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Oh, that's sweet... I'm sorry you got no reply to that, but maybe you just need to wait a little bit longer.

Oh, nevermind.

It ain't so good with the mean temperatures in my room, it's usually 20C. But I turned the radiator on to the full, and it gives some additional heat. I know about the fire hazard, but I've got lamps placed in places where it's safe to use them - I even have my own system of preventing mantids...

I moved more lamps to one spot - all females imediatelly moved their butts there (it's about 40C there), males did the same - I'm gon add one more lamp there, but I need to go to Castorama to buy some 40W spot-lights and stuff.

It might be too cold, who knows - this year's winter is really giving everyone a hard time. I the warmer spot of the enclosure, it's like about 35C - maybe I should try, and go even higher?

This snow is really old - it was shoveled from the road and the pavement, and it was already mixed with some dirt and sand - people walked on it, cars drove on it too. Then it was dumped on the side of the road in a huge pile, so it kinda got "compressed" even a bit more.

Don't try to be buddy-buddy with people at all cost, especially when they seem to give you the impression of not wanting to deal with you - it all screams: "I need attention, badly". And each time you want to post something, ask yourself, is it really something relevant, or is it just you trying...

What? Is that an idiom of sorts?

Tell it to my males.

About separation... should I move males to a totally different room or something? Of can I keep them in the same room, just in different enclosures?

Yeah, that what's I've been trying to achieve. I wanted to surround those females with ample partners, to ensure that at least one or two males would be persistent enough to actually mate. But so far... nothing, just nothing. And those females don't seem fine eighter - out of those five, only 2...

Just look at what my neighbours have made out of a huge pile of snow :lol: Sweet!

I did not see the thread until today. Thanks for all your wishes, nice to know, that I'm that popular around here B) The sledding was a blast, but it kinda ended abruptly, courtesy of my 250 lbs butt ghetto blast. I was going down a pretty big hill, and it had a pretty steep side with a bump...

Nah, they come off of females instantly.

Eight 100 watt bulbs for one enclosure? I might as well throw them Gongylus in a furnace. Dude, why are you trying to give advice on a species you have no idea about? Seriously, why are you doing that? If you are looking for acknowledgement, then get it by doing something relevant. Stop wasting...

All I know, is that I had success with them this summer. Everything was going fine back then, but now? I dunno, maybe it's because the temperatures outside are like -20C? This year's winter in Europe is really severe, maybe that's what's affecting those mantids. I mean, I'm trying to keep them...

I have 5 adult Gongylus females, and 20 adult Gongylus males - I keep them warm, I keep them well fed, and so on - yet none of them even attempted mating... this is really starting to annoy me. I keep them in a net-cage, with three 40W lamps per enclosure. Anyone has had a situation like that...

Holy Cow! That is huge!

I'm currently keeping Heterochaeta orientalis (most likely), they are pre-sub, and already measure up to over 8 cm. I have no idea how long they get once adult, but I should find out by early spring.

Okay, okay... you get bit - tough balls. But what would you say, if I told you... that my index finger was brutally humped by an overly randy Idolomantis male?