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In my opinion, there is no need to separate them at all. Just continue feeding the male with a small prey, like bluebottle fly, once a day, and spray some water right before his head on female's wings so as he may drink. When you offer a prey to him, he will caught it immedietly and eat while...

Ladybirds, adult Zophobas morio, millipedes (not centipedes) - because of toxin they contain. All Carabidae, they stink too much. Probably Argiope aurantia, for the same reason (I didn't try this species, it lives southward). Scarabeidae, their chitin is too hard. Spiders, Hymenoptera...

Mine take drosophila with reluctance when at L1; they require lesser feedind insects, like aphids or so. After L3 they take drosophila fine, even D.hydei.

Thank you, but could you place them on a ruler while taking photos next time? Because without a scale, Creobroter nymph looks as large as Idolo's, although it is three times smaller, for instance.

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Usually Hierodulas and Sphodros change their colour from green to brown very easily - they just require to be placed at brownish background right after the molt and be lighted well for next 3-4 days, with luminescent tubes, for instance. Despite them, Rhombodera is rather conservative at this...

I see. Very untypical behaviour, comparing with other species. Thank you for your reply.

Thanks for sharing! Is it true that they spend most of their time in shady places, e.g. behind the bark? Do they tend to approach light spots, as other species do? What are you feeding them with? Do you keep them communally, are they agressive to each other?

Precarious, don't you think it might be harmful to feed them with crickets, because of Nosema?

Psedocreobotara wahlbergii female has been flying at night each time she layed an ooth. After producing each ooth she started to crawl in her cage when the night came, thus making some noise. When I heard this for the first time and released her out, wondering what's the matter, she put her...

Why do they have these enormously huge spines on the foreleg tibia? What role does it play during the hunt?

Thank you for the video!

Wow! First time see M.religiosa chasing it's prey at a run and then 'sharing' with another one! Awesome! Thanks! That's how they must look when raising in captivity!

In my opinion, on the final molt they need higher temperature than on larval molts, about 30*C, for pumping their wings. Otherwise, wings will be crumpled: http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=12424&st=0&p=89800&fromsearch=1entry89800 .

In russian: 'bogomol', which means 'who is praying to god'.

Thanks a lot! I was wondering how do they produce oothecae while they have such a huge spine on the tip of their abdomen - now I see, they just pull it upwards.

How do they interact with each other? Do they show any agression, or may be kept together?

Forgot to say, all species of mantids I've kept mate rather successfully when they have UV from L1 to adult (Repti-Glo 5, Sera Terra UV).

In my experience, mating may last up to 6 hours. But have you ever seen the male leaving female's back on his own accord? I didn't. When I put him away manually after mating, it looked like he definitely don't like to be taken away, and now I very doubt that I did the right thing. Considering...

Where does this species live in nature?