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My dad loves pork rinds and has been saving the jars for me lately. I really love the way it looks and my Malaysia shield loves it as well.

I need a mate for my male shield. 

My female mantis has stopped eating and I assume it is because of a upcoming molt. The only problem is it has been more than a week. Has anyone else had a mantis go off food for this long?

I found a beetle in my meal worms and it seems way to small to be a darkling beetle. is it just a really small darkling or something I should be worried about? This batch of worms was from the store and went into a brand new culture. So it wont cost me a lot if I have to toss it.

I have pairs of chinese mantis and singles. Chinese mantis L4 pair: $30 Single L4: $15 LAG on express mail. Photos are required in the event of a DOA.

I was just doing a little reading about sprinngtails. Some people say to keep the cultures on mite paper or mite proof surfaces. Is this really a concern? HAve any of you had this problem? Just to make it clear I don't have mites in my cultures. I was just curious if this is really that common.

I have been raising a lot of nymphs and a couple weeks ago I noticed some of them would get over excited about food and miss the prey then get their feeding arms caught on their head. It was pretty startling at first, but they always got them loose. As they got older they stopped doing it. I'm...

I have forty five Tenodera sinensis for sale. I will include 32oz deli cups for each mantis if requested. Tenodera sinensis: L4 $17 LAG only with express mail.

I have some fruit fly cultures that are ready to go. They should produce flies in about a week. They are $7 plus shipping.

I was just wondering how you entice your mantis to walk on your hand? I have been using a paint brush to give them a gentle nudge and get them moving. Is there a better way?

If you are truly wanting to put pitcher plants in your enclosure you can put a cotton ball in the top of the pitcher to keep your mantids from becoming lunch. I did some research a long time ago about keeping frogs with pitcher plants, and that was the concensus. This shouldn't hurt the plant as...

I recently made a batch of fruit fly medium, but I made enough for three cultures. I don't have a use for that many ff so I just put it in a plastic bag and threw it in the freezer. Has anyone done this? Does it work as well as the fresh medium?

An ooth would also be nice if anyone has one they are willing to part with. Thanks!

I recently had my first chinese mantis ooth (purchased not bred) hatch. I managed to get about 86 nymphs. A few died for unknown reasons, but 78of them made it through their first molt with only five mismolts that needed to be culled. I am pretty proud, and i am really enjoying the challenge. 

Last night I noticed my shield mantis molting. She was hanging from a popsicle stick that I hot glued to the top of her cup. Everything went fine and she completed her molt without incident. Where was the near disaster you ask? Well, I looked in today and the popsicle stick fell! That could have...

I have just caught the bug. No, not a mantis. Well, yes a mantis, but I didn't catch it. Anyways, I recently bought an orchid mantis and I am hooked. I was so happy with how she's doing I had to go back and get a shield, and a Chinese mantis. I would love to try my hand at breeding the Chinese...

My orchid mantis just molted about 16 hours ago, at about midnight. When should I start feeding agian? She's been refusing food for about three days so I assume she's hungry. I'm feeding fruit flies.