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Welcome, hope everything goes well with your pretty girl! 

Thanks everyone for the replies! I mated them again a few days ago, he stayed on her for about two days and they connected for at least 3 hours, so now I'm sure she's fertile.  My second male just had his final molt, but I guess there's no point in mating him with my girl until after she's...

My first time trying to breed any mantis species at all, so I'm super excited!  I introduced the male yesterday morning and he sat on her back for about 8 hours before they connected for at least 20 minutes.  Two hours after that she started wandering around and fluttered her wings. To me it...

First of all, very sorry for the late reply, I've been busy with family stuff the past couple of days.  Yeah, they remind me of Phyllocrania quite a bit, but they're from different continents and I'm not sure how closely related they are.  Thank you, I've actually read that caresheet before...

Hi everyone, I just ordered two of these beauties but couldn't really finde any caresheets for the species. I just read somewhere to keep them like orchids, does anyone know if that's true?  I know they're fairly new to the hobby and still pretty rare, so I don't want to kill them with my...

Welcome @tracy! Great collection you have there, wahlbergii and orchids are among my favorites!

So sorry for your loss, it seems males generally aren't much fun to keep once they mature.

So sorry to hear that, I'm glad the others are ok though 🙂

I feel for you, @hysteresis, shipping delays are not fun.😥  Let us know if you're little ones arrived safely!

Wow, I never even heard of Empusa f. before, I just looked them up and they're stunning! I'd definately get one (or two, or three) if I ever see them anywhere. Gongrats @Ben10101, your little one is very cute, take good care of him/her! 😉

Thank you so much, you're very kind!😊

That sucks, I'm so sorry 😥 I hope breeding still somehow worked out for you? Haha, I just checked and the company who made those really is german. I didn't even know, so funny. Thank you! It's those, if anyone's interested: https://www.thespidershop.co.uk/critter-p-3781.html#.XQwHlWmbE0O 

Wow, those are actually illegal to keep where I live, so from my point of view, you've found something really special 😉  Take good care of her!

I already posted in the general discussions forum about a (somewhat) urgent situation, but I still wanted to officially introduce myself. I'm 27 and from Germany, so my english might not be the best, I apologize. I've kept mantids for the past 1/2 years, although I've had a few months of a...

Thank you, I will. They are super tiny and cute, with big appetites, can't wait too se them grow!

I just realised that picture is a bit misleading, the container is actually pretty big (compared to the tiny mantis). I'm also about to move them to their real enclosures, they're still in the shipping container, I was waiting for them to finish their flies in peace. (here's a better picture...

Guys, you're not gonna believe this. I just got the "lost" package in the mail, and the little guys are all alive and well.  Now I feel a bit silly for being so dramatic, I'm just super happy and relieved they're all ok. Guess I'll have 10 new Mantids at the end of the day, instead of 5, but I...

A german online shop for inverts called "Kerf Terraristik" https://kerf.de/Mantiden

My "replacement" mantids got shipped out today, and will (hopefully) arrive tomorrow. I'll try to post some pictures for you guys! 

No good news, unfortunately. I called customer service again this afternoon and they told me it would be around three business days starting monday for them to investigate and find out why my package didn't ship, and even after I asked and pleaded repeatedly (of course I told them it, was...