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With it being winter I've been trying to keep my critter room(which is where I keep my mantids) around 75 degrees, but it tends to vary and flux between 70-80. My question is how will this effect the time it takes for an Orchid ootheca to hatch and will it hatch at all?... I have 2 ooths with...

I just had a Chinese ooth hatch out 341 babies!!! O.O So, what's your biggest hatch ever? :)

How can you not say "awwww..." to that?!

How soon can you tell the difference between a male and female Orchid mantis? I have some babies that I bought last month that are at L3/L4 and I can't see a big difference between any of them as far as size. Is there normally a noticeable difference at this age? Also, is there a visual...

My Orchid girl did it! She laid her first ooth! :D Now let's see if I can get it to successfully hatch. ;) I'm keeping it at the same temp as the mantids(70-75) and misting the container every other day(removing the ooth before misting, so it doesn't get wet). Does anyone have any other...

You've just gotta love that *facepalm* moment when you realize you accidentally left the container of fly pupae sitting out from when you fed your mantids 48 hours ago... Now, what to do with 500 freshly-emerged flies...lol Please tell me I'm not the only one who's done this? :P

About how many weeks after final molt do females normal lay their first ooth? My female had her final molt 5 1/2 weeks ago and was mated last week. Her belly is HUGE and I eagerly check her enclosure multiple times a day hoping to see an ooth, lol.

I've got an adult male that I just purchased and he's managed to successfully breed my girl and still keep his head on his shoulders! I only have the one girl, so I no longer need him and figured I would offer him up for sale in case anyone else in the area is in need of a boy since they're a...

I'm sick of having the buy fly cultures and then having them die off after just a few weeks, so I did some research and decided to give a go at making my own cultures... Hopefully it works! I used the mix that is suggested on www.mantisplace.com and added some pink food dye to make them a...

One of my Ghosts I just got refused to eat anything for 3 days and would only hang at the very bottom of the cage to where his head was actually touching the ground, so the flies wouldn't go anywhere near him. I tried offering him Blue Bottle, house flies, and Hydei(even though he's too big for...

OMG! I'm so happy right now!!! I hand-fed her honey til he connected and then smeared a little more on her front arms to keep her busy, lol

Just had to show off one of my newest additions from Cricket Crack. <3 They're L2 and SOOOO small! Only about 1/4"! I also got an adult Orchid boy and some more ghosts(green!!!) that I haven't taken pics of. I just love them all and can't get enough! :wub:

First off, how should I go about removing my Chinese ootheca from the mom's container? She laid it in the most inconvenient spot possible so that it's connected to the lid AND the container, making me scared I'll accidentally rip it apart if I try and remove the lid. :( Secondly, once an...

Everything I've read says that Orchids tend to me calm, docile mantids, but one of my girls is going against all that... My adult is sweet and calm, but my sub adult(L6, I believe) is extremely skiddish and freaks out when she sees me. :( This morning I was checking on them all and she saw me...

Giant Asian Orchid(adult-newly molted) Orchid(sub-adult) Deadleaf Ghost

I just got my new baby mantids and am clueless about molting since I've only ever had adults before, so can someone please help me?! :( When I got the babies there was one that must have molted during the shipment(I even paid to have them over-nighted to try and avoid this issue *cry*) and he...

I was wondering what type of sponge you guys used for putting in the feeding holes? Is it just a regular old sponge that you cut into pieces or a special kind? I ask because it seems like all of the regular sponges at the grocery store have special anti-bacterial stuff added to them and I...

I'm getting the following mantids next week and need to know if the containers I'm making will be correct for them: *L3 D. Dessicata(Dead Leaf) *L2-3 Heirodula Multispina(Giant Asian) *L4 Hymenopus Coronatus(Orchid) *L3 Phyllocrania Paradoxa(Ghost) I've attached a picture of 2 of the...

Hello everyone! I've been lurking for a little bit and finally decided I should say hello. :) I've had some wild mantids over the years and am getting my first shipment of "fancy" ones next week, I'm super excited and am putting together all of my last-minute preparations for the little ones...