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Tonite I am trying to mate two wild caught. Mantissa the male approaches slowly but then ends up parallel flicking it abdomen outwards with wings flared..normal?

just as a practice I spoon feed my babies water until they push the spoon away and blow a little bubble when done!!!! But, still this is my first time rearing ghost mantids to adult usually my favourites are, Wide arms, both unicorns, chinese (my first wild mantid which got me into this hobby...

My Ghost mantids have reached their final molts and as we speak one is just drying off but his wings are still unfurled. The one before this has the messed up curly wing thing going on and I wanted to prevent this one from the same issue. Is there anything else i can do to help this not occur...

i noticed my ghost right raptoral arm is closed and she is having a difficult time climbing. it was not always like this but I am hoping her next molt will correct it. Any one see anything like this before? Also, my nephew got confused with the feeding instructions and put blue bottles in with...

Hey, guys! We had a recent problem with our fridge and put most of our foods in my sister's fridge. Unfortunately, she is too stinkin squeamish about any of my feeders in her frige. I kept them on ice for as long as i could until we got the new fridge. But, they just began hatching like crazy...

Keep track of this because i had a mantis just a few weeks ago which developed "black foot syndrome" I call it and it spread to other feet to the point where she could walk but could not climb using her hind feet only her raptoral forelegs. :blink:

Wow then i have no idea what killed her then.guess I'll never know. Thanks though!!

Hey guys!! It's been a long time miss you guys here at the forum! Been telling my friends about the forum and the support we find here as well as introducing others to the wonderful world of mantids!!!! :D Unfortunately, I have been out of town for a while and and took my babies with me while...

Can S. Limbata nymphs be housed together without incident if well fedand plentey of leaves, branches etc. for cover??

Well, since then none have died and a few of them also consumed the ffs. So, as Phillim says it's just one of those things!! Thanks, all!!!! Cheers!

So, I use to have all the supplies needed to start an extended culture of ffs. This time put in the sugar,instant potatoes but guess what...no yeast. Had no choice just let it go and they began to make maggots. When I fed the ffs from this culture (which had begun to mold and decompose so to...

After caring for them and all why are you going to release them anyways? The only time I released a Chinese back into the wild was when I caught one on a neighbor's window screen., it was really uncomfortable around us and even after two weeks did not demonstrate any signs of becoming use to...

Yes indeed!! Gotta watch changes in temp especially dramatic increases or even decreases!!! I live in an apartment and i usually let my babies hangout on the screen on my windows. Well, last winter I left them on the window during the day and forgot that around 6pm the temp usually drops. I was...

When the floor of the enclosure is just about covered with droppings sometimes sooner. I just can't bear the thought of letting them just hang there with droppings building up to the point of a smelly enclosure!!!

Hey guys received these little guys a few weeks ago and still no molt. She is clearly all fatty fat even before engorging herself with ffs and through one of my detached 50mm lenses I can see the new body pushing it's way through the little butt. So, I am wondering why she...they have not molted...

I have nursed many mantids, even helped them out of their skin with a needle, mister,and a magnifying glass!!! But i must say when they are hunched from drying out in that position I couldn't say. But...I would keep feeding him and see if the next molt could possible fix him. I really doubt it...

I usually let my boys name em. They usually name the ones which have yet to molt to a point where i can tell the sex, unisex names like Alex, Randi, Trace etc!Once they are identified then they go according to names the two of them agree on collectively.

Well I have an even weirder one. I had a few Chinese and just the other day I found one just dead at the bottom of the tank (plenty of room for molts and more) but her head was totally discoloured as if she had been set on fire. The upper part of the thorax down to just above the abdomen also...

Well...I must say I have lost a good number of nymphs just letting em hang out for a few minutes while i service tanks and such!! Just recently with a batch of Chinese my friend Paul sent, 3 got lost in the flat and just two days ago I found one of them in my bedroom closet hanging on a hanger...