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So sometimes around here food becomes somewhat "scarce", besides a bunch of different types of spiders lingering around. I have fed some of them to a mantis of mine and I was wondering if this could have any potential adverse effects. She is a chainsaw at spiders and crickets alike so it doesn't...

Hey everyone.  My last mantid passed away roughly a year ago to date, and I have been busy thus far... have a lady friend who is interested in weird pets and I was thinking about Mantids again. I also saw some at a pet store (Giant asians for $24.99?)  What species should I go for this round...

By this I mean while handling. For example, today, I was cleaning out the enclosure of my adult male African mantis and as I was trying to get him to go back into his enclosure, he just clamped on my ring finger and would not let go! I eventually got him to let go with a bit of effort and to my...

Here she is. You guys have any opinions on this species? I almost never see anyone talk about them! She's so sweet. 

Must be weird. My Chinese male ATTACK ANYTHING IT SEES, even me! I'm here sitting at my PC typing this right now as he stares at my fingers from his cage smacking the walls of it as if he wanted to grab and eat it. His appetite and aggression is by far the most apparent I've ever seen in any...

Wanted to propose some discussion on this topic: We all know that male mantids live much less longer than females, are smaller than females, often fly around if you let them out of their enclosures, and behave a bit differently than females. For example, my adult male Chinese Mantis when I...

Nothing bad of course! Well, neutral at worst. Anyway, both of my mantids are doing well. Here's a picture of them, they like to go near each other and stare at each other from within each other enclosures. The Male tried to whack his arms but obviously it didn't do anything. All they do is...

Took a pic of Earl after he just arrived on the 27th of june. He was either L4 or L3, I believe. Yesterday on the 14th of August, his wings came in! Now: Pretty unfortunate how the mantis he arrived with perished in a mismolt... I think it was another male though, judging from its...

My chinese mantid just had his final molt and his wings came in (molt went perfectly, wings are drying out as of this message!) and I want to know how feeding him will be. As some may know I had two chinese mantids to begin with but one perished due to a mismolt. With this in mind, he will not...

Ordered a mantis like a week ago and it still hasn't shipped. ? Anyone else a bit annoyed by the weather? lol  To keep on track: Mantis has really bulgy wing things, think he's about to molt? 

Read up on some info coming to a wiki article that claims Chinese Mantids can live longer if they eat pollen. Is this true, and is their only way of "eating pollen" by eating bees? 

Things like S.Aurea are in my interest. Are they similar to Chinese mantids and Heirodulas for how they treat prey; actively chasing it overall being very aggressive? Also, do they get similarly sized to Heirodulas and Chinese mantids? Thanks for the answers, that's all I really want to know...

Abdominal segments are a bit weird - it looks as if there are about 6, but then again, he/she could be at an instar where sexing isn't exactly the easiest thing to do. I also know that with males, antenna tend to be much longer and thick, but his/her antenna seems to be slightly in the middle...

What do you guys think about this species? My most recent interaction with one didn't end well - she was an aggressive feeder and her life was going perfectly fine until one day I found her hung upside down (like normal) but with her abdomen downwards with some blackish stains... in it? or on...

Kind of unfortunate how one of their first molts was a mismolt! :( However, as you can see in the photos, it's just his two back legs. The container was misted - the shed skin somehow got stuck to his back legs. He's still able to hang upside down on the sticks: In other more...

My two Chinese Mantids have finally arrived, much earlier than I had thought!  So, I didn't really have enclosures prepared for them (which was kind of a bad idea but I thought I had an extra day)  So I kind of scooped together some enclosures last minute. Do you think they will suffice for...

Is this a code red? I feel like if they sit in a parcel locker for longer than a few hours it'd be game over.. anyone have any advice? I live in an area that gets really hot, too. I could maybe have someone get the package for me?

I've heard and seen that this mantis is ridiculously aggressive and LARGE as well (So much so to the point where they've been videoed killing and eating Asian Giant hornets) so I was wondering if this species would be able to eat some scorpions that wander around where I live. They're obviously...

Hello, I haven't been active on this forum since 2013. My profile picture shows an old male membranacea I had 5 years ago (who, obviously, isn't around anymore, sadly.)  I haven't had any pet mantids since then, mostly because of how short their life spans tend to be (a year in captivity or so...

He molted to adult sometime in june-may and is now on the verge of dying of old age. He seems to be suffering, and I want to end it quickly. He didn't get a chance to mate, which is sad, because my female is healthy and an adult now. Should I feed him to her?