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<blockquote data-quote="Gongylus" data-source="post: 308445" data-attributes="member: 10364"><p>Hello, I'm rather new to keeping mantids and actually got into the hobby through four assorted <em>Hierodula </em>nymphs that were gifted to me.</p><p></p><p>However, two of these recently died, and I'm trying to figure out why. I kept these two in separate enclosures that were kept fairly humid and had live plant growth. I suspect that these two (L5 and L4 nymphs) were <em>Hierodula venosa</em> or a similar species, based on the striped pattern of their legs. I fed them regularly fruit flies (<em>Drosphilia melanogaster</em>) which were bought from PetCo. Can somebody help me figure out what happened to them, so that I may prevent my two other mantids from dying? My remaining two are most likely <em>H. membranacea </em>and are kept in similar habitats. They are both L2-3 nymphs. </p><p></p><p>As for the buying part of this topic, what would be a good species to buy, and where from? I was looking at <em>Blepharopsis mendica</em>, but am sort of afraid of keeping them, as they require a specific humidity level. Are there any other species that may be better to keep? I'm looking to avoid invasives such as <em>Tenodera sinensis</em> and <em>Mantis religiosa</em>.</p><p></p><p>Thanks, </p><p></p><p>Gongylus</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gongylus, post: 308445, member: 10364"] Hello, I'm rather new to keeping mantids and actually got into the hobby through four assorted [I]Hierodula [/I]nymphs that were gifted to me. However, two of these recently died, and I'm trying to figure out why. I kept these two in separate enclosures that were kept fairly humid and had live plant growth. I suspect that these two (L5 and L4 nymphs) were [I]Hierodula venosa[/I] or a similar species, based on the striped pattern of their legs. I fed them regularly fruit flies ([I]Drosphilia melanogaster[/I]) which were bought from PetCo. Can somebody help me figure out what happened to them, so that I may prevent my two other mantids from dying? My remaining two are most likely [I]H. membranacea [/I]and are kept in similar habitats. They are both L2-3 nymphs. As for the buying part of this topic, what would be a good species to buy, and where from? I was looking at [I]Blepharopsis mendica[/I], but am sort of afraid of keeping them, as they require a specific humidity level. Are there any other species that may be better to keep? I'm looking to avoid invasives such as [I]Tenodera sinensis[/I] and [I]Mantis religiosa[/I]. Thanks, Gongylus [/QUOTE]
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