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Start with a deli cup, and once it outgrows it move it to something bigger. Even for a heterochaeta a 10 gal would be too big as a baby. Also 30% is too low and could cause a mismolt. (a substrate IS nessasary) 

I thought I was the only one who said neato! :0 I guess i'm not alone. 😂 

looks great. As long as the paper towel covered the WHOLE lid. Mantids tend to pick out the worst spots to molt just to make us angry. Usually they molt on the lid though.

that's fine, just make sure there are more ways to climb up.

As long as you do something to maintain humidity. I use clear plastic wrap along the edges and can get like 75% humidity that last a while in a mesh cube

Do you have mantis keeping experience? They aren't hard but not a good first time mantis either.

Which is pretty interesting. :0

Lol you should be a 5 star chef at a fancy diner! Oh and yea do that, u can cut the head off with scissors and hold the tail with the tweezers and put the yucky yellow guts up to their mouth. Mantids have interesting taste buds. 

Is it an adult male? Adult males really just dont eat much and 4 days isn't too long. Also make sure the prey item is smaller than the mantis itself. A good size is like 1/4 the size of the mantis although they can go a bit bigger or smaller. Are you hand feeding or just letting them attack? If...

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Make my ooths hatch pls! 😂  Great job on ur mantids!!!

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Ok I understand but like don't recommend him please. He also shipped stuff to me and I had a very similar experience but we were the lucky ones. His business runs off from the 30% of people that actually get the stuff. This way he gets enough recommendations to continue scamming. Please listen...

I have a mantis that has had incredibly swollen wing buds for 2 weeks and still wont molt. I think it widely varies.

Sorry for ur loss. You can pin her for display but personally I would just burry her.

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I agree I never keep any mantids communal, thanks for the post though, @Mantid-Tim

https://postimg.cc/0Kdfwd87 I bought 1 budwing ooth from @luckylady1744 and was generously given 3 and an additional ghost ooth! Im putting some of my native ooths on diapause to make room for the budwings and ghosts. I also just got a Chinese scout today that has died shedding out of the...

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Thanks. I'll probably get some ordered soon.