my rearing setup

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agent A

the autistic flower mantis
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hello! i figured I should start a thread for my rearing operation

here is my main mantis shelf, with the larger feeder flies on the top shelf

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and my shelf with fruitflies and my young L1/2 Odontomantis micans

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here are a few close-ups of the O. micans, doing quite well. only lost a few and had no molting issues so far

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a warming bin for some of my females to get them a bit ahead of the males

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my roach colonies
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cricket bins
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an L4 female Polyspilota aeruguinosa who wants to fight everyone

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some close-ups of my Orthodera novaezealandiae mated female setups

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and finally, the leps

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later I will take more pics

 
today was feeding day

my supervisor

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hungry girl

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tonight, the generalists got roaches

Orthodera novaezealandiae

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Polyspilota aeruguinosa

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a not-so-happy female Hierodula majuscula

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male Popa spurca exploring 

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male Creobroter gemmatus

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female Creobroter gemmatus

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male Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

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female Theopropus elegans

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female Otomantis scutigera

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the other day was cleaning day so I figured I'd get some pics

female Euchomenella sp Malaysia

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female Theopropus elegans

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presubadult female Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

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subadult female Popa spurca

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female Polyspilota aeruguinosa

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male Polyspilota aeruguinosa

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adult male Creobroter gemmatus

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adult female Creobroter gemmatus

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my pythons, Tapeworm (left) and Mr. Poopybutthole (right) curious about what I was up to. the snakes are in need of a feeding soon...

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