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How long does it take for a culture to pop from the start? and do you keep them in the dark for their life span?

Tx, good thinking batman...i will. For the record...  3 tble spoons Potato flakes, 1/2 Banana, 1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar, 1 tsp Yeast, 1 tsp molasses, approx 100ml Water, topped with hand full of homemade wood shavings ? Oh and.... not forgetting about 30 randy rascal flightless fruit flies...

@MantisGirl13 @Synapze My first 'flightless fruit fly' culture. I made a banana potato recipe up, bit of a mish of what i had available and added some wood shavings i made. easier than i thought. I'll wait for the culture to pop and see if i can keep a cycle going. A lot cheaper than buying...

Sounds good, like the mold resistance with cinnamon, do you layer this with wood wool? ...are you able to successfully rotate and keep the cycle going?

Tx @MantisGirl13... could you point me in the direction of a good step by step guide for making my own medium etc that you can recommend plz?)

@Synapze Tx, will do...looks like that is the best way forward. ?

Help... i need to feed my mantis but....the flightless fruit fly (mature) culture i purchased off ebay seems to have stopped producing, there are lots of static lifeless larvae, i've only had the pot 2 weeks, i thought they would last a lot longer, i kept them at 22C but now i have nothing to...

Good advice tx. The soil is a very lite organic mix, as i thought, as you say, that any strong fertilizer would be harmful but what should i use instead?

ok, tx. that sounds easier. i attached a photo of the habitat for you to see. too big i know but what about the furnishings? Its been sprayed with water so they can drink. the twig is from my gardens privet hedge and the soil is a lite potting mix soil from the hydro shop. They are in with my...

@MantisGirl13  ok tx, that makes sense, i do have something a little smaller, an old Ferrero Rocher case, will have to put some vents in it. Update: He's just caught one thankfully, both got full bellies for now. phew) Now i can go to bed less worried) I fed mine using the pooter, seemed the...

They are very small fresh fruit flies just hatched, about a 1/4 the size of the mantids, one walked right past him, maybe he's not hungry yet, cages are small 7"Lx5"Wx3"H.

Tx, i'll get rid of the honey until they are a bit bigger. One mantis has just eaten, i watched him catch his prey, which was cool, hi5 yay!!!... but I put 3 fruit flies in the other enclosure and he's still not caught one. How long does it take them to catch their food?

I've had my 2 x Egyptian praying mantis L1s 3 days now and they seem to be settling into their new home. Not tried to escape yet which is a bonus. But i'm trying to feed them and its proving more difficult than i first thought. I gave them both fruit flies, yesterday and today, that i caught...

Hi, Queenie ) I'm from the North West of England, the not so sunny at the moment Greater Manchester)

HI everyone, i'm completely new to the world of the Mantid, i came upon them because i needed a predator to combat indoor garden pests and then i realised they are much cooler than i first thought and now I've caught the 'bug'). However i have little knowledge about them and am here to learn...