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okay thank you so much for going more in depth about this! i have a much better understanding now

would wax worms be okay for the nymphs? and i think they do diapause because here iin maryland it gets really cold in the winter. how do i keep the eggs humid inside the fridge?

what are these contests about?

well it turns out i was wrong. it is not a male but a female because she laid eggs ontop of the lid of her enclosure any advice on taking care of the eggs?

okay so let me see if i understand theres two basic reasons for no hybrids one because you (general you) prefer pureblood line insects kind of like how people can be with dogs and mutts two because theres a chance the hybrids can kill the parent species because of gene combinations (not really...

but isnt it possible to tell hybrids apart from the pure assassin bugs?

i would love to have a carolina and a brunners mantis

well i fed them all plenty of waxworms to help build up all the weight they lost and help satisfy their hunger

just thought i share that the final female finally laid her ooth last night along with another female laying her second ooth! so the total now is female 1 has 1 ooth, female 2 has one ooth and female three has two ooths! females one and two were the ones having trouble laying their ooths btw

what is the project about?

i havent been able to get hold of him on the forum for about a month now. i messaged him on youtube a couple days ago asking if he was okay he actually replied back and said he was i messaged him again and he has gone missing once again

i gave him a stick to crawl on and he used it to crawl to the top of the container and is now sitting on the lid. yeah they're not that active, i put three mealworms in his cage with him but he shows no interest in them.

well this morning there was a big dark spot on the container floor, it kind of looked like blood. i dont know where it came from especially since insects dont have red blood like humans. the wheel bug seems fine he doesnt move around all that much.  do they have liquid poop like butterflies or...

its awfully cold out. i tried looking around in my yard to find anymore but all i found was a stinkbug. it had a really pretty rose-pink underside though. but i dont think there will be anymore until spring. i've been looking online and it seems wheel bugs arent very commonly kept its mainly the...

fed him an injured cricket he sure is taking a few hours to eat it

i think its female

have you gotten any more from the beating sheet?

im sorry to hear that :( did the 1/3 survive to adulthood?

@CosbyArt i think hes a male looking at these http://bugguide.net/node/view/7474/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/11264/bgimage he has a thin abdomen that also curves up on the sides like the male in those pics and yeah i've been reading about their bite and yikes im probably not...

whats wrong with hybrids?