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That's pretty amazing! Tiffany is in great shape! The longest I've ever had female T. sinensis is 9 months (with 6-7 months as the average). The ones wild caught usually seem to live longer. Maybe due to better food diversity? I love mantises at all ages. I put all kinds of soft blankees...

Here is my experience. The trick for mealworms is to fatten them up. Don't use them fresh after they arrive (when they are skinny). I keep mealworms at room temperature. I fatten them up by letting them live in their food/substrate. I spray the mealworms with water once a day. I keep my...

devetaki9, that certainly is not a stupid question. I'd love to know where to get Stagmomantis carolina ooths. The years that I found Carolinas in my yard, I did not release any other species. Sure enough, these Carolinas are still around year after year. I sure would rather promote natives...

Hello Nick, I've been involved with mantises since 1998 and I've tried different things with T. sinensis. You can buy the ooths this year or next spring. My garden center tends to have them in spring. I find that the best thing to do is take the ooths and actually attach them to shrubs...

An excellent point - thank you for sharing that with us. I keep cricket nymphs (that are acquired from pet stores) in quarantine. I put them in a one week quarantine (minimum) and I feed the quarantined crickets high quality food. Any crickets that don't look right are taken out of...