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How big are they sizewise ? as they dont actually look that small in them photos ? Neil

another mantis that arrived perfect . thought it was dead at 1st as it was hanging bent backwards with all claws off apart from one back leg . then it sprung alive and ran around a bit ! A+ breeder ! Neil

christian i think she means she can get more ooths from someone else which will hatch . not her mantids ooths . well i think thats right , thats what i read . :D thats a great specimen, i would love to raise a few of them ! good work ! Neil

tap water thats been BRITA filterd . had no problems either ! 1st used normal tap water but that left limescale in the mantis tank . although the mantids were fine with just normal tap water . but now i BRITA it ! Neil

i have Parasphendale agriona . the females very active while the male just hangs about alot , the female can also be quite nasty ( has taken a swipe at my fingers and water droplets plenty of times ) but overall there a nice species to have . my 1st mantis was a Polyspilota female . now thats...

thats never managed to stop me before . i tend to hold the crix by the back leg and wait for them to stop squirming , then a little cut on the abdomen and put it in the mantids gob ( the hard bit ,because the mantid backs away and ducks his head n things ) but eventually the'll grab hold of it...

did you try hand feed him though ? cutting a bit of livefood so the juice runs then sticking the thing in its gob ? Neil

all are fine . it's what they would eat the wild so why would they delibratly eat things they do not like and would kill them ? theres lots of things people say about mantids and whats poisonous for em . bees and wasps are precautionary as they might sting your mantids but still edible, spiders...

oh no :( . was it because it wasnt eating ? did you try handfeed it ? all my aploligies Neil

so there ok at around 5 degrees ? just not something like -20 ? as they are desert locusts , its very hot for them in the day while at night its basically freezing cold ? am i right ? Neil

you can put crics in the fridge for a little while to cool them down so they arnt as active ( making them easier to handle and swap containers ) . however can you do this with locusts as i dont want to kill my new food stock a few hours after it arrived ? Neil

apart from the usual lazyness , not eaten and the shakes they do , ive noticed that the top of the abdomen looks crinkled like an old persons skin. have any of you guys noticed this as well . ive noticed this on many occasions and this has never proved me wrong . Neil

are you sure it will be a week ? he is subadult !!! Neil

He took a bit of convincing to get the food near his mouth . but 2 seconds after he took a bite . he grabbed it with his own arms and because of the way his neck bends . he didn't even have to lift em to his face lol . he's gonna be trouble . but i dont want to put him down just yet ! Neil

one of my male membranacea decided to fall while moulting and this is the consequence. http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f380/13ollox/PIC00564.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f380/13ollox/PIC00565.jpg question is would you put him down if he was yours ? he drags himself around and he...

mine just eat away till they eat through the bit that holds the wings on then the wings just fall to the ground . they dont " Snip " them off . they dont eat them because they have no nutritinal value compared to the rest of the meal ! well thats what ive observed for 4 months ! Neil

mine are like it , there fine ! Nothing to worry about . just wait a couple of days before feeding her once again . if she is that fat she might be ready to produce an ooth ( will only hatch if she's been mated ) Neil

if it's still alive , i would place it in the freezer for a few hours . this will slow its metabolism and evetually die . it does seem that something has happend to your mantis that i don't think will get better . i think AFK's prediction of the parasitic wasp is more than likely. and even if it...

i just observed my mantis catch a cric and eat it ! it just chowed down on its abdomen 1st , then the cric kicked its face and things but she just bit its leg off after about the 5th time and carried on eating the abdomen after that , the head was the very last piece that got eaten ! maybe...

one of mine moulted with a dodgey leg at a backwards angle , but after about 5 days it was normal like the rest . maybe your not giving them enough humidity ? this is why most mismoults happen ! try spraying a bit more often and see if that clears up the situation , as for the abdomen , it...