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hi. there is no possibility of her laying on any other place as she is not in a cage but 'free' on a twig in a vase. im just thinking a twig is too thin for the base of the ooth which is quite wide. saying that she seems very 'at home' sitting there, i would have thought it would be the most...

hi. silly question perhaps, but will these mantids lay an ooth on a twig, or do they need a flat surface, like the side of the cage. i ask cos my female is sitting on a twig on the windowsill, (looking very decorative lol) and she seems happy enough and i dont want to move her. thanks

thanks. ive been really lucky with these mantises in being around when interesting stuff happened. i hope to see the big hatch too, that will be a first for me too.

i use a heat mat. it gets the cage to about 24 c

just a observation on what effects the brown/green variations. i ordered some heirodula nymphs and they were green when i got them but soon disappointingly all turned brown under my cages conditions. problem is i cant mist the cage to keep up humidity because its got steel mesh which rusts! I...

well, what happened was she lost her hooks during her moult to subadult, i think she burnt her feet on the mesh which had a lamp above it (so afterwardsshe couldn't grip at all) but i managed to get her through to adult with alot of care (and sticky tape lol). most of her hooks came back but as...

yeah your right, well spotted. the screen was upright with her hanging downwards. she kept loosing grip and therefore moving around trying to gain a proper footing (some of her claws are missing, as often happens - to mine anyway) so after she started on the ooth i layed the screen flat. she...

you can see the eggs in this one! afew hours later.....finished! so how long will it take to hatch ?

so does anyone know ?

hi you dont raise them, thats the good part. when you buy them from a fishing shop they are ready to pupate and these hatch into flies in about a week. they are about 5 or 6 mm long, which im guessing is about the same length as baby mantids (im guessing cos ive never seen baby mantids). i do...

hi are newly hatched h. membrecana nymphs big/strong enough to takle greenbottles; after all these are very large mantids and presumably quite big at L1 compared to other types. greenbottles are small/medium sized flies, quite abit bigger and bulkier than fruit flies but alot smaller than...

hi rick you were right. they mated about 11.00 pm last evening. heres the pervy mating pic :lol: cheers

thanks chun, a thoughtful post, you raise some important points which of course i am familiar. I agree with what your saying. Like you I wasn't saying its the total solution but if we can't get rid of this one very damaging and yet fairly trivial thing then theres no chance of putting right...

he he you Americans, always have the finger on the pulse of environmental affairs. oh well, we shall have to agree to disagree ! The 'tipping point' will probably not happen in our lifetime anyway. Well probably not in mine, can't say for sure about you youngsters lol I'm sure your children...

but you don't need to travel to other countries! If you had a business meeting, or want to see relatives, use video conferencing, and taking foreign holidays is an obscenely stupid idea with diminishing oil supplies and global warming. Goods (with the possible exception of mantids!) should be...

This is quite a pathetic attitude actually. i'm not sure theres any hope lol I'm not saying cars don't produce more co2 than airplanes, they undoubtedly do, as does other things like producing electricity in power stations. These things, of course do not carry the same weight in terms of...

hi thanks for advice but ive tried that. He doesnt seem to see her even when shes in front of him. I'll give more time and let you know if i have success. cheers

Dont you feel uncomfortable adding significantly to the weight of carbon emmissions just for trivial entertainment? I could understand if it was a life or death situation but no-one ever died from not having a foriegn holiday. I suppose there just isnt a social stigma about air travel yet that...

Maybe god would be quite pissed off if we destroyed his precious planet by being greedy and thinking of our own gratification. Its a moot point though as I don't believe in god. lol Sure the planet will recover. It may be hard to live on for along time though; not for us of course but will...

hi i'm trying to mate my heirodula membrecanas. They are both over 2 weeks old as adults. The male is just not really that interested in her, although he has noticed her and walks up to about an inch away then stops. He also curved his abdomen like he was displaying but not sure if he was being...