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Iris oratoria in AZ. It is actually late in the season for them. They usually hatch late February.  It has been very cold here. It was warm for a couple days and unfortunately one  just died and another one has not eaten in a week and will probably be dead tomorrow. I got them pinheads and the...

I found 3 new nymphs outside.  Conditions are not good here.  Where can I get melanogaster flies overnighted?

I thought my L3 male would molt 2 days ago. I put him a cage that I believe was too dry.  Then he had poop on his butt.  it took hours, but I removed it and made him drink water.   Then he pooped again and was able to eliminate it much easier with my help.  I think he sick from a bad cricket...

Thank you everyone for your kindness. My Annie is dead now.  She was so strong but the issue was that I could not find her food for over a week before her molt . All I had was 2 or 3 dehydrated fruit flies that she ate.  I totally forgot about misting because I was freaking out because the 2...

Annie's last 2 or 3 segments have necrosed. I do not see a way back now. I believed she was paralyzed from cat food only because immediately after feeding her whole body was paralyzed.  She fell and was all curled up and looked dead for hours.  Today she is running around with her behind...

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Wow. Thank you Thomas. Someone at the feeder store suggested to me to give her a little cat food sauce. Like a dummy I gave it to her and she was paralyzed immediately. I put her on a warm heating pad to just make her comfortable and said my good byes. This morning she is walking around again...

Thank you Thomas. Unfortunately, with the warm water and tooth pick,  I got ALL the skin off leaving just the plugged hole with nothing to grab on to with the tweezers. So now rather than relying on my almost non- existent minor surgery skills, I need to focus on a substance that will dissolve...

My Annie- L5 female Iris oratoria molted 3 days ago and her skin was  stuck on her butt. I have never seen any mantid survive so long with this scenario.  I used warm water to take off what I could. I used a magnifying glass to see that where she eliminates (poops), there is skin plugging her...

I agree. Do not pop the bubble, and feed him water. That has happened to me a lot in the past. Sometimes I have been able to dampen a q-tip (about 20 minutes after molt) and smooth the wings down so that they are normal.  I am usually successful, but this is dangerous. When they are soft it is...

I haven't had mantids in a couple years.  I am not familiar with springtails. What are they? Do you mean chill the pinheads in the fridge to slow them down?

He is still only eating tiny ants, and this species doesn't seem to be the hunting kind.  The pinhead crickets stay at the bottom of the enclosure, and the mantids I have now do not try to catch the crickets. I even have baby inch worms in the enclosures, but they are growing much faster than...

He finally ate an ant!!! Yay! They are so small, but at least now I know he will eat in his enclosure. Hi Jessie. Thank you for your offer but I had a very hard time the one time I did sell some.  They were lost at the post office and they were in a package for 5 days in the hot summer. Many...

I found an L3 iris oratoria 2 days ago IN DECEMBER on a tree stump under a little palm tree.  I've posted about this find in other topics, but I am worried now because this little guy (who somehow survived mid 30 degree temperatures) will not eat the fruit flies. He is scared of them. He...

Thanks. Never seen this before.  just need him to eat now!!!

I live in AZ and have at least 9 iris oratoria ooths in my back-yard. I was sad to see that they were hatching in late November and early December. I only was able to catch 6 to take inside.  I did not know how to stop the hatching without hurting them. Does anyone know how to stop outdoor...

I live in AZ but these poor nymphs all died outside. I was able to catch a total of 6 and 2 died already.  Temps are only 50 degrees in day here and 30's at night now.  I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get these  little guys UV light and heat.  Heating the house dehydrated and killed...

I live in AZ. I have 3 nymphs that hatched in early December OUTSIDE when the temperatures at night were too cold, and 1 L2 that hatched in late November. I had 2 others that died. I believe they died because I cannot get the enclosures right. Heating our house dries everything too fast in the...

Does anyone know if there are any Iris oratoria left?  I have not seen any outside in over a year. I cannot even find any sightings from online sources. Are my babies all dead?

Cute! Yes, that is the last time I saw ooths as well, last year. Not this year. Did the ooths hatch last year?  Do you still have mantids from AZ Peter?