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Where do you all get your fruit fly pupae? I'm going to start my own culture but don't see where I can find the pupae for d. hydei. Do I have to buy a premade culture and use those flies instead?

Hi everyone. I haven't been here or posted here for 6+ months. I went through a very dark time in my life recently (ended up calling the suicide hotline three times...that's as much as I'm willing to discuss) but I am feeling monumentally better now. I'm ready to get back into mantis keeping and...

Hi all! One of my mantises is getting pretty big so I'd like to upgrade him out of his cup in time for his next molt and I'd also like to get him some substrate so he has some more leg room. He's gotten fairly large so he's going to be eating stable, house, and blue bottle flies from now on in...

Like the title says, any other mantis keeping students trying to get through/preparing for their finals? I'm in the midst of mine.

I bought 2 Chinese mantises off of Tehshlendo and received 4 because of BOGO; all 4 are in excellent condition and are super active, evidenced by the fact that literally each one of them jumped straight out of their cups when I opened them to rehouse them. They're all beauties and are in great...

I purchased 2 Madagascan Marbled L2 nymphs from Michael; they arrived about 20 minutes ago in perfect condition! They were packed incredibly well in lots of paper towels--my grandmother, not knowing what was inside, threw the box and me and I was freaking out thinking that they had been hurt...

I've been seeking treatment for what I have been told might be Generalized Anxiety Disorder, though I'm trying to rule out if it's hyperthyroidism or something like that--I've gotten orders for a lab test and have an appointment next Friday. I'd far prefer that it's hyperthyroidism than GAD--so...

Hi all, I had a question about mealworms and their source of hydration. I remember reading a thread on here about how crickets who eat carrots can cause death in the mantises who in turn eat the crickets--and I'm worried if it will be the same case for mealworms. I bought about 80 mealworms...

Hello! My name is Cleo and I'm (as the title mentions) from El Paso, Texas. I haven't had a lot of hands-on experiences with mantises, seeing as how I don't see very many at all. I have a cat colony who I feed and they probably have eaten the mantises around my house :/ But when I was in...