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So I have been raising some European mantises. They are great friendly little gals for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure. Anyway I have two females. One subadult (Phi) and the other (Pi) just had her adult molt. She came out looking perfectly normal about a day after the molt when I checked on...

I am looking for anyone with Deroplatys (lobata, truncata, or desiccata will do; I assume those are really the only three species in that genus around, but if you have something else, let me know). I'm looking for four of them, in earlier instars, but if they are old enough to tell genders...

I have another sub-adult and am picking up two males this weekend! Her name is Delta. Her sister, Epsilon, is the smaller (calculus reference, lol).  Sorry about the poor quality photo, but the 16kB limit forced me to compress it up to the point of it being noticeably lossy.

I just hatched a European mantis ooth. I know they are really common, but if someone wants a classic Mantis religiosa, let me know....  (Over 100 hatched and all seem very healthy. They are eating and strong.)

So my Ghost ooth finally hatched and it's the first of a bunch. Let me know if you are interested in some ghosts; I am fair in prcing and will work with you! I know I am new to the forums and don't yet have a reputation as a breeder, but I have an excellent reputation on eBay (enigma020202) and...

2020 is finally behind us.... Ready for 2021!

I know there is much debate about how long mantids live. Some say 6 months, some a year, some u to two years. The longest I've heard/read about is 1 yr 9mo. My longest personally is >8 mo. (Total lifespan from L1 on....) I am curious, what is the longest living mantid you have ever...

My favorite adult mantis died this morning. She was a Rhombodera extensicollis, and maybe 8 mo. old. I think it was something digestive as her translucent thorax darkened and she had a sort of diarrhea that was foul smelling. Anyway this was one of my last pictures of her. She had a partial...

So I wanted to see the board's opinion, how do I find a missing adult mantis capable of (mostly downward) flight. But pretty good flight.... So in a freak accident of nature, a hygrometer fell off the side of the cage, and knocked the door open! Imagine that. I never lock the Exo-Terra Nano...

These two ghosts are mating for like the third time, lol. Thought you might want a look.

So for those of us that use flies for feeding--house-fly, GreenBF, BBF,etc.; not fruit flies--what do you feed them and how do you keep them. What I mean is after they hatch I put them in a separate, 32 oz., feeding container. I put some powder used for fruit fly cultures for food, and water...

My ghost colony (check my posts) finally produced an ooth on the 19th/20th; so about a day ago at this point. So I was thinking of selling a few once they hatch. (If you made me a good offer on the ooth I might be willing, but I'd only take a high price for the ooth considering they hatch about...

I have two breeding pairs now and one pair already bred.  When they mated the female did not at all get aggressive with the male. A ghost breeder told me I can leave them all together (with some risk of course). They have always seemed very docile to each other. Batting at one another is the...

So I have a crazy mantis story for you guys. I saved a drowned mantis. Not saved it from drowning, but actually brought it back from drowning! Let me explain. My thin-winged (T. angustipennis) subadult Toby was out on my curtain, and after a while I couldn't find him, so I started looking. He...

So my 5 new mantis species are (sorry I don't have a good enough camera to take close-ups. They are all L2, L3. Hierodula majuscula L2, Hierodula venosa L2, Rhombodera megaera L3, Sphodromantis sp. (either a 'blue flash' or a bacetti) L2/3, Plistospilota guineensis L4 (aka the Mega Mantis)   ...

How many ooths does an adult Brunners Mantis lay in her lifetime? Also how many for a chinese mantis? Any idea? I know each species is different.... Just checked my Brunner's cage; she's up to 5 so far.

RIP Lin (S. lineola). My first mantis and first to reach adulthood passed the other day. So sad, we miss her! She lived 6 months in total--a little nicer 5 with me. (I had her since an L2). RIP My sweetest pet and good friend....   The gruesome details...

So one of my mantids, a Rhombodera extensicollis adult use to be the sweetest of all my mantids. Very willing to be handled and would walk out onto my hand. Recently, she started latching on and then biting. As luck would have it she is also my biggest mantid so her bites actually hurt! Mostly...

Female ghost (I named her Legs because when I originally got the ghosts she was missing a hind leg.) During the molt: This is the colony. I have four total; two males and two females. I have since separated them even though I really doubt they will cannibalize at this point...: Last I...

Just wondering if anyone has seen anything like this and if so any idea why they would do something like this, or just random? My Rhombodera went into a threat pose in her terrarium for apparently no reason. I was not interacting with her and just happened to be in the room to witness it (no...