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So I have no more mantids and the family is not keen on me keeping any more...however I may still test the waters with them if I can get my hands on a bargain priced gongy ooth or nymph pair...or maybe a sp. liniola (or better still a sp. liniola and pair or ooth of violins...the wife really...

I have a couple female Ghosts both green one molted to adult a week ago and one will molt any time. I am looking to maybe trade to someone who has a male to breed to the girls and trade an ooth or a dozen nymphs or a half dozen sexed pairs...PM if interested.

So I have seen threads requesting mite free cultures, and threads on what do do with infected cultures. I think I read somewhere about "mite paper" ? that presumably prevents mites from getting into a culture. I have also seen fantastic macro pics where mites are visible on mantids. I have...

So my limited experience is that there are generally more females than males froma single ooth does this sound correct and does anyone have an idea what the ratio is? I had to post for quite a while looking for a male earier this year, with the word on the forum and from locals being that males...

looking to pare down collection a little and willing to make a good deal on my two remaining bred females and three of thier ooths (laid 2 each so far) pick of me breeding one of them...both were mated to seperate males pic of the ooths....sorry blurry one of the gals and the other:

I mated My ghosts Weds afternoon. that morning the female laid an ooth (infertile as she was unbreed as of yet) from EXPERIENCE should this be an issue? it seems it should not be so I am less interested in conjecture or opinions and more interested in someones input from experience that it...

Still have available: males and females: females have been mated. buy singles or pairs. also have some ooths looking to make some room before ooths hatch so all offers will be considered

Have not seen these recently...sad my girl died molting to adult. would really like an ooth. bought one from Ghozt...got two (yay) both DUDs (boo) and REALLY want to have these STILL LOOKING....NO ONE HAZ???!!

well I have read about a female being egg bound which leads to death...my original mantids were a Ghost sexed pair (thanks KitKat) and after raising to adult and successfully breeding them she Only laid on ooth, got fat like another ooth was coming but died. because it was winter I figured the...

So my breeding stock molted to adult over a week ago...I intend to mate them tomorrow. I am thinking of letting a pair go assuming I lose none of the males during mating...as a pair or separate if someone needs a male and someone else wants a mated female. I will keep the rest of the males for...

Not sure if it is poor manners to post a second wanted add (or what the appororiate waiting period may be) but I have a lone adult female...I dont want to trade her away, I really want to find her a mate. I recieved no response to my prior add am I am hoping some one can spare just one. (like...

so I was yardsale shopping with my lovely wife this last weekend and came across this killer deal... for $13.00 I got two of these screen enclosures plus a clamp light gotta sterilize plant and or branches and move ghost in for now....will use the other one for Ghost or Violin colony if I can...

the DAY I acquired a new female for my male I found him dead for no reason....moving all mantis back inside (garage gets warm but temp gauge in aquarium never goes above 85 except if I turn on heat lamp). maybe too humid but no mold or discoloration... so I want a male or possibly a younger...

well today my male molted to adult YAY (he lost the last hints of green though...) So I am looking for a female to mate him with...a GREEN female would be great PM please if you have one for sale or trade...

So i have been maintaining fruit fly cultures using Repashy's fruitfly media. it is not colored but works wonderfully. I have seen cultures with green or pink coloring so the last few cultures I have made i have added green just because it looks cool. I noticed that once the green is gone from...

I have had higher mortality with my second set of mantids than the first!!! okay so my female Creo was mated and laid 3 ooths...the first just hatched and gave me alot of nymphs...momma was due to lay another any day but stopped eating 3 days ago (thats when I noticed the 3 BBF still in her...

So my camera is crappy and this is as good as I could muster.. A friend gave me two ooths one a Lineola and one a Blue flash....dont know which as which but one hatched only 6 nymphs.

okay so I know I have posted in a couple other topics but I cant help myself: My Creo's first ooth hatched out today...

To PragmaticHominid who sent me a male in trade for an ooth... I can confirm fertility... to Kitkat39....yours is fertile too... to Chrisp...I will send you one for ur son when my female lays a couple more ( I want to trade next one to another member and then the following one is yours))...

So I came home from work yesterday and checked in on my ooth chamber hoping my Creo oth may have hatched (it is due anytime now) but no go. However when I checked in on two "freebie" ooths given to me my a friend i had 3-4 fresh Nymphs hatched. the two oths were "from old but bred mantids and...