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Priority. Sorry, I meant the 72h, derped out. They tend to last almost 5 days at times.

Which heatpacks do you use? My problem is that I'm shipping from a warm area to a colder area, would be nice if I could remotely activate the heatpack lol. I need to order some smaller heatpacks, the 32 hour UniHeats are good and all but I think they are a little overkill for small boxes.

Cannibalism is very minimal until L3/L4 for all species if you keep them fed regularly and don't overcrowd them and provide a lot of surface area for each nymph to claim as their own. There will always be some losses especially going from L1 to L2, only the strongest and healthiest survive in...

Not sure what you mean by keeping them active. Most mantises use camouflage to hunt and avoid predators so it's in their nature to stay still. Certain mantises like Creobroters and Hierodulas are more prone to hunting actively, but even they will stay still for long periods of time. The only...

Have you ever managed to "cook" your packages with a heatpack if your local temperature is still in the low 80s?

It's a Rhombodera sp.

So with temperatures starting to drop, we'll soon be needing heatpacks again. I generally use a heatpack when temperatures dip below 55 degF, though right now there are areas with a daytime high of 65s, whereas nightime lows are in the low 40s. Not only that but the temperatures where I am are...

I pm'd you the way I keep them. It's a long list of me rambling. Here I am, out of college, thinking that I don't have to type essays again haha. They are not difficult to keep, they are just a little more fragile than your regular species (I suspect that's why they are rarer?). And being...

lol mites don't crawl that fast. You'll get over it if you have to feed daily, don't worry.

Carrots are actually one of the only things I feed all my feeders now apart from cat-food, and occasionally table scraps. I lightly rinse the carrots with tap water before, and my mantis collection hasn't fallen yet and scientifically speaking if hundreds of mantises are fed on a carrot-feeder...

Hi Ron, orchid mantises tend to be a little harder to raise than beginner species which is why they are less available at this particular moment. I have a couple hatches upcoming soon if you are interested, but I usually don't suggest buying these as your first mantis since they tend to be...

Welcome ^^ Careful, it's an addiction :P Creobroter is a nice beginner species to add, as well as Sphodromantis and Hierodulas : )

You can use anything with moisture, carrots, apples (heard applies mold faster though), potato slices, nothing else is coming to mind though there's a huge list, just google mealworm breeding. Honestly though I've always found carrots the easiest and cheapest way, and there's nothing wrong with...

Sounds about right, depending on the stage of mealworm you get they will last you around a month if you don't do the refrigeration cycle. They don't exactly "expire", they simply turn into pupa which you can still use to feed. The pupa can be delayed even longer (I read somewhere around 9...

Is it a plastic lid? Both my S. Quinquedens female did that, I let the ooth dry for 1-2 days and then gently removed the lid. The ooth came right off and its perfectly fine. Most of the ooth is insulation anyway, only the center is filled with eggs, so don't worry too much about it.

I just pry it straight off. If you're worried that you might break it, get a knife and just gently use the knife to "slice" it off. Make sure you give the ootheca a couple days to harden before removing it though.

Welcome : )

For species that don't climb very well, you will need a large area of the walls to be covered with materials that are easy to climb. Sticks, papertowels, anything that can give them a good grip is good. If it's just glass or plastic they will stress themselves out trying to scrape themselves up...

O.o I really hope it wasn't wild caught.

If a mantis tries to push food away it means they are not hungry. Don't try to force feed them anything, they will eat when they feel the need to. Unless her abdomen is paper thin, mantises can go weeks without eating and they will often go on fasts before and right after molting. You can offer...