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Sounds precarious at best,next spring I'll be in the position to have an outside garden,my sister piked me up a cube at Lowes,the flytrap died but the pitcer is greening,I have no idea what to do with it this winter

I'm waiting for two sundews in the mail,are they all pretty easy.

Interesting ,sir and thankyou so much,the cabinet light I picked up I researched the company,it was advertized as a grow light it's flourasent with 70 watts put out,I read you should have at least 40 watts

Can this species be kept inside,since you can hibernate in the fridge

Hi Frogparty got a real newbie question what is a T5?Landlord went nuts over the mantids so i'm doing plants,would a long growlight work for plants or a full spectrum bulb thanks

The first time I caught a wild Chinese,an adult female,I got the raptor and biting treatment,just startled me at first,used to it now

Thanks Bro

I did 12 by b12 by 12 inces for 6 it went well

LMFAO,that is so funny,thanks for making me laugh,I'm ordering some asian nymps from Mantis Place,I am going to try and breed them.To date the only mantids I've bred,and raised the offspring,are ghost and chinese.I know a stand of habitat about 30 miles away where there are europeans,right next...

Mantids on caffeine,do they have a smoke too LOL

Interesting thread,I once had an alligator the police in this town knew it,and could care less,it now lives at the zoo,so i guess i'm covered,thought about a pair of boots once

Ive got just the window for that,and it gets really cold in Nebraska

I thought Gripens forum name was unicorn mantis,I just came back to the forum

One of my chinese molted overnight I believe she had't hardon up completely as her round wings had'nt settled.Same size as my adult male but I expect her to get larger as she hardens beautiful molt

I live in a large apt.building so I really can/t put it outside it would probably disapear,does that mean it's doomed

Sorry Gripen ,and I did mean you got in my head and did'nt realize that till it was pointed out sorry

Unicorn,I'd like to stay in contact because of being in the Carolinas,here I've never seen adult hood so early.Do you have a drought too?I know your growing season is longer,when do they hatch.I think if more of us compared notes we could all benefit,and that's what it is all about.I would be...

I don't breed my chinese any more usually I turn them loose when I think it is breeding time,I've never collected an ooth to sell,but the wild collected ones seem to do better FOR ME,So I would expect they would do better for any body.A new friend of mine that is a seller I'm sending some to her...

Yes chinese they winter well,I usually grab one in Jan.to incubate.The only time I seen some fail in winter was that December we got all that snow right before xmax that sat around till almost april.When the snow receded I seen about 2 dozen ooths that were wet like sponges,they never hatcted...

All I meant to say that my general location,when mantis hunting you find dead ones,and I don't think they'll be as much activity as usual,I'm not a biologist,although I wanted to be a wolf biologist at one time,but I had gotten 2 degrees already,and I had children to feed.I grew up 2 miles on a...