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i had a similar situation (though it had even less of the back legs) with one of my second instar p.paradoxa, for some reason (deffinitely not chewed off by locust/crickets) it only had the front four legs. it was not very stable (picking up the container caused it to swing back and forth as it...

to the OP, if you just want one i would be happy to sell you one. mine are fourth instar.

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i am in urgent need of some springtails, can anybody help me? thank you.

i have only ever been attacked by a mantis once, and i deserved it. i was far less experienced and enthiusiastic and had run out of livefood for (i forget the species, maybe d.dessicata?) the mantis. it was starving, literally a day or two from death, so wouldve struck at absolutely anything...

as we thought, you just needed to leave the poor boy some time to straighten things out! :P also you mentioned the dark closet... i mentioned that every time i bred this species they have mated in the dark overnight. has anyone else experienced this? would it be safe to say they prefer to do...

i think certainly the last part is true. refrigerated pupae (in my experience) tend to have decreased hatch rates the longer they have been in the fridge, while refrigerated larvae do not have this problem. however, my fridge is not very cold so eventually the larvae pupate in the fridge, and if...

its not really that simple as asa has neglected to mention the whole bit between the eggs hatching and the maggots being ready to pupate. while i have never raised maggots with dog food, i have raised them on raw chicken liver. the eggs are layed, and then in a few days you will see a mass of...

when you say he tried to connect, didnt, and then you tried again the next morning, do you mean you removed him? because if so, i would say just give him more time. they dont just horse it in first time, usually you will see the male bend his tip round, probing about trying to find the right...

this has been discussed here multiple times, if anyone is really interested they can search for it. i think general consensus is that colour is affected by a combination of multiple factors such as type/amount of light, humidity and colour of environment and probably other things.

i have some males to spare but i am in the uk, so cant help you, sorry! they seem to be rare (the males) over here too.

i have never had or heard of any albino mantids. i dont really know what counts as true melanism but p.paradoxa can be pretty much totally black when adult. i think i remember reading in the book "the praying mantids"...

a clearer photo of the wing buds would help but i reckon it looks subadult.

if you do a search on this forum for "calling" or maybe "pheromone release" you might find a recent thread that may be useful. i dont know if tropidomantis "calls" but i have seen (what i believe to be) calling/pheromone release from p.paradoxa and acromantis. these are poor pictures because if...

despite their small size they can take d.hydeii as hatchlings. in a couple of moults they will even go for things their own size, i seem to remember them taking greenbottles as early as L3.

theyre ok, two sub females and two sub males (plus a presub female that has fallen behind for some reason. up until this moult she was neck and neck with the other two). so just one moult left for most of them, just a shame it is the problematic one! heres the most recent pic ive got, sub female...

thanks for that. the damaged bit looks amazing, kind of like when you see pictures of the bottom of the ocean. or maybe even some species of coral.

Ceratomantis saussurii is a really lovely looking mantis that does not get mentioned so much. :wub:

this photo makes me think of the phrase "the more you know, the more you realise how little you know". or maybe of that fable with the dog, the bone and the lake/river. you have posted pictures of this mantis (and its eye) before, and i didn't think too much of the infected/damaged bit of the...