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Looks like that’s a female! :)

I don’t doubt that mantids will eat whatever they can get their death claws on lol, but do you think some mantids evolved to break down and truly digest certain prey  and we’re actually causing harm to them or do you think if the prey is healthy and an insect, it’s fine? These are just thoughts...

I feel like some mantis species are prone to “RDS” random death syndrome (just created this acronym lol). What are some ideas that we can help alleviate this pain. My thoughts are: 1) Food isn’t as clean as you think it is. 2) maybe just bad genetics? 3) maybe a nutrient deficiency? 4)...

Gotya! When I had BBF I would feed them honey water and let them sit for about 8-15 mins to let them poop and then feed them. Figured my mantis would appreciate it.

Do you feed your blue bottle flies? 

I like that idea blueyes, my only thought would be is clean up would be a pain after a while cleaning up the fiber diet. Maybe not a smart idea, but along with two paper towels folded up, I would actually fill the bottom of the cup with about a quarter inch of water so they wouldn’t dry out so...

I know we as hobbyists do it all the time, but what do you all think/feel about feeding our mantids foods that they wouldn’t normally eat? For example, any flower mantis probably wouldn’t eat a roach on a normal day, but we readily feed our mantids dubia roaches as a great food source especially...

I would say just keep the ideal molting environment and if it’s healthy it will molt when it’s ready. Mantids can be so baffling sometimes. I once had a mantis going into adulthood show signs of molting and then molted a week later. Didn’t eat or anything. I was panicked, but it molted when it...

Wow, that’s strange. I have a couple thoughts. Do you think the orchids are reacting to whatever the mealworm has eaten that maybe another mantis has no problem digesting? My other thought is, maybe the genetics of that strain just have a defect and it’s just showing now especially if you...

Ghost mantids are so fascinating and resilient! That should be fine! I did like to raise temp and humidity during a moly though.

The age old question of color is back again! Lol An experiences hobbyist once told me to help promote conditions that would allow a mantis show variety in color, you should spray/mist the environment daily. My thought is water would make them believe plants are growing and food would be...

Hello all! Great to be back! Now is a great time to get back into mantids!  Looking for: Orchid mantis (Hymenopus Coronatus) Dead leaf mantis: Deroplatys desiccata or lobata  Acanthops falcataria (South American dead leaf mantis)   Interested in other options too! Hope you all are well!

I think the biggest factors are the humidity and maybe how much sun. We don’t know what colors mantises can actually see. Heck, their coming out with studies now that dogs can see more colors than we originally thought, or was it octopuses?... anywho, a well known mantis hobbyist told me that...

I’m curious if anyone has experimented with feeders to get desired colors from a mantis, just like one would buy certain fish foods to enhance the fishes color.  I’m thinking you could get a fish food that promotes rich reds. Soak it and make a paste out of it with honey and feed it to flies or...

This is such a great strain! Here are of few of my own! *your friends text or send pictures/videos/memes of mantids to you because they know you’ll appreciate it *when you buy house plants with the idea of how your mantids would look on them *whenever someone confidently says “I know about...

That happened with mine! Right before my eyes! It was a two day process. It was about a week and a couple days after she molted to L5 I believe. First day I noticed her crown was getting a little green and throughout the day she got a couple more green spots, very subtle though, then the next...

I think another big idea that I learned is have patience.  Breeding is super excited and fascinating to watch, but there is no need to rush the process. I’m sure we’ve all been guilty of putting a pair together sooner than they should have been just to see and you should never really do that. ...

Wow that's very rare! I was told that the green only stays in the females. Hmm, wonder if he's fertile? If so, someone should comment on the post and tell him to breed that male with many females. Lol. Many people would love to have a green male ghost! I'm curious to see what everyone else has...

To the rescue!! Great job you two!! It looks like she will be ok. I would watch the shed though to make sure it doesn't stick to her.

Haha, yes!! I love that you found my post lol