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ok, cheers for reasuring words. ill keep checking it (lol every five minutes!). what happens before it hatches- any thing to watch out for?

i know what u mean- you do come across the occasional complete w****r! but most are ok in my experience. - so far! we'll see. maybe it'll hatch tomorrow anyway - cos its my birthday! :lol: so have u had a bad experience with ebay stuff then?

nooooo! its had a line since i got it and hasnt changed. maybe it hatched already. heres a pic. bad feeling about this one. seller says its guaranteed fertile (which means nothing as they cant know), but dont say its guaranteed to hatch (which is a guarentee of buyer satisfaction). i'll see...

hi. i bought a ghost ooth about five weeks ago. it was expensive. i asked seller care instructions but they didnt send any so i kept at 25c and humid. so far no sign of life. getting worried and a bit pissed off to be honest. how long do they take to hatch -i read about a month? what would you...

oh no. another one lured into the dangerous world of showbiz, much too young to handle the pressure. it starts with a innocent interview on the bbc then you want more. much more. maybe an article in a paper or something. stardom. it goes to your head. then the drugs, girls, money. power. the...

yeah, it does look like a little slug with some more peeping over the top :P

i watched a ff pupa form once. the 'tentacles' are breathing tubes that the pupa has to breath when immersed in the substrate. in this case it was a wild ff type i caught outside that had much longer breathing tubes about the length of the pupae - dont know if it was another species or just a...

cant find a post on this so thought id start one. i read they guard ooths but i think as they dont move around much they just look like they are. my female gambian has laid 4 ooths now in the same place of the tub, and always sits next to them. but is she guarding them? against what; they look...

i must get a glue gun too. its a bloody hassle mixing epoxy resin every time i wanna stick something . i need to make a nice cage for my (hopefully hatching soon) ghost ooth. i'll probably make another one of my square dowel net cages with a sliding picture frame glass front. i like the split...

first batch of babies are emerging now heres a pic with adult for size comparison. cute little thing isnt he. hope the get lots more they are similar to mantises, they wriggle to the surface all together as a little worm things with non function in legs and immediately shed their skin, after...

i'll give it a try. with a bit of milk powder :lol:

ive just to experimented with a few milk powder dm ff cultures. the mixture i made was basically rhubarb /apple heated in a pan with skimmed milk powder and a bit of sugar. lots of yeasty water was sprinkled on top. i only used a very thin 5mm layer in a jam jar as they dont seem to go down v...

what? havn't you heard of 'mantis rearers lung' imo, it cant be good breathing millions of spores in. depends how rancid it is. :wacko: sayin that we breath em in all the time dont we. and the industrial strength viniger fumes probably only slightly harmful! and then theres yeast...

thanks, it is. cant wait to get these hatchlings.... im a strong believer in the idea of communal mantids :P

how much height does a ghost ooth need to hatch safely? its in a two inch high container now but im worried they will go down their strings , touch the bottom and get deformed

i tried cecropia but the caterpillers all died one by one. tricky species that,you cant rear indoors as it needs constant fresh air. very beautiful, but with the atlas moth, one for the experienced breeder the indian moon moth, luna moth, tree of heaven moth, and chinese oak silkmoth that i...

thats awesome news. ive ordered a ghost ooth too so im following this with interest. cant wait to get my own ghost colony (if they hatch that is :huh: )

should see small maggots in a few days at a decent temp, say 25 -30c. try raising the temp.

this beauty hatched today. a female indian moon moth. its an easy to rear species of saturnid moth (apart from pairing which can be a bit tricky). caterpillers feed on fruit trees and hawthorn.

well, sort of had good news. my other (younger) female gambian laid what looks like a proper ooth today (although hasnt quite got the structure on pelles photo). it does look normal though. she was with the male for a time a while back; they may have mated but i didnt see them 'do it', just him...