn L2 and fattened up to ship. The Hierodula venosa are $8 each, or $6 each if you buy 4 or more, or $4 if you buy 10 or more, or $3 each if you buy 20 or...

Wow, that is a great idea. I haven't even thought about using a black light for attracting feeder moths. So far I have used a normal light at our porch to attract moths during the summer for feeding more picky mantises, like adult male Ghost mantises. I may try planting some mountain mint. I...

Hello. I have some thoughts about new sources of food for mantises. Here are some of my un organized notes: I am in North Carolina and I have seen large evergreen oaks here that look similar to Laurel oaks. And I was wondering if those evergreen oaks would be a good source of food for...

I found a post of Facebook about spermatophores:

Welcome to the forum! Good luck with the many hatchlings.

Here is a video of Hierodula venosa mating:

What temperatures do you keep the males at? 75F? That is about how cool I am keeping my two male Orchid mantis nymphs at the moment.

Wow, 6 months is a long time. I am going to feed my Orchid mantis males more now.

I suspected his account here was hacked also. Although it could be that he got addicted to drugs or something that would make him do this. I wrote to him about his Orchid mantis nymphs and had the same thing where he requested Friends and family through PayPal for payment. I am sorry I didn't...

Yes, you are right. With insects there are often species that are very similar to each other.

Oh, yes! That could why this mantis has purple legs.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108953120

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110898050

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124417478

I have had those sperm packets come out of the female or male. The sperm packets were empty when I saw them, so in those cases I think the females were fertilized. It has happened with my P. wahlbergii and Hierodula venosa.

Maybe mantises look like people with their front legs that look like arms? So people get attached to them?

Oh, yes... I thought you were wondering whether I identified the Brunneria in the video correctly. But I guess the person who took the video could have misidentified it also. When I first ran across this video I thought to myself "looks just like my Brunneria borealis, but there is a male so...

Here is another yellow one from near the same area: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10849763?fbclid=IwAR3ts4c_CvTltYbZ6Drt98odoeO6xjC_G3jmOCGDPqvZKvJ406UZ1VF_hJc