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just noticed your in NZ so not sure that you have Petsmart or Petco....but a pet store may have some fruitflies.

fruit flies and a deli cup with mesh lid. if you have to improvise on the enclosure you can try a 16 oz cup with paper towel on bottom and some twigs for them to hang out on. for the lid some cheesecloth, mesh, screen material or even a swatch of pantyhose. you can usually get some fruit...

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I am in Buena Park. a couple blocks south of the epicenter. it did dislodge a few pictures, china, and cd,s. just had another one this instant.

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for batter frying I prefer "light" beers as opposed to dark beers (which I prefer for drinking) I like bud light lime for fish ☺

I have used moss, coconut husk, sponge, brillo pads, cheap dollar store drawer liner (no-slip foam mesh stuff) and even cheap sham-wow type artificial chamois. all work, as long as you keep moist. not sure that "clean" helps but I like it so I don't let it get too messy. the drawer liner or...

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I have used hot glue with no problems, also on a purchase I made from Paradoxica, he had used some thread to "tie" the stick the ooth was laid on to the top of the deli-cup lid. I found this to be just fine. I also used elmers glue once....some one said that was a bad choice but I had a full...

i will set the culture inside the fridge for 10 minutes, they get less active and then tap the culture down and then tap a few into a smaller (16oz) deli cup until i get desired amount. then feeding time with funnel onto delicups with mantids inside...they often eat more than you think they...

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My first mantids were Ghosts (L5) and I used the critter keeper (pet smat sells them without the tubes. Do glue some sticks to the top and and a couple to allow them to climb up to the top where they spend 99% of the time. be aware that smaller flies can sometimes escape from the holes where...

I have a couple female Ghosts both green one molted to adult a week ago and one will molt any time. I am looking to maybe trade to someone who has a male to breed to the girls and trade an ooth or a dozen nymphs or a half dozen sexed pairs...PM if interested.

when I had my creos I just fed them all they could eat for a few days prior and then put the pair I wanted to mate in an enclosure together overnight. I have 3 pairs so I figured I could use a different male if one got eaten but all three survived the mating process and started pushing out more...

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+1 on this....I order spikes and pull out a dozen or so every few days depending on how many mouths I have to feed...my current colony is 4 adult females, 1 adult male and around 7 subs. plus 30 or so L-2 to L-4s crickets will work in a pinch and I keep fruit flies in culture pretty much ALWAYS...

I recommend you culture your own ff....I bought the big bag of repasheys and keep cultures year round. I have a smaller (16oz) culture cup that i use to keep a small culture going when the bugs get too big to eat ff's. this way once I have a new ooth hatch i can start a new 32 oz culture and...

I have 3 female adults and two fresh males....gotta fatten them all up for some breeding in a week or two!!! sorry bout your other male

I have seen them range from a pale Jade green to vivid green....I have three female adults in 3 different shades of green. I have seen cocoa brown to light autumn leaf. and the red or rusty tinges are a nice bonus when they pop up. One of my males just molted to adult so next week I should be...

We need violins back in culture I know chrisp has some and recently offered a few nymphs I hahve a screen setup with a heat lamp. But the two ooths I got from ghost never hatched and my lone female never got the lover she deserved. I hope these become available again soon. I loved to hold viola...