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Thank you Ryan! I can't believe I didn't even think about the pesticides having lasting effects! Luckily i've been keeping my pets far from the kitchen! But thanks for the heads up! I'll be much more careful from now. And thanks for the assurance I'll see if my adult female would want the roach...

Hello sorry if this question has been asked before but I've been searching the forums and couldn't find much on just regular American roaches. Mostly people seem to think they don't make very good feeders since they are very quick, breed easily if they escape, and are likely to start an...

It's a stagmomantis but i'm not completely sure its limbata tho it looks like it very well could be. I haven't had too many limbatas that color most of mine turn beige or green. But if you are sure it's limbata I have 3 pairs of the species but i can look for one more male for you. They have...

wow...well it makes me feel loads better to know that i'm not the only person to make such mistakes. but you guys are right, at least i know what needs to change. i'm pretty sure i'm not at the stage where i care more about the money than the mantid himself/herself as Phil mentioned. i dont...

yea thanks again everyone i feel better now. =) i dont exactly have any better enclosures for them yet but i did switch around a couple so that at least one female (the weaker and sick looking one) would have more room. i've been misting them a bit more and gave them alot more twigs and sticks...

yes! thank you shieldmantid! i can't believe i didn't think about feeding him like that! i will be sure to mist him too. what would you recommend feeding him? should i give him little bits of crickets? or honey? thank you for your advice!

thanks everyone i really appreciate it and you guys are right. i'm actually getting over it rather quickly which, when i stop to think about it, makes me feel even worse about myself. it really makes me wonder what happened to the boy that would cry whenever any mantid died on him. i know the...

I'm really really sorry about his novel of a post, I understand if you don't read this. I really do. And if this is in the wrong section, I'm so sorry, please delete or move this. If anyone is reading this, I know I haven't been on the forum in awhile, and I'm sorry that my coming back post is a...

Ok phil sounds good! Thanks for your help!

@Phil Wow she lived until March?? O.O Thanks for the advice! I'll be sure to make her habitat better and more humid. And I don't think there are any more wild mantids now..I don't seen I've seen one this far into December before. But I can look? I think she DID exhibit calling behavior. I don't...

Hey everyone! Sorry I've been gone for so long! Just wanted to say I'm back! And MERRY CHRISTMAS PPL! However I had a question about my mantid. Remember when i said she seemed pregnant? Well she's been fat like that for the past 2 or 3 months or so. it's december now, and all the wild mantises...

From what I read, I guess it's ok for her to lay it on the screen. I'll just let her be then! And sorry no offense for using that word! =( Thanks for the advice everyone!

My preggo female is just about ready to make its ooth. But she stays at the top of the aquarium where i keep her. Its just a screen lid thingy you find on reptile tanks. I'm worried she won't go down (i even provided a super perfect twig thing for her to use) is it ok for her just to lay the...

mine only mated about 8-10 hours before the male got eaten. Is that ok?

I just got up to find the male half eaten =(. Hopefully he finished everything before she got a hold of him. Thanks guys! =))

I finally got Limbatas to get it on. I'M CRAZY EXCITED. only thing is, its 2 in the morning LOL. BUT SWEETTTT!!! I'M SOOOO happy they are the same species. FINALLY!

K I'll do some research. Thanks!

Nice! Congrats!

oh wow okc! thats right next to norman! Since you live in OK, do you happen to know what kind of species are native to that general area? I want to know what kind of species i can breed and release.

What should i do now? I've been trying to mate them for the past week and the male just ignores the female. is he not ready? i feel like hes just mentally ill.