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Hi, You can feed nymphs until they won't take any food anymore. You can't overfeed them, if they had enough, they just won't be interested. Just remove the feeders (in the case of crickets) in that case, because they can eat your mantis. How much they will eat depens on a number of factors...

Yep, also seen the documentary and obviously staged. Elaphe guttata (Now Pantherophis guttatus...) is and American species and Hierodula sp. are Asian right? What species of Hierodula it is, is hard to tell as the different species are so much a like. In the film a couple of Hierodula also get...

Hi, quite interesting to read I must say. But it is a lot easier for non-Americans if you also use the scientific names, just a tip ;)

nice creatures :)

no, unfortunately it's not. This is the one wher they put a mantis and an adult mouse together in a small jarr. Idiots... :mad:

I don't have experience with I.p, just searched the scorpion files and that said Tanzania ( and a few other nations). And indeed Necas states NE for de brevi's.

that's true... but Sphodromantis do hunt, they're by far the most aggressive killers that I've kept.

I hoped that Rieppeleon brevicaudatus was another animal than Rhampholeon brevicaudatus... and that it was a kind of scorpion or something, but no... I'm getting interested in these animals and reading a lot about them now. A very good book is "Stump-tailed Chameleons, miniature dragons of the...

hehe point taken :) I just think they're display animals (like all the other creatures you've mentioned) as they don't get any benefit of being held or handled (or put in someones mouth... :rolleyes: ). But I see also a practical side: for example, you can rehouse or move a creature easier if...

Very interesting website, with lots of great photographs! You certainly have a lot of experience with these animals. However I got the feeling you treat scorpions a bit too much as 'pets' (like rabbits or other fluffy animals). Ok that you want to give them names (there are a lot of people on...

Like odwan says, Creoboter species aren't that difficult to keep and breed. I've kept them at temperatures of 20-28 °C. I usually spray twice a week, but the adults are very hardy, so if you miss a misting, it isn't a big problem. They're really fun to watch and a great looking mantid. Cheers

the second one belongs to, I think, to the family Gnaphosidae or Clubionidae? :? First one no idea.

the black spot in the eye is a sign of necrosis and occurs normally only in older animals. I've had that also with some of my mantids (sometimes even with no so old ones). The spot on the body (actually the wings) is normal for Sphodromantis btw...

First of all it's indeed very normal for a Sphodromantis to hang in the top of the enclosure and they don't move that often also. I keep mine a little above room temp, that's like 22-25°C. As these is an African species you don't have to spray it twice a day!!! I mist mine two times a week and...

Indeed, nothing to worry about, it's quite normal. What Sphodromantis species do you have (again I hate those common names...)? Adult females Sphodromantis can take very very large prey (as big as itself). I feed mine adult crickets (also the black ones), adult and subadult locusts (Locusta...

The one in the picture is indeed a house cricket (Acheta domestica), but was just bought in the store. They are actually a LOT of cricket species. In Europe, they breed a couple of species for feeding herps and inverts, especially: Acheta domestica Gryllus bimaculatus Gryllus assimilis Gryllodes...

You can also use young buffaloworms (Alphitobius laevigatus), as these are smaller than mealworms. I don't know if your spiders are too large to give them springtails (Collembola)?

@Frogster: Yeah this is only the second time I saw it eat also (first time I didnt' see the catch though). They also come out when it's dark so maybe it isn't too weird... @Walton: I am not sure if I understand 'self breed crickets'? I'm not breeding crickets if that's was your question...

feeding pics Finally I watched my euscorpius attack, sting and eat it's prey! (first time that I saw it!). I grapped the cam quickly, but the pic of the sting isn't as good as i had hoped (I had to be quick...). Anyway here they are, hope u like them :)

hi, yeah they eat about anything that fit in their mouths... but don't feed them too large earthworms. They can handle a lot, but a friend of mine lost a toad because it suffocated in a very big worm. About the colour: the red belly develops when you give them carotenoids. These are also in...