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  1. lancaster1313

    My photo in the Daily Dozen.

    It is the first one I uploaded to the site. I feel lucky. 5th photo down, Daughter and spider. http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/daily-dozen/
  2. lancaster1313

    Taumantis sigiana male

    PM if you have any adult or close to adult males. Still looking...
  3. lancaster1313

    West Coast Feeders

    I received an urgent order of brilliantly packaged Blue bottle fly pupae from glock34girl at West Coast Feeders today. The order was sent on Saturday and arrived here very fast and in great condition. I ordered 500 at a great price and got a surprise overcount. The packaging was wonderfully...
  4. lancaster1313

    Post likes

    Is it just me or can one no longer see who likes what posts? I have notifications for some likes but can no longer see that the post was liked when I link to it.
  5. lancaster1313

    Drosophila melanogaster culture turning pink.

    I have had alot of luck with making my own fruit fly cultures. There are plenty of flies being produced and they seem fine. However, the fact that the medium is turning pink is worrying me. It has never happened to me before. Could it be Serratia marcescens? Maybe a product of the yeast? Has...
  6. lancaster1313

    Automatically signing out?

    This morning, I noticed that I have to sign in every time I exit my browser. This never happened before. It is not a big deal for me as it is just a couple of clicks and I never forget my sign in info. I just wanted to know if anyone else experienced a change with it recently. Perhaps it is...
  7. lancaster1313

    Christmas tree ootheca... Surprise in the new year!

    I have read posts about people who found oothecae in their Christmas trees and was surprised to find one in our tree after we got it home last year. The Chinese ootheca had a hatched look to me because I could see deep into the flaps where nymphs would emerge from, but I kept it anyway. I had...
  8. lancaster1313

    Styptic powder substitute?

    I have an adult female H. multispina who was injured a while ago from a mating mishap. When the male tried to mount, he somehow bent her metanotal leg backwards at the joint between femur and tibia, it formed a small clot with hemolyph and wouldn't bend there. Somehow she reinjured it and it...
  9. lancaster1313

    SouthEastern FruitFlies.

    Positive. :phone: I ordered 2 "fresh" D. hydei cultures and 1 "producing" D. melanogaster culture on the evening of October 3. My order was sent by USPS priority the next morning and arrived at my home today. The cultures all have a good count, and even a good smell. I like the option of...
  10. lancaster1313

    Ringneck snake.

    Has anyone ever seen a ringneck snake with a white belly and ring? I caught one today, but I have sever seen one without red, orange, or at least some yellow. :blink:
  11. lancaster1313

    Human illness. LOL

    My kid is in her first year of school and has had quite a few human viruses. I have been warned by other parents that kids get sick alot when they start school or daycare. <_< So anyways my dad called and asked how everybody is doing and I told him that Estelle is sick again. I get a...
  12. lancaster1313

    Carolina female's condition after mating.

    I found a Carolina ooth in the park a while back, and raised 3 mantids to adult. I decided to let the two most mature ones mate yesterday. The male matured on 1/8/2011, and the female matured 2/3. I know the female wasn't quite 2 weeks old yet, but she let the male mate with no problems. They...
  13. lancaster1313

    Mantis show and tell.

    Today was show and tell day for my daughter's Pre-k class. We brought in some L1 Stagmomantis carolina nymphs along with some subsub and subadults of the same species. We also brought our last living Tenodera sinensis adult female and some hatched oothecae from both species. The children got to...
  14. lancaster1313

    Selenopid spider care?

    I caught a dime sized selenopid spider a few weeks ago and all was well until it stopped eating for nearly a week. It molted and then refused food for a couple more days. I can't seem to find any information on how to care for such a spider. I am now keeping it in a 32oz container and treating...
  15. lancaster1313

    Infertile oothecae.

    4 of my Chinese females have layed oothecae so far. I sure that they are all infertile because no mating took place. One of the females was connected for like a minute. :angry: All of the oothecae look nothing like the nice ooths that the mantids hatched out from. Are infertile oothecae...
  16. lancaster1313

    I have a new buddy!

    My daughter found an egg the other day. We put it in a potted plant on our porch and it hatched yesterday. :D The hatchling accepted a roach and a couple of mealworms from me already. This morning it is still there and now licking a piece of mushy banana that I offered it. If I put my hand...
  17. lancaster1313

    Mantis kiss?

    I am letting my Carolina pair mate for the third time. They are mating now, but the male is large and his mouth was pressed against her ocelli, :eek: (I don't know if that is spelled correctly, the place beetween her antennae where there are three eye things)for about 15 minutes. I don't...
  18. lancaster1313

    Dirty mantis!

    I guess that it isn't a problem in the wild because they probably inadvertently get cleaned by brushing against leaves and other things. However my oldest female Chinese mantis got roach juice on her wings the other day and it looks like the juice dried on. Should I go at her with a wet swab or...
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    Mating after ooth laying.

    How long does it take a female Chinese to recover after laying an unfertilized ooth? I have had a hard time trying to get my male to mate with any of my females. He was ready today but he missed the girl and got me instead, then the first chosen female started searching for an ooth laying...
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    Do female mantids ever "want" to mate?

    I have a Chinese female that molted into an adult on August 12 and a male that molted into an adult on August 24. I witnessed the female pointing her abdomen down a couple of times in the evenings. I am hoping that she was "calling". I have been trying to get the male to mate with her for a...
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