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I updated some pics on the website, although I'm still way behind. Here are a few I thought I'd share. My adult male P. medioconstricta: Found the first of this season's T. sinensis hatchlings in my garden :) If you want mantises in your garden I highly recommend planting some herbs...

You could put several ghosts in that, and they are great to have communally, fun to watch interact. Or if you want one big one, Hierodula majuscula or Hierodula membranacea.

Hope no one's already posted this. If you've never heard of "photobomb" it's when someone basically ends up accidentally in a photo they don't belong in, like when creepy guy is looking over the subject's shoulder, or whatever. There's a whole photobomb website (which this pic is on now)...

Somebody recently posted pics on graph paper... thought that was a great idea for a size reference. Miopatra cloned herself! These are "mini mio" :wub: I was hoping to get a pic of her eating a HUUUUUUGE (compared to her) D. mel but she wasn't interested. How bout those antennae, eh...

Yep, pretty sure he is male, I made a closer inspection of his antennae and spikes... it sure helps having several in the same instar to compare. I'm not really that worried about breeding them with this few, but if it happened I'd be ecstatic. I do have another question that I don't think has...

For the size terrarium you have it'd be nice to have a species you can keep several together, so I second the recommendations on ghosts (Phyllocrania paradoxa) and Oxys (Oxyopsis gracilis). Both can be housed together and are pretty easy to keep. Creobroter can sometimes be kept together but I...

You probably can't see, but there are six 1" holes cut in the top above the mesh. Think I need more ventilation than that? I will cover the slanted surfaces with hemp and add more vines, and possibly a few more sticks on those slanted surfaces too. Here's another angle, you tell me if you...

I'm not sure where you live but check here for your date of last frost: http://davesgarden.com/guides/freeze-frost-dates/ If you're past it, release them and the little guys will have a much better chance of making it, since they can spread out. If you have a habitat for them, at least some...

This is my L7 male. I have the now-L6 trio in my ExoTerra but this one is a full molt ahead of them and I haven't wanted to mix instars so he's solo. He was in an 80 ounce deli cup with a well-lined lid and, I'm afraid, probably not enough humidity - usually he stays immobile for days before a...

They are not exclusively parthenogenic like B. borealis, but can reproduce without a male.

About 72 F.

Nice idea, shooting on graph paper. I'm going to have to try that.

I had noticed that I had to feed one of my H. majuscula males a LOT less than his siblings - his stool was a lot smaller, and his abdomen took a lot longer to flatten. Then last week I noticed that the lower end of his abdomen looked rottted. He only lasted a day after I noted that. Anyone...

Yeah, I did too. He wasn't that old, not bred, and no obvious reason. Just a little diarrhea and next day he was gone. Can you get him to take some cricket goo on a toothpick?

I had this happen with my first breeding. She healed up fine, although I never did get them to breed, mostly because of my own paranoia. Make sure you keep her container extra extra clean to avoid bacteria in the environment, since it now has a portal.

Mine are not in the least picky, although they usually spazz at mealworms the first time I try them.

Yeah ventilation seems important to these guys... I had mine in a 80 oz deli and I lost 2. No more losses since I went to net cube. If I went to another plastic container I'd cut a side out and screen it.

Miomantis paykullii :) Probably could just do one care sheet for all the mios, no? What a huge undertaking! It'll be a great reference when you're done though.

Haha, awesome... we had clone troopers in with our first Chinese mantis.