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Yuck, that sucks but what can ya do.

About time for an update to this thread. I have been busy making all manner of houses for my mantis friends. I am very perticular about how they look and their functionality so there has been a lot of trial and error. Here are two of my favorite habitats I currently have. I found this glass orb...

This little 15 dollar clip on macro lens is one of the best purchases I ever made. The pictures are far from perfect but they are pretty damn good and oh so fun to take! Here is my current crew in all their itty bitty glory. My new Chinese brood of grand babies are getting big so quickly. They...

Thanks for that correction, I always muck up the F to C conversions! Me and numbers/math are not the best of friends.

That one I don't know. My mantises lead a sheltered life either in my bug room or at work. I have no experience with how they handle higher temperatures besides one of my friends frying theirs after forgetting the poor thing in the window for just a bit too long. Leave it to the Canadian to know...

With Chinese and I assume Carolina as well temperatures below optimal (80) will at worse mildly stunt your mantis's growth/molting schedule. With some species breeders actually purposefully use this fact to hold back the shorter lived males so they will come to maturity when the females are...

I wouldn't worry about being in a moving vehicle. Remember we all routinely mail mantises across countries and they come out aok most times. They are tough little insects. The only worry I could think of in a car is heat. Hopefully you have AC (I don't cause my car is OLD), but remember not to...

Few idea to add in no particular order:  - We also have a number of artists on the site I do believe so you could add that into the maybe pile.  - Best mantis name?  - Are there any sort of invert preservation groups like Ducks Unlimited for bugs? No idea if there is but if such a thing...

@Krissim Klaw Oh I plan to try as many species as I can! Flower mantises are definitely on the list. I was aiming for ghosts for the communal set up option and because they are so very interesting looking. My all time favorite mantis is the Spiny flower mantis which I already attempted to hatch...

@CosbyArt Indeed ooths don't come with guarantees! So it was very awesome of them! I messaged them just looking for information about the ooth and got that and more :D  A+++

@Ocelotbren My mother (who is not so enthusiastic) still blames him for the fact I now have a Bug Room ;P

Welcome! I love every time I hear about teachers, home school or otherwise, using mantises to foster a love and interest in insects in children. Insects are so misunderstood and generally hated by so many anything we can do to educate the next generation is amazing. I used to be terrified of...

I actually spoke with the breeder I bought it from and they have had similar issues with this group of ooths. I'm relieved its not just me and I didn't somehow mess up the husbandry. I'll get a replacement for the dud in my next order so I'll get to try again in a few months when I have time to...

@ignatz My area does not have a native population of black solider flies so I had to buy larva to start from from the reptile feeder suppliers. No reason you can't lure in adults if you have them in your area. I know one of the bin construction links is created just for that purpose. In most...

The flightless flies can still kinda hop/glide a bit they are not completely ground bound just almost. Firstly you need to make sure all your cages have fruitfly proof fabric on them. I tend to buy shear ribbon from the dollarstore for this purpose but cheap curtain material or any thing like...

Received a number of healthy happy Pygmy Egyptian (L1) and Thistle (L2) Mantis nymphs in great packaging today. The 3 day journey across the country doesn't seem to have phased them a bit!

A friend of mine tried to give a slug to her mantis once. The poor girl grabbed it then instantly was like GET IT OFF! EW EW EW! trying to flick it off her raptorial. They can be such hilarious little drama queens :D  

Welcome to the addiction! This place is a wealth of information to help you spoil your new friends :D

@CosbyArt Dang! Thanks for the info. I'll keep hoping but maybe I should try a different species next then!

So I've not had any luck hatching anything other then Chinese mantises so after waiting on this ghost ooth for 8+ weeks I'm starting to lose hope again. The caresheet says 6 to 10 weeks which is quite the range! So I was wondering what sorts of hatching times people who actually have hatched...