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Hey everyone, very long time no see! I've been out of the mantis game for a while now but it was never forgotten. I've been working with an afterschool enrichment program for a while now, and have always wanted to bring mantids to the kids. I found a huge chinese mantis last year and the kids...

so guys, it's been a really long time... still keeping ghosts, - finally working as a magician, and recently got into home brewing, which is my new passion. blah blah blah.......... My friend found this guy for me a couple of days ago, and I've never seen anything like it! (just me I'm sure)...

Well, I have had my ghost adults for a while, and ooths. The Adults died, and I kept the eggs around waiting for a hatch which never happened - until one of the ooths I never expected exploded out! I'm very excited and it's been about five days. Been giving them about 2 fruit flies each every...

hey guys! Very long time no see. Missed this place hehe- Still got my ghosts, although 2 males died in adulthood =( - But after countless tries, I finally got a couple to mate! (getting frustrated I just put him ontop of her, and it worked out) They stayed connected for around 5 hours. Now...

I know there's been lots of threads like this in the past. Found in San Diego, Very small nymph, this guys most distinctive feature are his very long back legs. He's been able to take down small crickets, molted once since I got him. I think he's l2 or l3 because he's very small. what else to...

Alright, took some photos a little over a week ago - but couldn't get my flickr figured out. Now i see an upload photo option, so I'll put em' up! My new bug table thinG! hmm.. can't figure this out either... I'll leave it at this pic for now! Actual mantis pictures to come later

Can't seem to find a definitive answer. Just got 5 ghosts today, and was wondering if any sort of heat source was necessary? My room stays pretty warm as it is, being I live in So.Cal - but It can get a little cool. I have a small desk lamp, which gets pretty warm - but I don't want to over do...

Well, it's been exactly 1 month now since my mated giant shield laid her ooth and only recently did it pop into my head it doesn't quite look right. I witnessed her and a male connected, and have been treating the ooth properly so I'm not giving up on it. But looking at other pictures of ooths...

Hello! I don't post many threads here, as I'm still a no0b - but I plan to change that hehe. Anyways, I'm buzzed and in a good mood due to a recent call from my doctor regarding blood work (Long story, but I've been stressing for the past couple months and basically making myself sick) and I'm...

Okay, couldn't decide if this was to go in enclosures/housing or nymph care - but I will put it here since I have one main question. I recently bought a large roll of this kind of screen http://www.homedepot.com/Doors-Windows-Scr...catalogId=10053 which I have used successfully to make a few...

well, popped my cherry. I was trying to take one of my male stagomantis carolinas out, and I guess I was a little too rough. Pinched, me - and I was very surprised when it hurt! The guy has little tiny arms, and really didn't think it could cause even the smallest amount of pain. Would hate to...

I've read a thread where the OP kept a number of mantises on the ceiling in his house - and another less reliable source about keeping mantises on a house plant. I'm curious how long they can live under such conditions, and if they will catch enough food. To the chase of it - I hate finding...

either adult or close. Mine just molted to adult and I want to get him a mate.

I remember seeing a thread a couple months back about this, but because you can't search three letter words I haven't been able to find it. My giant shield just molted to adult (yesterday) and I was curious how long the wings take to dry. (because I want to see him fly!)

Okay, This virus hit me a little over a week ago - and I decided to not deal with it until the day before yesterday. (Hence why I haven't been here as much recently) I have tried everything I can think of to get rid of this, and have been to a few pages for help. I tried manually deleting all...

Hah, so I've had an old bag of almonds sitting around for a while. Just noticed today some mold, and kinda freaked - especially when I noticed worms. Then I noticed that there were a bunch of moths in there - Looks like I'm set for feeding for a while =) ANyone know if I should just keep the...

Don't know the sexes, so they may be named wrong =0. James, a mystery mantis from mantisplace. Can anyone identify him? Here's some more pics (Also, notice his short antennae - I thought this would fix itself after a molt, but it didn't. Should this cause any concern?) (my girlfriend in...

Been expecting my giant shield to molt, and just now looking inside his cup theres a little tiny worm - Anyone know what this is? It takes one little step at a time. Should I be concerned?

Recently I've tried to feed my mantis small spiders I've found, and I noticed that they can't crawl up to the lid where the mantis is. And the mantis seems reluctant to come down to the spider, so I normally take it out before too long. Will the mantis eventually crawl down to the spider?

A giant shield from mantisplace. Very excited, will post pics later - got a couple questions though. I dumped about 8 fruit flies in with him, and he's already eaten three. Is it possible to over feed them? Also, I gave him and the rest of the deli cup a spray. Is substrate necessary? Thanks.