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name=Volvagia2 I could just gather a bag of leaves and rinse em with warm water and then quickly dry em out in a dry basking spot so they don't shrivel up or rot like the other replies I've read or can I use soap or something else that you can recommend. (I live in California and whe have quite...

I have some Mantises in a large containers and since it is the fall season I was planning to gather fallen leaves to use as bedding but I don't know if I should clean of the dirt off or sanitize the leaves when I gather them. My mantises are local and wildly caught but I don't know if they'll be...

I Caught local adult Mantises last year and I'm not sure what spiecies they are I believe they are the Calfornia mantis but I also think it is The european spiecies They sure have the aggression as a European. I talked with with an expert about it but I only mentioned the European spiecies. And...

I have a deli tub that I want to store in the fridge, but I don't know if I put enough holes on the lid. I used a thumbtack to make the hole, and I made them a little wider using the tack all over the lid. My question is this, did I put put too many holes, and should I wait more hours while it's...

Volvagia2 (quote) Do you know what temperatures I should put the ooths? I have European spiecies and their ooths go on a dispause state while refrigerated.

I have some ooths; I want to put them in a Deli tub, and I put several holes on the lid for proper ventilation. Also, I want to put two ooths in the container while in the refrigerater but I don't know what are the recomended temperatures to put them in (They are ooths from the European...

(quote) Actually they're native and they're wildly caught mantids and they'll soom have the ooths. Do you argree with any locations that I mentioned. Any better sugggestions of location you have?

I'm trying to find a temporary location for the ooths that are soom coming. I thought of puting it behind a plant, because I can water it every day with the hose. however the plant faces the sun. I also thought of putting it on some tree branch but I'm afraid of possible predators such as wasps...

Does anybody know where to buy locusts or another alternitive, how to raise and breed regular grasshoppers?

How I have never tried to do that I couldn't even do that for my lizards since I thought they would die.

It's not coconut bark it's like a soil it locks that way it's so lose.

I'm leaving for a couple of days possibly four and I don't have a solutoin on keeping them hydrated but I know where I keep them the temperatures will be no lower than 75F. (I'm the only one who can care for them) Someone said what they do is put a cup of sand and spray it with water to keep...

Do male Mantises eat not very often in lower temperatures or the same on higher temperatures? One has not eaten for eight days since the temperatures are commonly 77F-82F. Do some have wierd appitites or only the wildly caught do? I thought about feeding them once a week.

name=volvagia2 Sep 6, 2008 I have a female that has extremly aggressive behavior the male has made his move to mate with her but she flings him off and trys to grapple the male and trys to eat him. I even tried to distract her by feeding her but she still remains highly alert and watches the...

volvagia2 sep 3 2008, Will she eat like that when not pregnant? She's wildly caught so I can't tell if she's pregnant. If they have a killer appitite does that mean she is?

=volvagia2=sep 3 2008 How do I tell if she's fertilly pregnant but is not fat should she continue to accept food to tell? Or can she decide not to accept food when not pregnant? And if she's not pregnant will she accept food not as much and will deny it more? how do you tell? She is wildly...

Should I feed a female her regular portion of food after she's mated with a male every other day? Is it a good idea? I feed her regularly when she has not mated, a bumble bee portion (two honey bees or insects of similar size) once every 8 days. She's European spiecies. I heard female mantises...

volvagia2 Sep 2 , 2008 What if I use paper towels should I enlarge sprays, or do I need to mist on other places if I use paper towels?