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  1. MikhailsDinos

    Nobody breeds Carolina mabtids?

    I breed them and have many nymphs. They are pretty nice to have at shows.
  2. MikhailsDinos

    Blepharopsis mendica 10 lot for sale.

    Sold! Thanks! Thanks Mikhail
  3. MikhailsDinos

    Sally's mantis thread start 05/13

    Very nice! :) I love Gonatista grisea! I was in Florida not so long ago trying to find some, but I had no luck.
  4. MikhailsDinos

    Blepharopsis mendica hatching.

    One of my ooth has been hatching over the last 3 days. I have 52 nymphs now over the course of a 3 day hatch. After the second day of the ooth hatching. My male had it in him to mate again for the 4th time.
  5. Blepharopsis mendica mating 4th time

    Blepharopsis mendica mating 4th time

    After the ooth hatching put them together and the male still has it in him for the 4th time.
  6. Blepharopsis mendica

    Blepharopsis mendica

    41 nymphs hatched out. I had 4 hatch out one day and then the very next day 37 came out of the same ooth.
  7. MikhailsDinos

    Any more cham keepers?

    6 months old now.
  8. MikhailsDinos

    So I went to a reptile show...

    Was this the Tinley park reptile show in Chicago. I was there if so.
  9. MikhailsDinos

    1 freshly laid Popa ooth.

    Sold! Thanks! Thanks Mikhail
  10. MikhailsDinos

    Blowfly aka Bluebottle

    You welcome! The maggots will always smell of ammonia and that is them killing Bacteria. I only can smell this if I get really close to the container.
  11. MikhailsDinos

    Blowfly aka Bluebottle

    That is interesting. I bet a lot of people could use them. They are nice to have, you just knock them back down the container and don't have to worry about them flying away.
  12. MikhailsDinos

    Blowfly aka Bluebottle

    I got mine from the UK. Not many survived the trip. But they easy to breed and have lots now. You just cannot get the curly wings here in the US. So the only way is to breed. The mix I'm using has almost no smell and smells just like the medium they use in the UK. I'm sure it's very similar...
  13. MikhailsDinos

    Blowfly aka Bluebottle

    You welcome! I have small refrigerator full of pupa right now. Its not just the mantis that eat them, but the chameleons LOVE blue bottle flies.I also have 3 different species of roaches. So having free food is the only way for me and I enjoy breeding flies.
  14. MikhailsDinos

    Blowfly aka Bluebottle

    Its not just any chicken feed. You have to get the one with high calcium and protein. I also add whole grains to it. I add water and then add the wood chips and mix... done.
  15. MikhailsDinos

    odontomantis-still in the hobby??

    Yes easy to breed, they would pair up with out problem for me. I had 4 generations. Nymphs were easy to keep alive and not many would die off. They were not too picky on food and would chase their food. I'm surprised there are not as many in the hobby any more. I was just thinking the other day...
  16. MikhailsDinos

    odontomantis-still in the hobby??

    I really miss this species, still one of my favorites. I bred them in 2007.
  17. MikhailsDinos

    Blowfly aka Bluebottle

    Yes, I agree! :) . I keep the curly wings inside because I don't want them to mix with outside flies. I don't get any smell from them, other than it smells like fresh hamster bedding.
  18. MikhailsDinos

    Blowfly aka Bluebottle

    I use lots of wood chips and chicken feed. There is enough protein in that to get big blue bottles. Almost no smell, as long as you checking daily and making sure you add just the right amount of food to it. Just enough for them to eat in one day. Yes there wings are literally curly. You have to...
  19. MikhailsDinos

    Blowfly aka Bluebottle

    I breed at the moment Blue bottle (Calliphora vomitoria) house flies (Musca domestica) Curly wing house flies. (Musca domestica) Both types of flightless fruit flies. If you give them to much food it can smell. Its a lot of man hours. Also you need to have a container that has a lot of air...
  20. MikhailsDinos

    Mantis feeder bottles

    This works very well . :clap: Smart thinking!
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