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I think people get into the hobby initially because of their memories of how cool praying mantis are, but get really involved when they discover the range of really cool exotics available. If you were to show some of the more exotic species people weren't as familiar about, which ones would you...

Let me know what you guys think, and how you feel about the way I keep my mantis. I've only been doing it for a year or so, so I'm sure there's still a whole lot I don't know.

There might be a resource here already, but we need something easily available for how to deal with bad molts. People ask about it all the time, but I never had to personally deal with one, until this morning. One of my orchids chose a pretty poor spot to molt over the night, and I came down to...

When I first got into mantids as pets I didn't think very much about pinning them. Then, after they passed away I started looking into it and was kinda shocked that there were so many tutorials on pinning online, but almost nothing on pinning praying mantis. The biggest lesson I learned was that...

When I first got into the hobby I searched through YouTube to get an overview of the hobby, and the species available, and it didn't really exist. So I decided to make this. I know that the mantis hobby is still a bit underground, and there's a lot of benefits to keep it that way, but I just...

My ghosts had a good run the eight months I had them, and I want to try a more exotic species, but they all seem to desire a much higher temperature. I was looking at something like a tiffany desk lamp, or banker style lamp. Would those generate enough heat to keep them comfortable? What do you...

I was thinking I could buy a couple ooths from a local nursery and then put the nymphs in designed mason jars with different color lichen and cloth lids. I was also going to design and print some nice cardstock care sheets to give people. I live in Salt Lake City, and our farmers market is...

I haven't heard any mantid keepers talk about curling wing flies as a good feeder insect. I don't like the idea of having flying feeders, and I doubt my girlfriend would ever change her mind on the no bugs in the fridge position. Curly wing flies, as a flightless house fly, seems like a good...

In it the main guy Newt Scamander has a magical creature and friend that looks like a cross between a stick insect and a mantis made of a twig and topped with two small leaves called a Bowtruckle that hangs out on his shoulder or in his jacket pocket. I couldn't help but think that we were way...

They seem much smaller than my ghosts, which are sub adults and eating small crickets. I definitely preferred feeding them fruit flies because I didn't have to worry about feeding or injuries. Is the spiny flower mantis small enough to feed fruit flies (hydei then melonogaster) its entire life...

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I spent some time traveling and landed back in Utah last winter, and a few months later started renting a nice house with a yard right outside of downtown with my girlfriend. I've been swarmed by box elder bugs in a previous apartment, but the absolutely insane elm seed big epidemic is like...

I'm not sure how old my mantis are, but I'm assuming somewhere between L3 and L4, and I believe they're both male. I started with mal fruit flies, but they seemed a little small for them, so moved on to hyd fruit flies, but they haven't seemed to eat them either. I also offered the smallest...

I'm an enormous mantis fan, and wasn't sure if keeping a pet mantis was at all common. I'm super happy that I was able to see such an active community surrounding the hobby. My girlfriend and I are both allergic to most pets, and a mantis, including its size and care, would be perfect for us...