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Thank you for the suggestion LAME! That's what I plan to do when I do my second round. This current hatch was a huge surprise for me, so I kinda scrambled to get all my supplies and had to rig some dollar store containers (Definitely recommend dollar stores.. They are container city when it...

Hello everyone! It has been a few days since my T. sinensis egg, that I thought was a dud, hatched! So far, they are doing absolutely phenomenal! When they hatched, I just selected 8 mantids right off the bat, waited 24 hours, and then fed them fruit flies.  The rest of the mantids that...

Right on, thank you so much for the tips on keeping them warm! So far, I think they're doing good! Some of them are already eating the fruit flies, I think this is going to turn out pretty good! I was kind of worried about them not eating, I'm glad they're starting As always, I expect a few...

Hello everyone! I know a couple of you have met me such as Cosbyart and a couple others, but I just want to formally introduce myself to everyone on the forum! My name is Robert. I absolutely love insects, especially praying mantids! I used to catch them all the time when I was younger, and I...

You're welcome! I'm glad I brought this up! I'm so glad I found this awesome forum! I can't believe I haven't found it earlier, I've been catching mantids on and off over the past 12 years (Never really bought them online as they're naturalized here in Kentucky! :D Always were able to catch...

Hello! First off thank you all for the warm welcomes! Second, Cosby, I've read some of your posts and you truly are phenomenal at explaining everything! I was really hoping you'd reply to this post!  Thank you so much for the helpful information brother! :D  I literally got my notebook out...

Hello everyone! I'm new on the forum, so please excuse me if this has been asked before. I have done a little searching and read some posts, but I'm still unclear with a couple things in regards to hatching T. sinensis ooths over the winter without having to keep them cool for a few months...