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  1. JoeCapricorn

    Heterochaeta aren't eating

    So I got two Heterochaeta nymphs from a vendor at a reptile show on Saturday. One is already dead, unfortunately, and the other refuses to really eat. I have been spraying them, being careful not to saturate them too much but also keep humidity up. I am attempting to feed them D. hydei. ...
  2. JoeCapricorn

    Looking for male Deroplatys desiccata!

    On Saturday I found a beautiful D. desiccata female at a reptile show and I want to try and breed her. If anyone in the United States has a male that they can spare, I will be happy to pay for him, along with express shipping. I am in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  3. JoeCapricorn

    PlayingMantis

    I got a dozen new babies thanks to Leanna! I ordered 5 Rhombodera basalis and 5 Creobroter nebulosa, got an extra one of each when the package came. Her prices were fair and her response was quick, they were sent out on Tuesday after I had finalized things on Monday. They arrived this morning...
  4. JoeCapricorn

    SSimsswiSS

    I asked for one male Orchid mantis, because I decided I wanted to try and breed my two girls Azalea and Snowbell. Azalea in particular was calling, which I never saw Sakura do. I got TWO BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY BOYS today in nicely sized containers. They had plenty of food for the trip but that only...
  5. JoeCapricorn

    PrayingMantisPets

    Absolutely satisfied! Total score is 94/100 It's too early, I thought, for Eastern Lubbers to be available. But I checked the Other forum on a whim. Sure enough, there was already a post for Eastern Lubber grasshoppers and from February, no less. It's hard to imagine Spring is already coming to...
  6. JoeCapricorn

    Criminal Minds

    The mantises reappeared in tonight's episode. They were more clearly visible - they used the same species. I'm curious what species it was, but it definitely wasn't Tenodera sinensis. They were all females - one was brown, the rest were green. They had fairly broad abdomens and full sized...
  7. JoeCapricorn

    Orchid breeding

    How warm should my room be when they breed? I think that might be a factor - the AC runs all the time even in the night, keeping my room around 75. It can heat up in here quite a bit because of my computer. Would trying to pair them together in the middle of the day be better?
  8. JoeCapricorn

    Sphodropoda quinquedens - Threat Pose

    That is the strangest pattern I've seen on both the face and forearms... quite trippy. The blackened spikes on the raptorials make her look even more menacing. So cute ^_^
  9. JoeCapricorn

    Orchid breeding

    Still no success, mainly because Ulfrik tends to get wanderlust and fly off Sakura's back. He did that last week. I did finally get Tullius to sit on her back, but they didn't connect. I've been uncomfortable with letting them by themselves when the male hasn't connected, so I separated the two...
  10. JoeCapricorn

    WTB: Eastern Lubbers, Horse Lubbers, Plains Lubbers

    If anyone here lives in Florida and encounters large numbers of Eastern Lubbers, I'd love to hear from you! I would also love to hear from you if you live in an area out west (such as Arizona) that has lots of Plains Lubbers or Horse Lubbers. Eastern Lubber grasshoppers are large lazy hoppers...
  11. JoeCapricorn

    Orchid breeding

    I've attempted breeding my Orchid mantises several times over the past week. The first attempt was last week, the male happily hopped onto Sakura's (the female) back. I have two males and both have been adults for almost two months. Sakura has been an adult for a little over one month. Here's...
  12. JoeCapricorn

    What To Do When Your Mantid falls during a molt.

    Yes - well, I held them pinched against the twig she was on, as well as using some scotch tape. But the tape for some reason wouldn't stay on the twig. It was tedious and nerve wracking, but she survived.
  13. JoeCapricorn

    What To Do When Your Mantid falls during a molt.

    Do be sure you remove the tape so the mantis doesn't get his/her new skin stuck on it! I only had to use tape once, but even with that mantis I still wound up holding her by her feet while she molted. She was a Violin mantis and couldn't grip anything no matter what. She molted okay though...
  14. JoeCapricorn

    ghost hanging to low for molt?

    Move him to the top of the enclosure and make sure there's something good for him to grip (in other words, not plastic - cloth mesh or paper towel works) - also keep the humidity up. Ghost mantises, or at least the ones I have, tend to be sedentary for quite a while before they molt. But it's...
  15. JoeCapricorn

    Warning to Those with Flying Adult Mantises

    Dust won't hurt a mantis, will it? This is just my over protective self asking ... since my Orchid mantis female Sakura surprised me with the ability to fly across my room. She landed right in a dusty area and got absolutely covered in dust. I took several minutes to get the dust off of her -...
  16. JoeCapricorn

    Glue feet?

    How did she do? I have a Ghost mantis female who had a bad molt when she molted to sub-adult - two of her legs were stuck in her old skin and she lost the use of both of them. One even fell off entirely. The other was still there, just useless and all weird and stuff. The point is, I had to...
  17. JoeCapricorn

    My first born fly

    I noticed with blue bottle flies that are freshly emerged their heads kind of balloon as if they are one of those squishy toys filled with water. It's really weird to watch them do that on purpose to wiggle out of my grip. I have a question about fly spikes - a lot of the bluebottle spikes I...
  18. JoeCapricorn

    Are maggots safe?

    Are blue bottle fly maggots (or "spikes") safe to give to a mantis? I ripped the head off of one and it smelled rather bad. Almost like decay. I was going to feed it to a mantis, but now I'm wondering if it is safe to do so. I do have several pupae but they have yet to eclose.
  19. JoeCapricorn

    Sick Orchid mantis

    Last night I decided to give Sakura something to snack on. I stuck mainly with cricket drumsticks, but I decided to give her a degutted cricket at the end (that is, I pulled the head off such that the digestive system went with, takes practice) After all, crickets aren't forbidden - I still...
  20. JoeCapricorn

    Long lived mantids

    The oldest mantis I ever had was Gnarles, a Deroplatys lobata female who lived to be 18 months. That is an approximation, but she was in my care for a good sixteen months. I had a Popa spurca female named Dryad that lived quite a long time, about seven months since I got her. She was already an...
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