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Mantis generally avoid the gut contents when they eat, and when mine finished eating today and left over a pile of digested food of the red runner roach I noticed little wriggling nematodes in it. Anyone else got this problem before? How do I get out of this? Are they going to be a threat or...

Guess I'll leave her be for the following few days, and see if she poops an ooth out. Once that is done I'll reintroduce him and see.

Another day, another disaster... Are 2 months about the time for an infertile ooth to be laid? They have connected before, but it’s barely even 5 minuets, so I doubt anything can come from that.

welp, guess I'll give this a try, so far my horizontal attempts are a failure, maybe all they need is to do it vertically? I'll also give the "blowing" trick a try, my males does seem to be confused about the female mantis anatomy.

Attempt 7 and 8 of pairing my spinys... well this was a bust.... (Cautions, Loud Video) The female matured 9th April, male matured 6th April, its close to 2 months... Could the female be due for an infertile ooth? and she just needs to pop it out her system first before I try again? or should...

Day 20 since male hopped off, female still hasen't pooped out an ooth yet... Might I benefit in trying to get a new male and pair with her again? or do I wait more and maybe change up its conditions to aid in egg laying.

Ok, this is frustrating... I tried pairing the girl few times now, one male waited for her for too long and passes away... I’m no my second Male. This is how I approach the pairing: The Male has shown interest multiple times, but the female tries to flick him off of her every time he...

I thought the lil male died, but he was just laying on his back (bad sign). When I picked up the enclosure it quickly jumped back up, and I fed it some water and food. I think he'll be fine for now, but his abdomen tip is black, it's possible that he over worked this... "thing" and now it has...

Well that’s a relief to hear~ thanks!

May 2nd, my second breeding attempt was at April 20th. Instead of having to "peel" the male off of the female, I just noticed him missing on her back, and instead he's hiding amounts foliage below. He probably has done his job and felt like it's time to leave? guess this is success then~ I...

some how I can't add more to the comment😅 Any way, thanks guys~ @Little Mantis & @hysteresis

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@MantisGirl13 Thanks a lot😄😄😄 you have a nice day too

My female has been doing this for the past week, is this calling behaviour? Cause I’ve tried pairing her but she flicks her wings when the male attempts to sneak on... and this morning, with no notice at all... my only Male  He matured at 2/26, so I think it’s just due to old age... but...

Hopefully 👍🏼 Happy late Easter to you too😆

And here we are again... finally got him to mount on the right spot~ start drumming lil man

Yeah, and the fact that this is my first species that I attempted breeding since my return to the hobby😂 My only other mantis breeding experience was back in 2011 with Creobroter sp. and I just plopped them in the same cage for a week and let them do their thing.

She was still calling, so I tried to place the male back on her today. Guess I freaked the male out too much, he was running around and I almost lost him when he flew on me and dashed behind my neck. Thankfully I found him, and I'll just try another day. Also tried pairing my Theropropus, but...

Not an update on the mantis, but I think this is slowly drive me crazy. I have a dream where she finally laid an ooth on a  rotisserie chicken, mid way though the dream I was aware that I’m dreaming and was hoping when I wake up I’ll see an ooth in the cage.😂

Not yet, gonna try that out.