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You remember The Unholy Communion topic? The guy who left me them nymphs two months ago did it again - but this time he basically did not procure any food for those nymphs. I was unable to provide enough flies to sate them for about a week, and there were constant fights over food - I think a couple of nymphs got cannibalised. But I've never had that with mine, I feed them at least twice a day - although, during that one week things were kinda tense...

As for attacks during moltings - this is mostly Gongylus cup of tea. I've never had that type of stuff with Idolomantis, and the nymph crowd is a lot more dense in their case. Idolomantis nymphs don't squirm that much during molting - I guess they don't attract that much attention of their siblings.

 
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As for attacks during moltings - this is mostly Gongylus cup of tea.
I'll agree with that. That is how the few cannibalized got eaten. It is a result of not enough food and/or space. (During that time I completely ran out of flies!) :eek:

 
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Keep us updated.... I an having difficulty in L7/L8 molting...lots of them fell and disfigured (successfully molted but could not hold onto the branches tightly and fell)

 

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