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what instar are they? Mantids ofc ot plants ;P

I don't know actually, because I'm breeding them for the first time ;) I also have a question: They came out of the ooth on 7th of may, and till now only 1 out of 9 ate a little fruit fly. Does anyone know if it's normal or something is wrong?

First babies hatched: ;)

yeah they do ;) By now I have 4 ooth's form this female, and I tried to mate my second pair, but the female is running away, so I guess I have to wait a litle bit ;P

As far as by now, my male always runs away when he sees the female ;/ Today I cought my female placing her second ooth, here some pics:

Yesterday my female produced an ooth ;) Wish me good luck ;) PS how long should I wait with my male/female, before i can mate them again? I know 1 time should be enough for all ooths, but i would like to mate them again, just to be sure ;)

They can eat both - they are strong enough to eat hydei as they are L1 ;)

So here I will place some info & pics of my O. distincus breeding project ;) Here is adult female, that turned adult on 23.03.2008: Here is adult male, that turned adult on 03.04.2008: They mated today (10.04.2008) for 1 hour 23 minutes - I think it's a bit short, but maybe it's...

Here is my adult male ;) : ;)

ok ;D thanks again ;)

Thanks for answers. Should I sprey directly onto the ooth, or just mist the cage, where the ooth is?

1. How long should i wait after males & females final moult, before i can mate them? 2. How long approximately does it take for female to make the ooth (i keep it in 28-30*C) 3. What conditions should i keep the ooth in? The same as mantids or some special treatment? I guess thats it for...

So first of my females turned adoult today ;) Here are some pics: And here a comparison with US qarter ;) Now I'm waiting for my male to shed ;)

Cool ;) so that means males and females shed the same number of times? Because both male and female are L5 ;)

So here are better pics of its abdomen: And here one - full body ;) :

By now it's ok it has 3 days only ;) the flies are mostly at the top of the container - hope it will work ;)

So i made mine, but i used mashed apple and corn flour - I hope it will work ;) Anyway I've put like 10-12 flies in there. The only thing that wories me is that the coffee filters drained some moisture out of the medium, and they are all wet now - is that normal? And the yeast has grown...

How much sugar per how much apples does it have? It should be written on the box ;) thanks ;)

I use those: Made them myself ;)

2-2,5 cm ;)