Sweet!Yeah I "fell off the wagon" lol.
I was told my package has 4 L2 Ghosts (Phyllocrania paradoxa), 3 L2 African twig mantids (Popa spurca), and 3 L1 Madagascan Marbled mantids (Polyspilota aeruginosa). The tracking number says it is out for delivery so it should be here in a few hours or less.
I don't know if they are aeruginosa marbled or griffinii – Griffin MantisYeah I "fell off the wagon" lol.
I was told my package has 4 L2 Ghosts (Phyllocrania paradoxa), 3 L2 African twig mantids (Popa spurca), and 3 L1 Madagascan Marbled mantids (Polyspilota aeruginosa). The tracking number says it is out for delivery so it should be here in a few hours or less.
Not a problem, they'll show themselves after a few molts.
I'll post some pictures after they rest up from their traveling.
Hah wow thats awesome!!I just caught a wild Carolina mantid (Stagmomantis carolina) at 8:15 (less than a hour ago), and my first I caught wild since Susanna.She is an adult female and is somewhere between 1 3/4" to 2" long, and is really friendly.
I was collecting leaves on a ladder in the oak tree in backyard, about 12 feet up. After I removed a few leaves and put them into the bucket, she was on a nearby branch looking at me and doing a wave with your forearms as I came close. I went inside to get my net to ensure she didn't fall - but didn't need it. She climbed on and was ready to go.
In case anyone is wondering about the leaves, I got a bucket full to put in my food dehydrator for leaf litter for my new millipede. Fresh litter, and there was none to be found in my backyard amazingly.
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Thanks, I'm really excited lol. It was the first time in years I have been on a ladder and I found a mantid while on it, sweetAww!.. You found your new Carolina mantis?! Nice man, and she's beautiful. Maybe you'll find yourself a male?
Thanks, it was a great day.
I know if it was someone else in my family they wouldn't have seen the mantid, but to me it would have been like trying to overlook a flashing neon sign
I did find a male today!Aww!.. You found your new Carolina mantis?! Nice man, and she's beautiful. Maybe you'll find yourself a male?
As of now he is happily eating a GB fly in his habitat. The blue tarp in the photo is part of a large dog pen (keeps the area of the house sun and rain free).
On a positive note I already moved Ecru into his habitat - odd I found my male Carolina the same day it happened.Thats great!! ya gonna breed em??I did find a male today!
So far I have four wild Carolina's I caught now lately. One adult female (Apogee above), my new adult male Ecru, one female that looks to be sub-adult and ready to molt soon, and another female that is likely L4 (tiny thing must be from the June hatch I saw, so I did get one after all).
I had my camera with me as I was getting photos of the Milkweed bugs I was collecting, so here is a shot of Ecru before I captured him
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Aw RIP Bandit!! i had a tenodera die still holdin on once. I thought he was just being lazy til i went to feed him and realized he was deceased.I should also add my one armed Ghost, Bandit, died earlier today.
I found him hanging from his screen mesh still, but dead, while I was feeding all my mantids. His hind walking legs were not gripping right so I investigated and discovered he was dead. Strange he died still holding on to his mesh lid, never seen that before. I put him in the freezer to ensure he goes painlessly, if he had any life left (he didn't move any as I put him into a small container for the freezer). He aged 6 months and 18 days (199 days) in my care since I got him as a L2.
A bummer for sure, he was a friend.
Indeed I am
He has one girl ready and another that may be soon enough too. The way it's been going lately though I may find him some more girls 
