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I was wondering how much do you guys usually spend on larger flies in a month. Larger like blue bottle flies or house flies? what do you do to keep costs down.

Ok thanks guys Ill check those places out. Thanks for the help.

Two more had the same problem as the others and I gave them both honey and water one of two died the next day and was acting very odd so I wasn't suprised by that. The other one ate the honey/water and the fly just fine and acted totally normal he threw up a little the next but after that he...

Where would you guys suggest buying Ghost Mantises from? I wanted to get them around Christmas.

The other one who had the substance in his cage died after several days of appearing to be completely fine

Maybe it is some sort of infection but it has been popping up in unrelated cages so that makes me think that its may not be that and its only happened to three total.

Im not sure because when I looked at them and they where fine and the next time I looked at them they where dead and the substance was there so I would have to guess they didn't do it for very long before death. One that I found today had the substance on his lid but he hasn't died and he seems...

Could they have been over fed? and that made it throw up? my mom has been feeding them because ive been in Honduras and its hard to keep track of how much each eats so It would make sense if she or me accidentally gave them more than they needed. But im not sure if they would have killed them...

Of the around 15 nymphs I have only two have died after having this problem and only three total have had the problem at all. but the problem keeping popping up randomly in different enclosures. So the food would make sense but its odd that they dont all have the problem.

A third one has popped up with the red stuff on his lid but he has not died yet in fact he looks fine im going to try feeding him from the other culture and see what happens. The fly's im using seem fine they look clean and the culture is doing well but its worth a shot.

yeah it did look similar to that

They were after the first molt so I guess second instar they are Chinese mantises  and they are eating fruit flys.

Two of the nymphs I have been raising from birth have died suddenly with no warning. I didn't see them doing anything odd or excreting anything but once I found them dead there was also this red substance that had dried on the top of the enclosure and I was wondering if anyone knew what it was...

What would you all suggest for a homemade medium recipe?

Or maybe those are mealybugs I'm thinking of that are all over my yard in spring do you think they could eat those? and thank you for showing me those 3 dollar cultures.

Everywhere I've looked at has like 15 to 20 dollar cultures but the express shipping is like an extra 30 or some such and since its my first time I don't want to try and make my own medium I thought it might be better to just buy some premade. Do you think you can feed them aphids? at least for...

How long can newly hatched nymphs go without food? I'm trying to hatch some egg cases my mantis laid (unknown if they will hatch or not) and I don't want to have to spend money of fruit flys till I know I need them. I'm thinking that I can use the white bugs that fly around the gardenia bushes...

Alright thank you all for helping.

Its pretty dang dry outside during the winter here so I would think the fridge would match outside fine during its diapause.

Well I have 4 ooths in the fridge in two different containers ill just mist one and not the other (unless someone tells me I need to mist them) and see if any of them hatch come spring. They have been in my fridge for a while so if they needed more humidity than they had then they may have...