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How often do you re-breed your females to ensure fertile ooths? When I raised Creo pictipinnis I would re-breed the female every 3-4 ooths and it was fairly easily done. I know that some mantis females are hyper-aggressive and re-breeding can be little more than sacrificing males. Phrased...

I have made fruit fly cultures for probably 40 years and whenever I start back up after a long hiatus, I read up on how others are making their cultures. When I got back into it a couple of years ago I read up on everything and started using a dash of vinegar in the water when making the...

Recently got some Dubia roaches and I have them in temporary housing until I find out the best way to set them up. I have done a search and read a bunch of threads but still have a couple of questions: What is the best bedding material? I have heard paper and moss - what works for you? They do...

My Hiero. bipapilla munching a superworm yesterday:

I have my first P. wahlbergii - and I really want more! (hint hint) I think it is around L3 and with my lousy vision lately I thought it was mostly black/dark with a little white. Imagine my surprise when I took pictures yesterday!

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I bred my female Ghost about 3 weeks ago; she was 6+ weeks adult and the male was about 2 weeks adult, both were 'virgins'. The male stayed hooked up for about 5 hours; I separated them later after he had disconnected because I was worried about losing my only male. She was fat and gravid and...

I'm going to have to take my mantis to a babysitter for a week and they are in a colder climate. If they don't heat their house, what are the minimum temps for the following mantis before they have cold-related problems: Creos Orchids Ghosts Will nights of 65 be a problem? Nights of 60...

I was doing my best to slow down my male orchids, and speed up my female orchid, but... 9/16 male orchid molted to adult 9/19 female molted to sub-adult 9/22 other male molting to adult right now Assuming :) that I can fatten up the female and get her to shed to adult in ~3 weeks, another...

I ended up with 4 adult female and 2 adult male Creos, mated one male to one female 2 days ago, and my other male just died. I will rest this guy between dates, but asking him to survive all the girls might be asking a bit much. Does anybody have a spare adult male Creo. pictipennis (or 2?)...

First of all - huge THANKS to SporeWorld and Precarious for all of their help and council! Mark sent me some great Creo. pictipennis and was gracious and helpful with all my questions, and Henry was very generous with his photographic information! I had my first adult female - nicknamed Miss...

Alright, I know it's a very basic question but what sex do you think each of these orchids is? Orchid #1 Orchid #2 Orchid #3 I want to breed them eventually and so I need to feed and speed up the girls and slow down the boys. I think that 1 & 3 are boys and 2 is a girl, but...

Que sera, sera... I never really trusted communal living among mantids so even with my Ghosts and Creos, I don't keep more than 2 together. With the Creos I tried to match the size of the roommates but they don't always grow equally. With one cage yesterday, even though they were both...

I have a male Ghost mantis, around 3rd instar, that eats like a pig but hasn't shed in 3 weeks. Loves hydei, scared of houseflies, occasionally stops eating for a day and then goes right back to chowing down. In contrast, my orchids have shed twice in 3 weeks (feeding the males very 3rd day...

Hi everyone - I have been a mantis disciple most of my life and started out hatching ooths ~1970 as 'beneficial insects' for Mom's rose garden. They have always made me stop and observe them any time I've seen them over the years; seeing Carolina Mantis in a friend's garden the past 2 years got...