how communal are creobroter gemmatus?

[beckyl92]

i've got a few ooths and some mated females coming and i have 21 nymphs separated in cups.

ited be so much easier if i could just keep them in a net cage together. if i did this would the odd one be eaten or would i end up with one fat mantis?

 

[ZoeRipper]

Males tend to be communal, whereas females are cannibalistic.

I recommend getting a magnifying glass and separating the males and females.

Keep the girlies seperate, and the males together.

 

[massaman]

just keep them separate regardless of sex actually but if you dont mind losing a few to cannibalism then keep them in the net cage till you got a number your comfortable with would work but its all in what you expect from the species!

 

[bassist]

If there's a constant supply of food you can keep them together I recommend having groups of 2-4 that way if there is a lot of cannibalism you'll still have enough left.