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If you could pick two favorite Mantis?
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<blockquote data-quote="warpdrive" data-source="post: 156512" data-attributes="member: 4491"><p>if I had to name just two it would be Ghosts and Orchids.</p><p></p><p>my ghosts have been a great starter mantid for me to learn with. sadly, my females have been so nice, but my first adult male hates them and killed off my first two adult females.</p><p></p><p>waiting for my last male and female to reach adulthood.</p><p></p><p>with that said, I just love them. plenty of colors and loads of fun to have make them my top favorite.</p><p></p><p>now who doesn't love Orchids. sadly I still think that I have all females. lets hope that I'm wrong.</p><p></p><p>they are all great eaters. they have been eatting houseflys since L2 and once they hit L4 I'll bet that they will tackle bluebottles.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to add a 3rd because I can't stop at just two.</p><p></p><p>D. Lobata are my true number two favorite as they are just a pleasure to have. sure, mine are defective in that they never play dead...lol</p><p></p><p>but who cares. they eat anything. have not gone crazy and eatten each other like I've been warned about. (I keep 10 of them in a 12" net cage.) they don't seem to like hights as much as others. in fact I had one molt to L4 or L5 last night and it's head was too close to the bottom, regardless that he had plenty of places to molt above the bottom 3rd of the cage.</p><p></p><p>yes, I know that I'm going to pull the last of my hair out once I start to try breeding them, but they are fun for now. you would not think that a mix of L3-L5 would get along so well right now, but they do...yet BB flys have plenty to fear from them.</p><p></p><p>Harry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="warpdrive, post: 156512, member: 4491"] if I had to name just two it would be Ghosts and Orchids. my ghosts have been a great starter mantid for me to learn with. sadly, my females have been so nice, but my first adult male hates them and killed off my first two adult females. waiting for my last male and female to reach adulthood. with that said, I just love them. plenty of colors and loads of fun to have make them my top favorite. now who doesn't love Orchids. sadly I still think that I have all females. lets hope that I'm wrong. they are all great eaters. they have been eatting houseflys since L2 and once they hit L4 I'll bet that they will tackle bluebottles. I'm going to add a 3rd because I can't stop at just two. D. Lobata are my true number two favorite as they are just a pleasure to have. sure, mine are defective in that they never play dead...lol but who cares. they eat anything. have not gone crazy and eatten each other like I've been warned about. (I keep 10 of them in a 12" net cage.) they don't seem to like hights as much as others. in fact I had one molt to L4 or L5 last night and it's head was too close to the bottom, regardless that he had plenty of places to molt above the bottom 3rd of the cage. yes, I know that I'm going to pull the last of my hair out once I start to try breeding them, but they are fun for now. you would not think that a mix of L3-L5 would get along so well right now, but they do...yet BB flys have plenty to fear from them. Harry [/QUOTE]
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