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Hi everyone had a nymph fall during a molt. I placed him back on a stick as soon as I found him and misted him because it looks like can't get his antenae or raptors out and I'm not sure what to do! :P

Sweet! im a bit worried because the house got cold last night... Trees have been crashing down everywhere here and everything is covered in about a half centimeter of ice all around from freezing rain and consecutive temperatures. Ill try to keep my house warmer, and will continue to mist them...

Hi all! still relatively new to nymph card and have never actually had my own nymphs molt before. The first hatch was Nov 29 so that are around a week to two five or take. Ive noticed in the last day or so my nymphs finally showing fervor when hunting and getting quite fat! Today I noticed one...

I've got two culture vials from petco. im trying to start my own culture as soon as I can. Im not familiar with what excelsior material is, and I would love a link to the ideal nymph container or I can stop being lazy and find it myself.

Sweet! thanks! I'd like to have roaches and sow bugs one day. I've heard that die bugs taste like shrimp, though I'm reluctant to kill any myself though I'm hypocritical enough to eat shrimp.

Ah, that's what I figured... So really the most viable thing to do is closely study one species and bread ones with preferable traits. In example only breading the largest of a species, or most aggressive (if that can be determined) for generations? Are there any invertebrate species besides...

Hi all. I don't plan on practicing breeding for some time still but I am interested in the possibilities. Though I'm sure if possible it would take a long time, I am wondering whether or not mantids can be continuosly bread selectively to create unique changes in a controlled environment over a...

I've just been using paper towels as substrate in there, and sticks or toilet paper tools for cloning structures ( the paper towel rolls are a recent decision) I spray their containers once a day with water. and right now only have Ziploc bags with hiles perforated in the top to let air in which...

I've bought two vials from the nearby petco  (or petsmart can't remember). The wild ones always seem to last but the cultured ones dont seem to. ive created three more containers with just flies and different variables within to see if I can start to figure it out. Ill post some pictures.

Please help! I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing wrong l, though i have some guesses. My nymphs are cannibalizing each other because they have no food, my fruit flies are not surviving the days and I'm running very low on food. I have been misting the nymph containers daily but have not been...

Hello everyone. I am 19 years old, an aspiring artist and planning on starting college next term to become a counselor/study psychology. I joined this forum the day my fiance spotted a single baby mantis above one of our altars where I had been keeping an ooth I found on a post that needed to be...

The video was very well done! I started a smaller version last night for when I can get a larger container! Thankyou for all your help!

Thank you so much! I'll start right away with the Springtails. :) What I intended to say was that I had out a small surplus of ff's in with my mantids and have been misting them once daily. I'm two of my containers the ff's died, and in the other I had no plroblem for a few more days...

Hi all, a bit of a rookie here... I've recently boughta fruit fly culture which hasn't worked quite aswell as hoped. While working on that I figured I would ask if any one had a comprehensive list on the steps I would need to take to start a springtail culture. As well as what is needed to be...

Thanks! some day I think I'd love to breed and sell mantids. this forum is very encouraging :) keep up the good work!

Not sure exactly about the edicate of posting on this forum yet so sorry for the late response. I was just wondering if anyone knows good live traps to set up outdoors for capturing springtails, and other small insect feeders... :)

Thanks for letting me know, Seems like a really upstanding forum community. :) I really should have been more clear in the intial post when I said I didn't know about shipping. I meant that as a last ditch effort, which would be more time and work intensive than I have mental faculties or time...

Californian variety supposedly. I'll have to look and see what the true name is... I am a bit reluctant to ship them via post for a few reasons but I don't think I could handle the full population currently. I'm very busy right now so the labor of shipping may be too much a hassle (don't want to...

Hi all, just had my first ooth hatch. after a day or two I've amassed around 40 nymphs give or take. I'm not sure what the survival ratio typically is, but I am pretty confident I have far too many on my hands. Any suggestions? I know they can't be released with seasonal weather conditions, so I...

Good read thankyou! I just had such an adorable, endearing moment feeding my mantis for the first time with a small needle! Im really loving this forum!