Wonderpants
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After doing a fair bit of research and reading up, I decided I would start with an orchid mantis after all, which I’ll be picking up tomorrow. I think it’s a young male as I ordered a female, but it has a brown collar and the supplier said they were sold out of females. ![Slightly frowning face :slight_frown: 🙁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png)
Just thought it’d be good to get some final advice on the enclosure though, as shown below. I’ve been getting a feel for the humidity and heat levels over the last couple of days, and the humidity varies between high 70s up to virtually 100% after a spray, while the heat mat is set to 28C/82F, with the temperature in the top and middle of the terrarium around 25C/75F.
I’ve been reading that males are OK with room temperatures though, as the temperature was set to a level recommended for females, so I’m wondering whether to turn the heat mat down or even off altogether.
Any thoughts or issues with the settings or the enclosure itself?
![D6872869-3887-4644-A943-7A8C2408B15F.jpeg D6872869-3887-4644-A943-7A8C2408B15F.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/mantidforum/data/attachments/9/9577-234b2ddc574a1678219722419a64ea6f.jpg)
![D585DBEC-88AA-4336-A7AE-3619360D5139.jpeg D585DBEC-88AA-4336-A7AE-3619360D5139.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/mantidforum/data/attachments/9/9578-4203e7ab9e27398eea04f7ea4fee427e.jpg)
![Slightly frowning face :slight_frown: 🙁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png)
Just thought it’d be good to get some final advice on the enclosure though, as shown below. I’ve been getting a feel for the humidity and heat levels over the last couple of days, and the humidity varies between high 70s up to virtually 100% after a spray, while the heat mat is set to 28C/82F, with the temperature in the top and middle of the terrarium around 25C/75F.
I’ve been reading that males are OK with room temperatures though, as the temperature was set to a level recommended for females, so I’m wondering whether to turn the heat mat down or even off altogether.
Any thoughts or issues with the settings or the enclosure itself?
![D6872869-3887-4644-A943-7A8C2408B15F.jpeg D6872869-3887-4644-A943-7A8C2408B15F.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/mantidforum/data/attachments/9/9577-234b2ddc574a1678219722419a64ea6f.jpg)
![D585DBEC-88AA-4336-A7AE-3619360D5139.jpeg D585DBEC-88AA-4336-A7AE-3619360D5139.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/mantidforum/data/attachments/9/9578-4203e7ab9e27398eea04f7ea4fee427e.jpg)