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Anyone else keep praying mantis pets?
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They look very sweet. After my kitty goes (purebred siamese, about 17 right now) I thought I would like a boa (very nice snakes) or a skunk. I never thought of a mantis. I'm sure they're quite nice. Thank you for this thread.
I've always been a fan of centipedes as they keep your house roach-free.
I've always been a fan of centipedes as they keep your house roach-free.
Like a lot of kids, I feel that I was born a scientist. I learned about praying mantises when I was about 4 reading this book about insects. I've been fascinated ever since.
I always wanted to find a mantis, but didn't until I was around 8. It was a Stagmomantis carolina, a very common mantis. What I didn't know then was that it was really old, and despite , and best efforts to save it, it died two days later. I was rather heart broken.
I didn't find any more mantids until I was about 12. And I found a lot of them(Chinese mantids Tenodera sinensis . I got to feed, and eventually breed them. They died like all mantids do in the winter.
Around my birthday that year, I found out that people sold international mantids online. So I asked for a few Hymenopus coronatus for my birthday. They were beautiful, but a little too advanced for me.
^^^Not my photo
Fast forward again, to may of this year. I find a forum dedicated to raising and selling mantids cheaply. I buy an entire house full! I love watching and caring for these guys.
Plus, you can't understand how intelligent and aware these guys are(or at least seem) until you observe some for yourself!
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If you ever want any, just pay for shipping and I'll send you a few. When the weather warms up, given all the eggs I have, I should be swimming in them.
I used to catch praying mantis's when I was a kid back in the early 60's. I used to let them bite my fingers. Please don't ask me why.. (I had mental problems when I was a kid) lol!
OP, some of these look suitable for a great Star Wars movie with your guy in photo #3.
Here's number 3 in action. He's bigger in the photo than in the video.
I catch it outside, and I culture some roaches and flies.
Whatever you get man... I just want t have an idea how that happens. I've never seen it. Also, might be interested in having a couple. I have tons of roaches in my garden that I need to clear out. I have a feeling a couple of mantis will clear it out.
Wow, I don't.
I'm not the person who goes running when I see a bug on the floor, but I gotta admit that I got a little weak seeing that video. Being so close to such big insects ...
Anyways, can you post a video of you handling them? I wouldn't have the courage to touch one, let alone know how to hold it properly.
I'm not the person who goes running when I see a bug on the floor, but I gotta admit that I got a little weak seeing that video. Being so close to such big insects ...
Anyways, can you post a video of you handling them? I wouldn't have the courage to touch one, let alone know how to hold it properly.
I absolutely love mantids and have been fascinated by them ever since I was a small child. My favorite insect by far.
I'm about to start my own collection.
I'm about to start my own collection.