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Is that all he’s got left?

At least it’s not Karens.

Update! Lief had his successful final molt last night! He came out massive and perfectly formed. It has been very rewarding keeping him these past three months!

My subadult male ghost is taking dubia roaches with great gusto. I cut small ones in half, then stick them on the end of a broom straw.

I’m feeding my L5 ghost house flies I ordered from Josh’s Frogs. I order 25 pupae at a time, then let them eclose into adults. I’ve been keeping the adults in the fridge. I bring them out every once in a while to feed them some bits of fruit. My ghost will also take bits of chopped dubias I...

Welcome! Hope you can re-home all those nymphs.

Welcome!

My fly order just came in, too.

Smart! Less risk of impalement. 😅

I had run out of flies for my L5 male ghosty, and he hadn’t eaten for ten days (part of which he was preparing to molt). Thank God I was able to get him to take a dubia roach piece today by trying something new since tweezers were freaking him out. I stuck the piece on the end of a thin sewing...

Add some to a smoothie for a protein boost. ;):ROFLMAO:

You want ladybugs and lacewings if aphid control is what you’re after.

Your son absolutely does not have to worry. Humans have been home brewing for thousands of years, plus the acetobacter in the kombucha quickly turn alcohol into vinegar in the process. Methanol is really only a danger if you start distilling spirits.

I make black tea with about 10 cups of water, 1.5 cups of sugar, and seven black tea bags. Ferment it at 70+ degrees for about 8-10 days depending on how sweet or acidic you want it. Your son may just need to leave his to ferment more time for the yeast to eat up the sugars.

I brew my own kombucha at home. I’ve been doing it about 12 years now. Yesterday I tried flavoring it in a new way with apple, ginger, cinnamon, cardamon, and nutmeg. It tastes like apple pie in a glass! Fermented black tea is the base by the way.

Thanks for the advice. Any tips on how to safely switch the mantis into its travel container?

Lol, I think I found this place from a link you put in formiculture. How do you go about training a mantis to eat from tongs? The Carolina mantis we had wouldn’t.

Hi! Just joined the forum today. I’m big into ant keeping, and I’m actually a moderator over on formiculture.com. My son and I are getting into mantids, too, now, so I thought joining here would help. We raised a Stagmomantis carolina ooth this summer and got a male almost to adulthood before he...