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I purchased 2 oothecas at a local nursery (Chinese mantids I think) and put them in deli cups. One hatched this morning and there are tons of nymphs. Not sure if I should just release most of them and keep a few. I'm not a breeder but have just recently purchased a few exotic nymphs. Thoughts?

I'm Lisa from Southern California and I've been keeping mantids for several years as pets (just wild ones I find in my garden). I have never raised them from nymphs and wanted to try the exotics so I recently purchased a dead leaf mantis, L2. He/she has molted once, so now it's L3, correct? I...