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Hey guys, Im from New Zealand.. I get mantids everywhere, they're always around especially miomantis caffra I even find them climbing around my house but I found an nz breed (finally) it's in it's 2nd/3rd instar, she is getting quite big, her current diet is lacewings(which love our grape...

I have a pic for you :] this is a Miomantis Caffra Ootheca (Springbok mantis), one of my Mantids layed it on her stick I made for her http://s285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/CelesteTheDork/?action=view&current=DSC02568.jpg

lol here is another mantis dialog for you: not long ago Tish had died and I had actually let Florence go, I had found a new mantis, then I found that ooth on the blind (it's in a different jar.) and then I went back to that same lavender bush after a week where I had found and put back...

Lol awesome thankyou :]

Thanks for that!, my little one will be very happy! I am definitely going to try out that food catching technique aswell! And I also have some interesting news.. I found a mantis ooth on the blinds in my house (lo) Im wondering if I should just leave it there or carefully remove it and put it...

Hello everyone, a fews days ago I found a little nymph in my house and I think it could be the immigrant south african breed (im from NZ) and I have no idea how to feed him/her, considering the local pet store sells no such type of food along mantid lines, I decided to put a small moth that...

No PhilinYuma, it is native bush on our land and because we own such a big piece of it it is like a whole ecosystem xD

Wow.. he's so beautiful :]

Yes she is an immigrant lol, I live in New Zealand way up north, just 15 minutes away from a place called Kaitaia :], originally from Nelson. Actually I haven't seen any of my own countries mantid around just the competitive South African :D

Thank you for this :] I have sorted out the issue, the reason I used cellophane was because it was easier to see her if she had climbed higher but I changed back to the original lid for the jar she is in which has a number of good sized holes and she seems to be very happy also with her eyes...

My Manis is a Miomantis Caffra, it's a female, and I think she (could) be pregnant because she is quite big, she is also a wild one, I caught her three days ago but Im worried because at the moment I can only feed her on flies, yesterday I fed her a large Cicada, today she ate half a fly and...

Thanks guys :] umm Im having a little problem with her though, it's quite hard to catch other food for her but I haven't gone to the local pet shop yet for food.. so she ate half a fly this morning, I gave her another and she's eaten it (i think) then I put in another today later on and she...

Hey everyone, my name is Celeste/Penguin, I am from New Zealand and I love mantids! I live on four and 1/2 acres of land with lots of trees, three garden, a forest on one side and a pecan orchard in the middle. It's summer here, so I found my first mantid yesterday on a lavender bush hunting...