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my goodness 5-7 days?.... that sounds like nearing death o.o

Yes I got them about two weeks ago

Hello Everyone, One of my hetero chaeta nymphs (L3) has stopped eating for about 3-4 days and its abdomen is skinnier than the other nymphs. Is this normal? I thought nymphs only go about a day or two without food before they molt. This nymph seems perfectly healthy otherwise. It ignores fruit...

they are l3 i believe

Hello Everyone I have lost two nymphs due to unknown reasons, and I am afraid a third will soon be lost. For the first two nymphs, all was fine, but the next day one was on the ground clearly dead and another was hanging on a branch completely still. I inspected them at the end of the day and...

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Hello everyone, I recently got a hold of some nymphs around L2. I've been feeding them fruit flies and they seem to be healthy. But how do nymphs get their source of water? Should I use a spray bottle or something?

Hi everyone! I love animals of all kinds and I recently began to take a particular interest in mantids ever since my friend showed me his vast collection of them. They are wonderful to look at and I plan to raise my own mantids soon. I hope this forum will enlighten me on my new interest!