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Concerned about "Alex." (tenodera sinensis) He (?) molted 18 days ago into (I think) L5. He did great after that molt... active... eating. He stopped eating and became less active several days ago (5 days ago)... so I figured... he must be going into a molt. The day before yesterday, he still...

We took "Alex" when we went to visit my parents on Vancouver Island. (4rd instar Tenodera Sinensis) I spotted a beautiful green lacewing and captured it. We admired its beauty for a while, and then fed it to Alex. :stuart: He was startled when the thing fell into his habitat.... and fell all...

At what instar, do mantids cease to be considered to be nymphs? Thanks

Holy frass! What was I thinking! On Saturday morning, we were pleased to wake up to find (tenodera sinensis) mantids emerging from the ootheca. We watched 7 tiny little grains emerge and vie for position. It was SO cool to see them expand magically and then little limbs pop out. Each of the 7...

Hello everyone, I was around here for a while last summer. My daughter (Sunhorse) introduced herself yesterday. Last year we hatched an ooth and managed to get a few mantids through several weeks. This year... we would like to keep learning so that we can maximize the health of the mantids. She...

Hi... we have some 3 week old Chinese Mantids. I bought the ootheca for my 11 year old daughter at a homeschool convention. We had about 150 hatch (in my best estimation) and we are now down to 7 live mantids. We feed them wingless fruit flies (the smallest type) I think that they may be in the...