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Ok guys so I have about 30 left and are now in a proper tank with a mesh cover and a fruit fly culture and plenty of fruit flys about and a live plant and other sticks.The ones I have left all seem fat and are eating fruit flys all the time.I mist the tank a few times a day and they seem to...

Ok cheers :D

Oh well I'll try and grow on as many as possible.Would they be able to eat pinky maggots(the really small ones?).I know that pinkies hatch into flies about the same size as fruit flies cos I had a load hatch out before that I fed to my first african mantis(L3).I can get them from my local tackle...

Ok cheers.I'm pretty sure I can catch some tiny flies out in the garden. Btw I have noticed about 6 lying dead on the bottom this morning, is this normal?

Ok so my chinese ooth hatched this morning, I wasnt really prepared for it as I thought it was a dud.I ordered fruit fly cultures as soon as I realised they had hatched and I expect them to be here tue/wed.Will this be too late? I could probably catch some tiny bugs tomorrow.Also I misted the...

Yup craneflys lay eggs in the ground not water, I have personally witnessed them laying.The larvae are referred to as leatherjackets and feed on roots.If you are diging and find what looks like a large maggot that it greenish brown thats one.

Ahh ok I didnt think they could survive our winter(the ooths obviously). Ok I got it today and I will hang it in a jar in my other mantis enclosure.Fingers cossed!!!

True but theres nothing to stop you keeping a mantis in a viv or an aquarium. Anyhoo anyone else have hatching tips, it should come in the post tomorrow.Also would Chinese mantis fare ok outside in the UK?I plan on possibly keeping some in an enclosed area in my back garden.Its already...

Vivarium. Its one of those exo terra ones, a bit fancy for a mantis but I got an ex display model for cheap.

Thanks. The viv I have my adult african mantis in stays between 70-75 degrees.Should I keep it in a jar in the viv?

Hi I ordered a chinese mantis ooth, what is the best way to ensure it hatches?Do I need a heat mat and what not?

Thanks guys, now to find him a mate.Does anyone know where I could obtain a female(UK).

Heres a few pics of Tiny Tim, can you sex him/her for me?

Thanks hes defo smaller than my female that I had.How long will he live now hes adult?

I have had my new mantis since about mid December and he was really small (L3) I think and has only molted a few times.Last night he molted and has wings.This morning I gave him a small cricket and hes not bothered.He watched it but didnt make any effort to catch it.Also im pretty sure hes...

I do, its almost poetic justice on the crickets part.

Thats how a lost mine, when I get my new mantis/s im gonna make sure I either supervise them eating crix or use an alternative. Sorry mate :(

I put in a new live plant but it was in there for about a week before she started acting strange.

Yup its an exo terra, I was thinking about getting something else for it now Marvins gone but my lfs says they can get me mantis so i'll probably get a few. Rick I rarely held Marvin it was only for pics although he would always jump onto my hand if I had it in his tank.

Yeh I kinda thought that but I just kept the name :lol: