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Funny enough, a couple days ago I was looking in the cage I have it in and i see a "blob" in the corner. Turns out it laid a small ootheca. Any tips on what I should do with it?

Awesome! Thanks guys. The one I found is around 3-4 inches and no wings so I assume it's female. I'll hang on to it and hope for babies that I can release outside. This time of year my yard is overrun with "standard" mantids but this is the first time I've seen one like this.

After more research I think it's Thesprotia graminis, it has very fine antennae. It must have taken refuge in my patio during the heavy rains we had yesterday. I took it inside so the dog wouldn't get to it and fed it some house flies. Yum!

Yesterday I found a mantis in my patio. I do not have a pic of the exact one but in my search online to find out what the species is I came across a picture of the same one. Any ideas as to what I have? PIcture of mantis Note: I didn't post the image directly since it's not my image. Also, I...