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Hi, I recently found a milkweed assassin bug and managed to capture it without being skewered. I've been looking around a bit and haven't found much on how to care for them. Has anyone cared for them before? I'd really like to know how often I should feed her and what temperature and humidity I...

Hey everyone, I'm interested in starting a little roach colony, so I would like to get some hissers. This will be my first experience with hissers or roaches in general. I'm unsure if I should get some nymphs first or just a breeding pair of adults. I've done a little research but I don't...

Hey guys, I just lost the last of my mantids a few days ago and was thinking about getting a brunners mantis. I know they reproduce parthogenetically, but im not to sure how easy they are to rear. Can any of you that have had any experience with this species share any information with me about...

Well, I just lost my oldest mantis today, muffin. She was a budwing and had a pretty good run, almost 2 and a half years. I knew she was starting to go last night because her hind legs were hanging. I found her on the ground, legs limp except for her (sharp) raptorials. I folded up a soft paper...

My chinese mantis, ruffles, has a black thingy growing along her back and a little on her head. I think it may be a fungal infection. How do i kill the fungus???? please help me!

now that i've got an adult female and an adult male budwing i want to breed them! well i have 3 females, and one of them is substantially larger than the other 2. how long should i wait to mate them, because the male is a fairly fresh adult. also how should i introduce them? do i bring them...

hello all, my female ghost molted into adulthood last night and my male is getting to molt into adulthood, anyway what is the average life expectancy for female and male ghost mantids?

I was just thinking about this, this might sound crazy but can you keep different communal species together? like a few idolos with some gongys? or maybe ghosts with some nymphs ethier idolos/gongys?

Im looking for one lucky adult male budwing for my 3 females. I want to breed them :turned:

I always wanted to know what the smallest mantis was. Im talking about hatchlings, lvl 1s. What is the smallest mantis hatchling ever?

hey everyone, my female chinese mantis molted into an adult last night around 10:50 pm i checked on her at 11:30 pm and she was hanging from the tip of her butt at 12:14 pm she was out of her old skin and drying off. when i woke up today at 6:50am her wings were still kinda crumpiled and...

Hello all, All my local pet stores are out of live mealworms so i decided to try something else: Canned mealworms! I opened the can and they look fine. Can i feed them to my mantids? They are farm raised and they smell surprisingly tasty.

Im looking to buy two ghost mantids. Ethier two females or 1 male and 1 female. I only pay through pay pal. thank you!

I want to get a Giant train milipede, but how should I house it and what should I feed? Also does anyone know where I can get one? No pet stores nearby have any. And are milipedes considered exotics like mantids? Thank you!

I found this..."thing" on my patio. So i caught him and put him in my home made cage and took a photo of him next to a 12" ruler. please tell me what this is... also tell if you can see it, lol

If anyone has nymphs Id like to get a female level 3 or 4 :D PM if you have any. Id prefer to have them before next thursday

Hello all! I need some help determining what species are legaly allowd to be released in Florida. I've compiled a very short list of species that are found in America and are of a decent size: Iris Oratoria - Mediterranian Mantis Stagmomantis limbata - Arizona/Bordered Mantis Phyllovates...

Hello all, I have a few aggressive species and some of them like to latch onto my fingers and chomp away! I think that they think my fingers are mealworms or some sort of food. I would like to know the best way to get out of their tiny painful death grip, because if I don't get them off fast...

Do mantises sleep? I walked into my room at night to handle one and when i looked in i saw him just sitting there, so i put my hand in to get him out, but it was like he was un aware of my hand infront of him. when i poked him it was like he sprung to life, as if i just woke him!

Im considering purchasing a mega mantis nymph, but before i do so i would like to know all I can about this species. If anyone has any information/experience on raising this species please tell me all about it. I cant find much info on it anywhere. Thanks in advance.