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Ah ok, so a few days to a week without eating is not out of the ordinary. My other ones have been eating several times a day so it seemed weird. I'll find her something that is larger and flying. Thanks

I've a number of different feeder insects: I put a house fly in with her. I put a cricket in with her. I agree that the fruit flies are probably too small, but after she rejected the house fly and little cricket, I thought I should go for something easy.

It seems like everyone knows that a mantid doesn't eat in the day or so before it molts, but what's the thought on how long after it molts before it starts to feed again? I have a L4 or L5 budwing that hasn't eaten since I got her on thursday of last week, she molted the day after I got her but...

This is a strategy that has worked well for modern drug companies. Thanks for the responses everyone. I suppose I should consider raising my own crickets, either that or flies.

Hi, I found this article when I was looking for feeder crickets: http://michiganmessenger.com/40966/deadly-cricket-virus-decimating-north-american-captive-bred-cricket-population-impacting-pet-industry-zoos It claims that a new virus is decimating the cricket feeder industry, causing crickets...

I am brand new to keeping mantids for pets, and I ordered twice from Carey at Green Oasis (http://mantispets.weebly.com/). Carey was extremely helpful in setting me up and giving me advice, I thought her prices were reasonable and low, and she was very prompt at both replying to emails and...

Nice! I'm on Beacon Street, not too far from there.

Hi Everyone! I just got my first mantis this past week, and it's great to see all the support and advice on this site. Hopefully she survives for a long time and I learn a lot doing this! Thanks!!