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OH OH I totally forgot to even post this!!!!!! I got a Stagmomantis limbata from my friend Inkie14 and a Stagmomantis carolina from my friend Joe Murphy! I was (kind of) jokingly saying that I would pair them up and I thought I would never be successful on even them mounting... Well I walk in to...

I have 3 adults, 1 for sure female, and 1 for sure male, the other one is at school and I will sex it when I get to school. Anyone have good advice for breeding them? hatching eggs? any decent info will be used!

How does everyone keep and breed these? Are there any special numbers like with dubia? I got 9 adults today in the mail. I got 3 females and 6 males. They dont look the best though so not sure on breeding them...

So my Biology teacher is going to email all of the elementary schools and see if I can come in and teach about roaches. I have a few questions as I am a TERRIBLE speaker in front of a ton of people.... Anyone have any ideas on how or what I should be talking about? I figure since everyone likes...

Does anyone know if Stagmomantis limbata and Stagmomantis carolina can hybridize? Are they anything like roaches in that they can hybridize easily with each other?

I finally got egg cases from my B. lateralis colony!!! It literally took me since August 13, 2013 to get any kind of breeding activity, but lately I have been getting females with egg cases hanging out but never any on the ground. Well, everything changed today... I was checking on the smaller...

Hello, I have tried to feed my beardie for 3 days now and he hasnt eaten a thing except a superworm. Nothing has changed. He is offered live food everyday and when I can afford the greens, he gets them (at minimum of every couple of days) but he hasnt touched them either... Not sure whats going...

Does anyone know how to sex the following species? N. cinerea P. nivea H. flexivatta I have an idea on P. nivea I think... The males are overall smaller and the females are bulkier and slightly larger. No idea on the other species though...

Got this little guy (8 segments on abdomen) from Inkie14! I REALLY like praying mantids now :) https://www.dropbox.com/sc/knpcjqab2ec4yt6/AAA8AohYjTVx-EKsoOOFRcIxa

So now that i know how to tell if my females are producing, i have 2 of 3 females producing egg cases and the 3rd one is just starting to show signs. in the enclosure i have them in, there are these little soil mites (not confirming that these are soil mites but they are super tiny, smaller than...

Looks like im going to get a hercules beetle larvae from a friend and have NO clue/experience/care skills for beetles at all (LOL) can someone help a fellow out with a simple care sheet that will help this guy survive? all comments are welcome if they help out! Thanks!

Hey! can i ask for people to check out my new website? i may have some errors and dont realize it. also anyone can purchase some roaches or something if they want ;) http://bucksbugs.webs.com/

I have about 11 small containers that can be filled with roaches but I'm not sure which ones to keep I thought of these so far, any others that would be good displays? 1. Surinam roaches 2. Gyna lurida 3. Periplaneta americana 4. Domino roaches 5. Question mark roaches 6. Gyna caffrorum...

I think one of my females is producing an egg case!!!!! I want to know for sure so that I don't get my hopes totally destroyed. Does anyone know what a female B. lateralis looks like when she starts getting eggs ready right be laid? Do the egg cases start out white when the females still have...

So I know this is a silly question to ask but I have terrible luck I guess as I can't breed Turkestan roaches for the life of me.. But I'm most likely going to get some american roaches here in the near future and I want to be prepared. What works with breeding them? High humidity? High...

So I know this is a silly question to ask but I have terrible luck I guess as I can't breed Turkestan roaches for the life of me.. But I'm most likely going to get some american roaches here in the near future and I want to be prepared. What works with breeding them? High humidity? High...

Hello I recently got a starter colony of classic hissing roaches consisting of about 28 (had 30 but 2 females died for some reason an some have molted into adults) adults, and about 30 nymphs. I think I have seen some females with egg cases but it's been 2 weeks now and haven't seen any breeding...

Hello I have to get rid of half of my dubia colony as it is getting quite large or that's what my mom says... Make a REASONABLE offer on them. I don't have paypal or anything like it so the only way would be cash, check, or money order. I know it's an inconvenience but I'm only 15. I have 80...

Anyone wanna do a trade? My healthy colony of dubia (well over 700 nymphs with plenty of large sub adults and about 100 adults) for: G. portentosa Lobster roaches Surinam roaches I would want a decent amount of them Around 100 or so G. portentosa 500+ lobster roaches About 100-150...

Hello everyone! in this topic i want to see some colonies of roaches just because why not! i would like to see whatever roach colonies because i LOVE to see how everyone is doing their colonies! I figure this post will be kind of a visual aid to the beginner roachers on what works for what roach...