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Help! I have an eggbound Heirodula. She is so swollen her head is on the ground. Any suggestions that might help her? Will mating her help? I have a male but he seems uninterested in her. I only exposed him to her once. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I have a very gravid female Heiradula. I have a male too. The problem is that I can't seem to get the male interested in the female so that he can fertilize the female. She has her little (well actually very large and swollen right now) butt up in the air just a swaying but he just keeps walking...

My ooth is still hatching! :eek: Seems this is going to go on forever! I have mantids molted up to L4, and I think one has molted to L5, and I'm still getting babies! I'm going to place a new ad with a lower price. One reason I'm asking a little bit is my extremely low income (I literally...

Some of my first batch of nymphs have molted to L4! It is amazing how fast they grow! :o I have one that is really a pretty green, so I'm thinking that one is a female. Most of the others are kinda of a brown color. They are all doing well. So at this point I have over 70 Iris Oratoria...

Iris Oratoria nymphs for sale. Instars from L1 to L4 available. $10.00 ea., $2.00 handling fee, plus shipping. Discount of 20% per nymph on 10 or more. Send me a PM with quantity, including how many of each Instar wanted along with your zip code so that I can give you an accurate shipping quote...

I'm in strong need of producing Hydei culture(s)! Please message me stating your price for them if you have any for sale. Thanks! ;)

When the batch of 15 Instars hatched the other day, I figured it was probably the end, as it brought my surviving count up to 50, but alas, I was wrong! :( Another dozen hatched yesterday! I am just amazed at the number of babies that are coming out of that little ooth! It's just...

15 more 1st Instars hatched today! :P That brings my total close to 50, so far I've had no losses with the exception of a very few in the beginning due to cannibalism before I got them separated. Being disabled, being prepared or not makes all the difference in the world. Surprises throw me...

I had another 1st Instar hatch yesterday and I called it a late bloomer. :lol: Well, I should have kept my mouth shut because 5 more hatched today!! :no: They just keep coming, and coming, and coming. . . :blink: How long is this going to go on for? When I looked in the terrarium...

I got 2 surprises yesterday, both of which kind of took me for a loop! :stuart: First I was checking in the terrarium to see if I could find a small cricket to try feeding one of my L3's. I have several from the first hatch that have now molted to this point and one of them is rather...

Well, yesterday I went to take Skittles out of his terrarium for a little walk over into my dining room so that we could have a picture shoot. As I was trying to coax him onto my finger he lit up his wings and took off! He has not been seen since. :( Quite a little escape artist! I had the...

I had one nymph from the first hatch molt from 2nd Instar to 3rd today. :clap: My second ooth hatch now totals 17 new nymphs. :D I had spotted a baby cricket in the terrarium the other day so I became rather frantic to get them separated out as I became afraid that the crickets would feed...

I have fifteen new 1st Instars! :clap: So, my second ooth is hatching, or has hatched! I have most of them separated out into cups already. They all look identical to the first batch, which is right as all of the females that were placed in the terrarium were of the same species. They...

One problem I'm finding is that 5 mins. after I mist, the cup is dry and there is no humidity. :( One person I read puts plastic sheeting over half the lid. I don't know about that, but I do have the moss that is used in terrariums to hold in and maintain humidity. :) Would it be okay to...

I just caught what I think is a grasshopper, it could be a locust. How do you tell the difference? This one is brown with wings that extend well past its body. They have black stripes and so do its hind legs. It is kind of large. My second question besides whether its a grasshopper or locust is...

You had a Beginners Story Contest, I think that was a great idea! You should have one every 6 months or so since you are constantly getting new members with new stories. Then all of the new members that have joined within that previous 6 months would be eligible. I know I've read some good ones...

First of all, when I went to mist, feed, and etc. everybody yesterday, the 1st Instar that had been attacked had died. :( Sadly, he had been mortally wounded after all. Then, when I went to remove the last 2nd Instar, another one had showed up. I thought, Ah ha! You must've been hiding on me...

When I went to my terrarium day before yesterday to do a count, I found something sitting on top of it! :o I have no idea where it came from! :huh: I'm assuming it came in from outside, but it sure knew exactly where to go! ;) I'd like some ID help if possible please. I'm guessing that...

I had quite a day yesterday, which is why I never made it here! It started with my being quite saddened by the loss of 7 mantids. :( I had 15 of them day before yesterday, then when I did yesterdays count I had only 8. I counted and recounted and knew I had been the victim of their trait of...

I've made some deli cups :) and am going to move some of my nymphs into them and start separating them today. ;) I am now up to 15 and have been at that number for a couple of days now. ^_^ My question is this. Once I move them from the terrarium into the deli cups, should I feed them...