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<blockquote data-quote="The Mantis Menagerie" data-source="post: 329987" data-attributes="member: 10981"><p>Yes, I was told by the senior entomologist at APHIS that they are illegal. The reasoning behind it is that they are generalist predators, and if they were introduced, they could indirectly harm plants by eating insects that the plants have symbiotic ties with. No mantis seller in the US who sells to people without permits has the proper permits to do so. The permits require to distribute to non-permitted individuals, which are called commercial biological supply permits, are unobtainable. The permits to own exotic mantids require containment facilities. The rule is not enforced at all, but I follow it. I am hoping to get the permits and try to assemble experimental evidence that they should be deregulated. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Mantis Menagerie, post: 329987, member: 10981"] Yes, I was told by the senior entomologist at APHIS that they are illegal. The reasoning behind it is that they are generalist predators, and if they were introduced, they could indirectly harm plants by eating insects that the plants have symbiotic ties with. No mantis seller in the US who sells to people without permits has the proper permits to do so. The permits require to distribute to non-permitted individuals, which are called commercial biological supply permits, are unobtainable. The permits to own exotic mantids require containment facilities. The rule is not enforced at all, but I follow it. I am hoping to get the permits and try to assemble experimental evidence that they should be deregulated. [/QUOTE]
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