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Hello all! I have three adult female ghost and i'm waiting for them to lay an ooth. I was wondering how long does it normally take for a fertile female to lay? I've been very impatiently waiting for an ooth to arrive!

Hello all! I have been having trouble keeping my "bug room" and my bugs humid. I will spray the heck out of one of my cages and wake up for it to be 58 RH! I was thinking about investing in a humidifier, have any of you had any luck with using them to keep humidity higher or would it be a waste...

Hey all! I've got a male rhomby almost ready to molt to adulthood and a female that's been a subadult for almost two weeks. What I want to know is how long my male will live? I'm concerned that he may senesce and die before the female is ready to molt, should I look around to buy an adult male...

After 3 very disappointing hatches (2,4,2 respectively) I finally got a whole ooth to hatch, I think it was absolutely low humidity that caused, I was traveling at the time and couldn’t give them the care they deserve, I’ve got 11 beautiful hatchlings 😊.

An ooth my ghost mantid laid about a month ago had two babies come out but after a day and a half no more have emerged despite the fact the ooth should be able to hold 20-30 inside of it, it is about 3-2 inches long and healthy size. Is this normal or are the rest of the eggs duds?

I came into possession of a bruners ooth from the wild and am currently incubating it, does anyone have any care tips, I’ve heard they are not a very hard mantid to raise but there’s very little info on them out there. also here’s their terrarium for the brood, I tried to get some cross...

my ghost mantids bred this weekend (Friday/Saturday night) and the female laid an ooth this morning, I was wondering if they are able to fertilize their eggs that fast or if I’ll have to wait for my next batch for babies?

I’ve got a pair of ghost I want to breed, anyone have any tips?

A male from my second brood of Chinese mantids, this time around I was more on point with food and heat so he’s a whopping .5 inches longer than my last one, hopping I actually get a female next time I try, shooting for a 4 incher

Hello everyone, I very fortunately stumbled upon this website when looking for caresheets and have had an entertaining and educational time looking at all of your post! I am currently an entomology major sophomore at OSU and have been raising mantids for about two years now. I currently have...

My friend wanted a female budwing to mate with her male, is anyone selling?