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My female orchid mantis' right eye has turned black a few weeks ago. Initially it was just the top milimeter, now everything but the bottom milimeter is black. My camera phone can't seem to focus on the mantis, so I can't post any useful photos right now. Yesterday I saw her pulling at it...

I was thinking it might be nice to just make an indoor garden.. inside an aquarium for my orchid manti. I would probably just use dirt topped with sand as my substrate. I live in a dry climate(Vegas) and live flowers are actually cheaper anyway. Will this be a cleaning/mold problem?(vinegar...

Thanks for that. What about the flight vs. flightless? Flightless would be a lot easier to keep.. will the orchids have trouble with them?

I've got a pair of L2 Orchids on the way and I'm not sure exactly what size flies to get. I've also read that they prefer flying insects. Flightless fruit-flies have the same nutritional value is flying ones.. but will the Orchids have trouble finding and snatching them up? Thanks, -Stephen

I don't recall, this was about 14 years ago. I'd have to look through a list of indigenous manti.. even then I'm not sure I would recognize it. Unfortunately, I opted to take a cheap point-and-shoot camera instead of my SLR. Every single insect and most of the small lizard pictures came out...

My name is Stephen, I just moved to Las Vegas, but I grew up in Washington, lived all over the west coast and central Canada. I'm a programmer, but I like designing and building physical things as well. I'm a bit of a tinkerer and whether or not it's true, feel that I can build anything. Manti...