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2nd generation Shield mantids now =)

Traded for some roaches, arrived with lots of extras, thank you! A reliable seller/trader that is eager to help and answer questions!

not sure where to put this. This is definitely not the best video lol...but my african mantis is constantly doing this back and forth action except when disturbed otherwise, just going back and forth in a jerky fashion...then slips and rolls around on the floor for a while until it regains its...

I got them to mate today, hopefully successfully. Still mating as I type, he looks waaay too confident for this to have been his first time :P

Adult female shield eating apple stuffed roach :P

Hey all, This is my first opportunity to mate this species. Does anyone have an estimate for the time I should wait from the final molt to mating, e.g. 3 weeks. Thanks in advance

Looking for an adult male shield mantis to mate with my female. Preferably only a couple weeks from final molt. PM me with details.

I finally got my new camera...now I figure out I need a tripod :rolleyes:

WEBSITE: www.doubleds.org Ordered from them Wednesday of last week and received it today. While it took a full 7 days, I assume that is because they work Monday-Wednesday. I asked about my shipment and received an email in less than half an hour assuring that they had sent it. Highly...

My Shield mantis has become somehow disabled overnight. It cannot support itself at all, but can still hang from the top of the lid by its legs. It is fat, even though I haven't fed it in a number of days, and I removed a small black "crust" from its back. The crust isn't really a crust though...

I recently had the mosquito truck run through my neighborhood. How long do I have to wait until I can feed outside food to my mantids? Thanks!

This is a truly bad choice of words. Saw it in the local newspaper. How they didn't see the morbid suggestion here... :rolleyes:

I'm getting ready to start my roach colony. This is my first time trying to breed or use roaches so any advice would be appreciated, especially suggestions in regards to the species I should use. I'd like ones that would climb and that can't breed in the home. Thanks in advance.

Curious here as I want to know whether my housefly pupae can survive in my fridge for the 2 week period that I use them. The last time I tried to put them in the fridge I had no hatch rate at all. I wasn't sure if that was due to the fact that they were about a month old, or because of the...

Well, as some of you may know, I've been experiencing a shortage of houseflies recently :lol: . I've been feeding my mantids nearly exclusively on moths gathering outside my porch lights at night. I've been trying to gather HouseFlies as well with rotten fruit, applesauce, yeast, whatever, but...

Is there any way to tell if a housefly pupa is a dud, or if it will not hatch?

Hey, I started breeding crickets (finally) as I wanted them to become another staple food for my mantids instead of supplements. I got everything set up nicely and the crickets are growing rapidly, there is plenty of dead skin lying about. However the crickets I have are a small size. I was...

Well...I really wasn't sure if I should post again...but I figure since this is the 'new' site, and its been a year, I might as well. With that out of the way: Hi Some of you might want to know why I was gone. I got kinda busy at some more of my schoolwork, things were happening with the...