Homebrew Crew

[MX83Drifter]

so it was pretty dry, and Im quite the inpatient person.... so this is how it looks... I sure hope its fertile..

and this is where I placed it. should be good here, its already very warm and humid in my closet.

and heres my little monkeys, I love the way they act, very hyper little mantids

 

[Chivalry]

Good for incubation but trust me you're going to want a little bigger container and a lot more excelsior come hatch time. Congrats! I'd wager it's fertile, my wild caught girl laid at least 2 fertile oothecae.

 

[Chivalry]

Hows that UTH working out on the plastic btw? The 'glass only!' all over the instructions freaked me out and I'm not using mine yet.

 

[MX83Drifter]

haha yea I know, I was planning on getting a bunch of insect cups with the paper tops, keep all the little ones separate. I really hope i get some babies haha

As for the under tank heater, I took it out from underneath, i was starting to warp the bottom of the container. it was getting too hot for the plastic. so Im going to be putting it on a vivarium im building.

 

[frogparty]

Nice. You can get the cups with lids at LLL reptile so you don't have to pay for shipping. And dart frogs don't need heaters. Save it for a different vivarium

 

[MX83Drifter]

haha nice. then I wont be using that for a heater

 

[MX83Drifter]

even though my mantids probably wont ever be going in here.... I still would like to share this with you guys....

My new Vivarium... I've been building for about a week now... leme know what you think!

 

[frogparty]

NICE! I have some other plants that will fill it out nicely if you want some cuttings. Just hit me up.

 

[CoolMantid]

That so cool! I jsut finish my terrarium too! One has a fern jungle and the other in a carnivorous plant terrarium

 

[MX83Drifter]

So I was looking for my mantid in her free range, and I caught her in the act! haha laying an ooth... the other one hasnt hatched yet, but im not going to give up yet.

 

[frogparty]

Haha! That's rad! Too bad the little ones don't eat spider mites. But I bet they eat white fly

 

[MX83Drifter]

haha I know right. either way, its cool she laid the ooths.

 

[brancsikia339]

Awesome! You caught her. Plus that was a really nice terrarium.

 

[MX83Drifter]

Thanks bud! It's my first "pro" vivarium build. I spent a good amount of time on it, didn't expect it to turn out like it did. I plan to build more here in the near future.

 

[CoolMantid]

Hope it hatches!

 

[Mvalenz]

What a nice girl to leave you a gift.

 

[MX83Drifter]

haha Indeed she is, I really hope the ooth's hatch though... got my fingers crossed!

 

[sinensispsyched]

My fingers are crossed, too!