can anyone shed some light on when chinese praying mantids 1st shed there skins turning L2? have looked on numerous sites but there is no documentation on this subject.
i have approximately 300 young all about 11 days old now and believe they are all safe and should survive as long as i keep them well fed avoiding canabalism.

So long as they are fed and seperated as much as possiable they should shed soon really. Each one varies.

You going to be looking for homes for these littles guys?? as i may be interested in a few.

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how many are you after my friend??? and thanks for the info.
cant believe there is not one site that gives you a rough indication on the shedding stages.

you got any phobaeticus serratipes in your stick collection as am after some? and what larger beetles do you have???

posted answr on the other thread.
why are you avoiding cannibalism ?
300 nymphs are gonna take a lot of looking after !
i let mine munch away to around the 30 or so mark now i have a manageable number of healthy nymphs.

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& i will show you a man who has a job as a pie taster

mine started shedding on the 11th day, so should be soon Mark

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Take a look...

My Pets1.1.0 Bearded Dragons1.2.4 Crested Geckos0.1.5 Mexican Red Knees2.2.0 Frog Beetles0.0.12 Eudicella woermanni (Flower Beetles)0.0.5 Flower mantids1.0.0 Lab x Springer0.1.0 Moggy0.1.0 Senegal parrot

thanks andy, you got any pics of yours after the 1st shed mate???

No not yet m8, but they are a lighter green

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Take a look...

My Pets1.1.0 Bearded Dragons1.2.4 Crested Geckos0.1.5 Mexican Red Knees2.2.0 Frog Beetles0.0.12 Eudicella woermanni (Flower Beetles)0.0.5 Flower mantids1.0.0 Lab x Springer0.1.0 Moggy0.1.0 Senegal parrot

cool cool, cant wait buddy
did you have many survive from your hatched ooth???

Its possible this happens in the wild and only the healthy ones remain, its probably why we see so many deaths of CB ones when we try to keep em all.

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