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I got home only to find that my first of 3 giant dead leaf nymphs has officially matured into a beautiful male. I have one more male and one female in need of one more molt to mature. I plan on breeding them and have read the tips on breeding mantids pinned here. I was just wondering if anyone...

One of my Heirodula girls Leia has been leaving brown streaks all down her cage the last two days. I think she is throwing up. No idea what caused it as she is eating the same blue bottle flies as everyone else. Perhaps bacteria. Anyways, today I created a very light honey and water mixture...

Hey ya'll I've been noticing something and wanted to see if anyone else does the same. After my Heirodula's girls molted into L4s and started eating larger food they remain as I like to call it THICC for much longer than when they were younger so I hold off on feeding now until every 3-4 days...

I have two girls at home and no male :( both girls are said to be Heirodula venosa (golden) L4s If anyone has a Heirodula venosa male they'd be willing to loan for breeding in a few months, trade for a female, or sell. I'd be interested. I had been trying to be a good wingman for my girl...

Okay so today I noticed that all of my mantis enclosures had mites. I checked my substrate rubbermaid and it too had them, as did my mealworms (larve and pupae), and finally my dubias had it the worst. None of the mites seemed to be ON the mantises but all over the sides. I'm suspecting grain...

Hello! My mantis molted a week ago to L4 and is now officially paying no attention to Hydei anymore. They'll walk right by her and she wont even look at them. I was thinking they were a bit too small so I offered her half of a small mealworm and she took it and chowed down immediately. I ordered...

Could anyone help me sex my mantis? I think I count 6 segments but this is my first one so I wanted to check with more experienced keepers. It is L4 as of just this week.

I'm looking for any ant hobbyists that are willing to sell queens of these kinds of ants: Crematogaster spp and/or Carpenter ant to me in Minnesota. Must be in MN it is illegal to transport ants across state lines. 

My little guys are still very young so I have yet to lose a mantis, but when I do, I want to preserve them in resin so I can still look back at my first mantis, and remember them. Does anyone do this? Is it possible? If so, does anyone have a good tutorial? I've seen a thread about pinning but...

New to the hobby, so if this is silly question sorry! I had really easy time with my Hierodula sp Golden (Tsubasa) so I picked up 3 Deroplatys Dessicata nymphs just 3 days ago. I've noticed they are quite a bit more skittish of me which I figured was likely just a species difference but one...

Hello all! I'm new to the hobby having just bought my first mantis in July a little L2 Hierodula sp Golden and after being fascinated with her/him (still unsure fingers crossed its her) and getting her/him to molt once I decided to pick up three L2 deroplatys dessicata nymphs just 3 days ago...