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The second one is great! Too bad there's no way to preserve the color of soft bodied insects.

Unfortunate if it is, looks like a beautiful species.

Possibly but don't try to sell them, especially if they're not labeled as hybrids. It's hard enough telling some species apart as it is, and creating hybrids would add a whole new dimension of confusion. In the tarantula community for example hybridizing is greatly frowned upon.

I just remembered that Janus was a god with two faces... Sort of like how this species takes on two different appearances and how the males and females are colored differently...?

Oh, so you finally found out what these guys are! Cool how they transform from garish, translucent nymphs into earthy, solid colored adults.

Usually they molt upside down like mantids. What color are they? If they're bright green with a slightly reddish abdomen I'd guess they're Z. lurides. Cool and underappreciated little things.

Those weird broad wings are really cool

Oh wow it's these things! They're so beautiful! Also their little useless wings are comical.

Yes, I agree that green banana roaches are much better feeders for mantids. For those that are big enough, the adult male dubias are most readily accepted due to being more active and easier to grab but few species can handle them. If I was getting feeders specifically for my mantids I would've...

Lol, I'm the stupid one who didn't get it.

Well, mantids love them once they catch and start eating them. The problem is getting them to try. My adult Chinese mantids eat them but it can takes days, sometimes I just turn the cage upside down to disturb the roach and bring it into conflict with the mantis. I'm sorry the thing about the...

A 3:1- 7:1 ratio is supposed to be ideal, although I'm not sure how whoever came up with that got those numbers. Since the colony is small I wouldn't get rid of too many males to maintain genetic diversity. I can tell you for sure that it's very hard to tell whether a female is carrying an...

Lol I had something similar happen with a cocooning cecropia moth caterpillar.

Interesting, I never knew there was a difference between lesser mealworms and mini mealworms.

Stop feeding them anything that has a lot of protein in it. Especially if you're giving them dog food or cat food. However try to remove as many as possible first, otherwise it's possible that they'll harm molting roaches. Of course if there's that many they might already be doing so. Wild...

I see it. She'll be fine. I've had several much worse than that turn out fine.

So are these bigger than Damon species?

That's just habituation, which most animals are capable of. It's merely easier to observe in mantids because they're so calm and unafraid to begin with.

They should be fine.

Maybe, just maybe, if you often feed her while she's out she might anticipating food, but I really don't think mantids are as intelligent as some people seem to credit them for. It's just their human like appearance and mannerisms that make them seem smarter than other insects. That's why people...