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I think that one of the things I'd include with a kit would be pictures of insects and whatnot to avoid, dangerous stuff, excluding charlie manson :rolleyes: <_< I don't have too much of a problem with escapee's, I just let them go, unless there's a bunch. I tap the contents to the...

White, and white? Silver and foil? purple, and red Paisley, and Wow, look at all the colors...man Maybe blue and blue

Cool trap. Thanks for hte idea/plans. I was thinking about just putting a light in a milk jug and just plug it, but your's sounds a little slicker, and I use that idea. I was thinking of hanging it near a horse boarding area, and that should produce alot of flies. The idea about the blood...

I went and got some Hydei today, and since they grow slow, and larger, I shouldn't be over run by fruitflies like I was with all the mel cultures I made. I will keep some mels around for the small mantis', and new borns when mine start to ooth. * Do you do anything different for culture food...

I wouldn't worry too much about the green ###### in the culture, as you've probably realized by now, it won't bother the flies. Every one of my culture took off like crazy, and there were several recipes that I used. The one thing, and these were my first cultures, that I learned is not to...

Mine seem to molt more at night, cause when I get up I see the ghost of the mantis hanging, so I've gotten so I mist the top of the jar, the t shirt I use at net to cover the jar, at night so it's more humid to aid in softening the skin for removal.

I've found water bed heaters at yard sales for next to nothing, a couple bucks, and they should keep a more controlled, stable temperature than a heating pad, or so I'd think. There are devices, pretty much just a thermostat built into an extension cord, that will turn the electricity on to a...

I don't freeze them, for about 2 minutes, anymore cause I forgot twice and thought I'd killed them off, but was lucky, and learned not to do that again. I just tap the container down, then pull the lid and put an envelop over the top of the container and leave a crack open and tap them into the...

I don't know how the mantis' would be affected, but I've heard that orange oil will take care of ants. I think that I also heard that beneficial nematodes will also handle them, but I'd have to say to research that on the internet better before taking it as gospel. Tangle foot, a sticky...

The power meal would be for the green lacewings that I went down to tucson to get. The adults eat that stuff. The stage of lacewings I would use is the pupae stage, where they eat anything that they can, so they can eat the mites in my garden. I was told that the adult lacewings would make...

I've been seeking solutions to pest problems in my garden, mainly spidermites, and happened to find a place near tucson, that raises insects. I just went there for some green lace wings, to eat mites, and they had a building, out in the high desert, where they raise insects. Didn't even occur...

I don't exactly know what is proper, but what I do is have a stick for them to climb on in the enclosure, and I mist it at least once a day, just one or two, maybe three mists to keep it humid. I feed them fruitflies, which I cultured with directions off this forum, and have started putting...

I think I would give Joey a email and tell him he should ask permission and post the link to your site, that would be informing him of the proper way to do things. I don't think very many 14 year olds think about how the law can affect them, or much of anything other than instant...

My inch long mantis, if that, was biting a cricket that's about a half inch long today. I had to laugh cause the cricket is much stouter, and the mantis thin, but the cricket took off running like, Hey man :) I was concerned from what I read on here that the cricket may take advantage of the...

Good ol' mantis porn :huh: :lol: I don't think it will be long before mine get to that age, a couple months maybe. Some of them are getting big. In just a couple days time they get much larger, yet some are still quite small comparatively.

I don't think the mantis' will drown if you don't get real sloppy with the water, but I had some crickets just walk right into a puddle, very small puddle of a couple drops of water that was condensed on the side of the bag they were in, that ran down the bag and formed a large drop. Stupid...

When my first ooth hatched and the young dried up and died, and the second ooth didn't hatch for a while, I went back to the same place, the whole foods store, and opened the other containers. I found one that the ooth had already started hatching, and the young were alive and well, most of...

Even the one's I mixed yeast into are doing well. I didn't mix alot of yeast in though, about one teaspoon and a pinch of sugar till it proofed, then split that between three 32oz deli cups. More than is in the other ones though, just a tiny bit of a pinch on top of the others to get the...

I have noticed them flatten their bodies lately, but not up against other things, just while they stand there. I was wondering if maybe it was some mantis yoga that aids with digestion or with the bodies adjustments. What is the curled 'tail' or abdomen area indicate. I saw one do what...

I'm interested in the pics of the mantis' hearing organs, and other stuff with the mantis, not the equipment. Not like I'll ever get to play with that stuff.