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thanks guys. so did the preggy violin mantis lay an ooth ????

ah, if you were keeping her cooler that may account for slow development of her ova. they are known to be heat loving species. but saying that, i think you can also go overboard with the high temps too. i think 25c to 30c is an acceptable 'comfortable temp' for an indian  species. i wish you...

as long as she is warm (about 25c to 30c is enough imo), looks settled (perched in one spot for long periods, alert and feeding), i dont think you have a problem. she will lay when ready. make sure she has thick rough sticks, or pieces of bark, as in the photo above as they probably dont lay on...

Reading back through my old posts i had a lot of trouble getting them to lay ooths in any cage i tried. I think at least half the problem is they take quite along time before they are ready to lay. Also they seem quite environment sensitive, and need to be where they feel happiest and...

i just found this gongy ooth laying pic. eventually i got many ooths and many 100s of nymphs. i sold a ton of them

yes, its a different experience from rearing mantids. very satisfying to mass rear a big batch of larvae, or work out how to breed difficult species. it was fun on bugnation when we had the deaths head hawkmoth rearing thread going. it was like a little club, everyone chipping in with their...

thanks alot guys. i'm far from an expert compared to some but i'll try to offer advice if i can remember anything :) i've decided that i do want to keep mantids again. not sure which species to start with. i love them all. hopefully i can collect some dragonfly nymphs again too. last summer...

Hi. Hello everyone. I am a member from over 10 years ago user namer 'nympho'. i used to post a lot on this forum but i got into keeping moths and spiders and stopped keeping mantids. for years subsequent to being a forum member here i posted on bugnation, under user name agrius I was just...

hi. just wondering if anyone breeds these in the US? thanks

hi. i havnt been on the forum for a while, so i hope its ok to post in this section. just had a alot of gemmatus ooths hatch at once so need to thin them out quickly. hense i am selling batches of 20 nymphs for £10 plus £3.65 p&p! i expect most ppl will know what these are, ie a lovely...

i won't. i'll post again if any more hatch out, but i suspect not

thanx for replies thanx i hope so. i was expecting more on lines of a ghost mantis hatch rate, say about 35 as they are both long thin ooths. but then again, they are much bigger ooths so maybe you right, im sure about 100 could fit in there easily. well i am pleased in a way, as its enough for...

Hi. ive just had two orchid ooths hatch out, but im not as pleased as i should be cos i got only 8 nymphs from one and 7 from the other! they were the first ooths laid by two separate females which were mated by different males, and kept in seperate tubs at about 20c and reasonable humidity. i...

bump. he's still urgently needed ! i dont know how long these guys get before they meet the magic beetle fairy in the sky. B)

need a male of this flower beetle urgently to service ( B) ) my female. loaned in preference, or buy. cheers

i have a big cage full of about 200 first and second instar violin mantid nymphs. it is about 60cm x 60cm and about 35cm tall, and its covered with white cotton sheet. nearly all the mantids hang from the top and a few on the sides. the cage works really well apart from a huge issue with...

well i say mold, but it might be fluff from the ooth. they are quite fuzzy and soft so hard to tell wot it is. thanks for the advice though. i'll cut down some of the humidity. but i cant really see how such little things wont just dry out at 25c. im fairly paranoid as ive had ooths dry up...

i have an extra question. how long do they take to hatch? mine are in a cage with a 40w heat lamp (not shining directly on them) and at 27c and 15c at night. they are in a plastic tub with lots of small holes in it and condensation on the sides. is that bad or should it remain open so theres no...

well, i did get it sussed in the end, and am now incubating ooths at 25 c. they'd better hatch after all the stress :)

they do mate quite easily, from what ive seen but dont stay joined long, about 2 hours (going on 3 observed matings- all with one male). you may have missed it. rick, the lights for heat. i live in uk... about temps and humidity. id say 30, 35c was ideal. they can bare 45c, although i dont...