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That is good to know, I've just been feeding a lot of blue bottles, the amount they seemed to fill her up was like if I were to eat a cracker every hour to fill up my stomach lol. I still have a lot to learn about mantis keeping, since I've only been at it for almost a year. Okay yeah your...

Good to know that hotter is not good for them thank you. That rules out temp and humidity errors I suppose. I have stopped crickets since her last instar and definitely will not feed them to her again. Will dubias be okay for a staple instead of flies for a bit in your opinion? she might be...

Yeah mine threw up some fruit flies as well once when she was small.. I hope yours doesn't have the same continued issue :(

Thank you for your tips, I got some honey water in her so hopefully that helps with hydration and if it is some bacterial thing like you mentioned. She has barfed with fruit flies and crickets. I stopped feeding crickets and switched to dubias whenever I was temporarily out of flies when she was...

Hello, I have a 6th instar Rhombodera basalis (Malaysian Shield Mantis), and since it's 3rd instar it has been throwing up off and on, and it's pretty worrying. It started out eating fruit flies at instar 2 when i got it, and then house flies at instar 3, and it has been on primarily blue bottle...

It was amazing to see her molt to adulthood and watch her wings slowly unfold. It's my first time witnessing this gorgeous event. 

Hello, I am thinking of expanding the species in my mantid collection. I currently have an adult and a sub adult female Pyllocrania paradoxa.  I am researching orchid and flower mantids, and wondering if anyone here knows if they can healthily live off a diet of crickets, particularly if...

Hi there! I am a first time Mantis owner. I just got my 3 baby L2 ghosts in this past week. I am from southern California, 25 years old, and just returning to school this semester thinking about pursuing a BS in Zoology specializing in Herpetology. In my free time I usually draw or play video...

Hello! I just collected a ton of twigs for my new baby ghosts and started sterilizing them... then realized while they were boiling that it smelled of eucalyptus. I know branches of this species cannot be used in reptile enclosures due to the scent they can excrete, but are they okay for Mantids?