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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. ...

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.

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...

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...

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.

My female Orchid mantis Sakura has been having some symptoms lately. The first noticable one was she had a darkened coloration visible through her thorax, especially above her wings. Then today I discovered vomit in her cage, cleaned everything out and discovered more vomit later on. Her...

So last week I woke up to an interesting surprise... dozens of tiny mantises running loose on my desk. An egg case that I had forgotten about hatched out in the open. Yesterday, the same thing happens yet again from a second egg case! Now I am up to my ears in Chinese mantises. A few things...

So the last of my Shield mantises named Vex recently laid her second oothecae. Infertile, since I never paired her up with a male. However, something quite bizarre happened and I'm quite baffled as to why. Her abdomen expanded like a balloon. Just last night her abdomen was normal sized, a...

EDIT: I got the original six from Peter Clausen, and I've sent him a message about it. Just letting you folks know. The pictures of the mother show what you'd be getting when they become adults (and are female, of course!)... Another note, be careful around adult females with your fingers, they...

I have 30 fairly large Hisser nymphs that at this point, taking care of them is impacting my health. Mantises don't cause any allergic reaction, but the roaches do. Even the big ones that I intend on keeping anyway. There are several strict requirements for obtaining my baby hissers. 1) Only...

I am very interested in Plains Lubber grasshoppers, if anyone has come across those, say in their backyard... perhaps they have hatched out by now? Not sure though, but I figured I'd ask three days into Spring. I am also very interested in Horse Lubber grasshoppers from Arizona. The Greater...

Is there a quick and easy way to turn waxworms into moths? The reason is because that could work as a decent food source for the Violin mantis I am getting. And for all the other mantises too when they grow older.

Back in the fall I had a fascinating experience to mate two Deroplatys lobata. The male mounted on the female after some coaxing and they were connected for quite a long time - 14 hours, and although the male turned into little brown pellets that Angus laid in the days after, his legacy remains...

So I have a mating pair of P. wahlbergii. Every so often, spaced a couple of days, I am going to try to mate them under close observation. I don't want my male to end up like my male D. lobata. I plan to do this on a day where I can devote a good portion of the day to observing them. When it...

An adult female T. sinensis has fallen ill under my care and has since slipped into a near-catatonic state. The medical history of this individual is as follows: About one week ago I noticed a strong, foul odor not unlike the aroma of poo coming from her container. This can occur in smaller...

I'll post pictures as soon as I can, but how long could it take for it to hatch at around 70º F? The ooth was laid by Angus, the female I mated over a month ago. The two were connected for about 24 hours and he was made a meal of unfortunately, but I am certain this ooth is fertile! Now I read...

So, I am currently in possession of three species that I enjoy so much I would like to try breeding them. One I have a male for, and will try to mate with a female soon - Deroplatys lobata. Wish me luck on this one :P I have three P. wahlbergii. One has been adult for a little over a week...

I've kept mantises, grasshoppers and cockroaches. Aside from some wild caught species that I observed for a few days, I don't have much experience with phasmids. However, there are many species I would like to get into, especially Heteropteryx dilatata. Is H. dilatata easy to get in the US? What...

So I have two of these mantises, they've recently molted to adult. Initially I thought they might've been genus Rhombodera, then Peter Clausen said that they were Hierodula multispina afterall, but their resemblance to pictures of Sphodromantis is hard to ignore, so I think it is possible these...

Last year when I kept Eastern Lubbers I had a substrate that was about three inches deep. It was coconut fiber, but I found a downside that presented itself quickly when I tried using it to contain cricket eggs. It molded, very quickly, in a small container. This year I have Eastern Lubbers...