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I could not get any better pics without disturbing them.

I figured i would take a few pics of her because she may be the last one i ever own? :(

I hate to say this but they probably make more money from selling dried specimens then living ones. Life is tough. I suppose in time if these species are over collected. There will hopefully be laws put in place so that some species are not totally lost? Also we just don't really know how many...

She's a gonner. That black spot is going to spread rapidly. After two weeks as an adult she should have been fed more often. She is very thin.

Looks like it has a couple more molts to go before it is an adult. It could easily grow an inch or more.

Tenodera sinensis AKA Chinese mantis.

Nice! How many did you end up finding?

OUCH! :pinch:

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I have one L4 female that i really don't want her to go to waste. If anybody might have a male to sell, or ooth split. please PM me. Thank-you! Paul

It's either Stagmomantis limbata, or Stagmomantis californica.

Just a quick update. I woke up this morning to one of my ooths hatching. So far only two nymphs. Hopefuuly there will be a bunch more when i come home from work later?

100% Iris oratoria.

Welcome! :)

I guess for future reference when obtaining this species, get a large amount to work with. I was given 18 L1 nymphs. 8 survived to adulthood. The others died off soon after i received them.

I do hope you were successful! :) No matter how full you may think she is? There is always room for desert. :P

What do you mean by the females not being interested? Do they not let the males mount before getting eaten? I have found with this species you could just easily place the males right on the females backs. This method has let me save quite a few males in the past. If the female goes nutts right...

Good luck with the rest. Not sure if spider mites are any smaller then spring tales, but i have used them before for small species with decent results.

Welcome! :)

I have about 4 ooths incubating right now. I have noticed with this species among others that all males are clearly not created equal. Out of four males only one was able to mate multiple females. My other three males either would just ride around until eaten or jump off and soon die of old age...