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Related question: How do you pluralize the latin name? Is it two phyllocrania paradoxa or two phyllocrania paradoxas?

Stupid question: What is the purpose of the yeast? I started a culture a few days ago using the recipe in the original post minus the honey and with only two pinches of yeast. I will report the results.

Rick: I see you have side openings for feeding. What process do you use to remove flies from their culture and insert them into the mantid's enclosure? Also, what do you have on the cup lids for them to perch on? Did you hot glue some fabric?

Sweet, thanks for all the help. I am going to buy a culture tonight and immediately attempt to start my own to see if I can do it. It's probably a lot easier than I was thinking. So just mix the medium, throw in 10 - 20 flies, and wait?

Thanks a lot for the replies. Regarding the issue of making new cultures from a store-bought one, the kid at Petco said he thought that these flies were engineered to not be able to reproduce in case accidents happen. Has anyone heard of that, or was he full of it?

I bought a container of fruit flies from Petco. The label said that it would produce 300 - 500 flies and last 3 - 5 weeks. However, they were all dead after about 8 days. When I feed my mantids, I throw the flies into the freezer for five minutes to sedate them. Have I been keeping them in...

I am new to the hobby, and Rebecca made it so easy for me. She must have answered ten emails worth of newbie questions, yet she never seemed to mind. The packaging was perfect. All three of my ghosts had molten in transit, and she they came with two free Taiwan flower mantises. Everything was...