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First at all i have to say that i was reading a lot about this in this forum and i found mantis can grow up with days between same L, but could i find a c.gemmatus with the same L 3 weeks ago is now 2 L bigger than the rest? Or there is a big difference between male and female? I will post pics...

I can say for sure mold was produced by the moisture + heat (23°C). I tried to give crickets to my paradoxa but they dont even look at them.... I will be feeding them with FF until the bigger ones emerge from their pupae. L5 is really big forr FF and they need to eat tons of them. 

Thank you so much, i have my pupae ready to hatch, hopefully soon... I noticed one of my L5 (molted 2 days ago) dont eat as much as she used to. Maybe hydei flies are really small for her, she can easily eat like 4/5 faily easily (i thought she was on L3) so i bought crickets who i will feed...

I bought yesterday 100gr of asticot flies. The larvas are on the fridge and i take out some. I hope they make theire pupae and see the flies soon.... Can i feed them with agave syrup? (i dont use honey)

Maybe could hear silly but im afraid of my little pigs (they eat sooo much...) because they could run fast and get hurt so i tried to do some pics. Could you tell me what L they could be aprox? This ones are 1 sheed bigger than the rest. Sorry about the quality :) C.gemmatus, they are little...

Thank you to all for your answers. I bought more flies cultures with their own food who will arrive tomorrow. Im thinking about to buy bottle flies but maybe they are too big yet. Right now hydei flies are a little less biger than mantis heads but i think i will try, because they eat hydei with...

Thank you again for your so complete answer. I think i will try to build my own flies collector... haha Anyway i think i will have to buy 2 cultures because i almost have an almost empty one from tuesday (12 chubby mantises eating with both hands). I will try to post a few pictures now i had...

Hi, firstly i have to say sorry if there is this information on the forum, i found about it on it but not sure if my problem is good or bad.  I have my Hydei culture full of eggs, but i noticed today a white mold in a few parts of the culture and im worried about it....  I changed all my...

Thank you so much for the information. The cricket they fed it wasnt mine, the breeder who sold me use to give them I was reading on caresheets that too much cricket could constipate my creobroter so they are feeding on Hydei (i think they could be on L3/4) till next week, that i will buy some...

Mistery solved, it looks like some of them are molting... sorry for answering to myself hahaha.

I made 3 pictures with the worst quality ever, but i dont want to disturb them... i can spend all day long looking at them, but not close to them... haha They can reach the prey easily, but maybe they ate a lot... haha

Thank you for your answer. They are on a deli cup just with a stick and a paper towel down. I gave them a few flies yesterday (they ate the day before yesterday a cricket) and i saw right now a small redish circles so maybe thats  because they ate something. Their abdomen looks pretty big so...

I could never imagine how different between them they are, they are amazing! I gave them some flies yesterday but im not able to see if they are eating or not... Are they able to catch a hydei fly on a 37oz cup? I think the man who sold me the mantis was feeding them with crickets, i hope to...

After a month of wait and a DIY enclosures my mantis arrived at home. I have 3M and 3F from ghost mantis and 6 c.gematus (too small to sexing them).  I took them to their new home with no touching them and gave some hydei flies. Some are resting on the top and i would like to know if they...

Oh, sorry! I was thinking on hydei and melanogaster as fruitflies, wrong again.. haha I already was reading a lot about crickets. Thats why i asked about them, because i will not feed them with nothing who could hurt my mantis so i will buy hydei and after that bottle flies. Thank you so much...

Next tuesday my mantis (c.gematus and p.paradoxa) will arrive at home. I have everythimg ready, just need their food. The man who sold them to me will send me some crickets, but i heard they are not the best prey for mantis so should i buy them some fruit flies or continue giving them crickets...

My enclosure is finally done! Should i remove the excess of glue? I will have my mantis at home in 10 days more or less so everything is ready for them now. I will use humid paper towel inside till they gets bigger. Thank you so much for your help

Wow, thank you so much four your help. I really appreciate everyone help. Im finishing my DIY right now and i will post some pics after that ???

Hello again! I was looking for some organza, but i was wondering if i could use this on the lid. What do you think? Has small holes, but i never saw a fruitfly close up ? I have almost everything ready. Should i put some coconut fiber inside? Or maybe is better just paper on L4 mantis? Thank...

Great, she looks really happy :)