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Greetings, I'd gotten a Heterochaeta (named Cinnamon) about 2-3 weeks ago that was between L3-L5. I set them up in a specially-designed deli cup with various climbing points and tulle fabric glued to the sides along with a thin layer of Repti-soil as substrate. I kept the cup on the edge of a...

Hey guys! I received a deroplatys lobata (Zebra) and an heterochaeta orientalis (Cinnamon) the other day and I put together deli cup enclosures for them. To be honest though, I'm considering switching their cups as Cinnamon's current cup is giving me mismolt anxiety from the small gaps between...

Hey guys, this is a question I've been wondering as I'm going to design my heterochaeta sp. their final enclosure. Do they analyze their surroundings first? 

Greetings everyone, For some time now I've been interested in eventually getting my hands on an empusid such as a violin mantis. However, from what I've learned, empusids have trouble climbing smooth surfaces and thus glass enclosure aren't quite suitable for them. I was wondering if you could...

Tl;dr at the bottom Hi everyone, I'm in a bit of a situation. My L4 rhombodera megaera, Aloe, fell off the table while I was trying to feed him. I reflexively caught him but I accidentaly pinched him between my thumb and index. This apparently caused his head to slightly dislocate from his...

Hi guys, recently my adult female spiny flower mantis (molted 2 weeks ago), Emilii, has been acting very anxiously and defensively. I'd find her pacing around her enclosure and sometimes desperately trying to climb up. This had led to fall a couple of times before righting herself back up. As of...

Hey guys, after doing some looking around I decided on getting a spiny flower as my next mantis. Now I was planning to put together its enclosure before it arrived, but a breeder I follow advertised some spiny flowers and I couldn't pass up the chance since I was struggling finding someone who...

So I went to transfer Zorak, my ghost mantis, from his main enclosure to his feeding cup. On the way there, lil' fella leaned down and started munching on my thumb's skin. At first it was a light tickle but after half a minute or so it became a sharp tickle. I've read that it could mean he's...

Greetings, I'm probably being excessively paranoid so apologies if that happens to be the case. Since yesterday my Ghost mantis has been hanging close to the ground. His current enclosure is a 32oz deli cup with a inch-thick layer of coco-fiber substrate, a hygrometer, and a stick close to the...

I got my first mantis this week! An L3-L4 ghost mantis with quite an appetite. Here's some video footage of him relaxing on my finger and another of him munching on a fruit fly. EDIT: Wanted to slide in a question: I've read that you can usually determine their sex with certainty after L4...

Greetings everyone! My ghost mantis nymph is arriving this Wednesday most likely and I have its d. hydei flies ready but I have a question. I've been looking around and I can't find any care sheet that specifies how many flies I should feed it and how often. I see some that warn not to overfeed...

I purchased a deli cup from Josh's Frogs along with a vented lid to accompany it. The lid has large holes covered by a piece of glued-on textured fabric. I'm just wondering if a ghost mantis nymph will be able to grip to it. I took a close-up photo of the fabric. Hopefully it's detailed enough...

Hi everyone! I'm planning to order a ghost mantis from Panterra Pets eventually. However I've been holding off until I have all the supplies I need. I already purchased an Exo Terra Nano Tall (which is 8in x 8in x 12in / 20.3cm x 20.3cm x 30.5 cm) for when it reaches adult size (Panterra ships...

Hi everyone! I've been looking into getting a mantis for the past weeks (and ants a year before) and doing my research. This will be my first time owning an insect! Well... first time as a pet that is (I used to have a bearded dragon) 😅 I've been particularly interested in the fascinating p...