Recent content by 1stmantidman

I actually live in Salem, but i work in Lindon. And before that i worked in orem right off center street. I have actually seen a mantis in my neighborhood in salem. Now that ive caught this european at work, thats 3 spotted at my work total! Actually the first sighting was right at our warehouse...

Using your 2oz container method, i placed the ooth in such a container with 3 holes poked with a hot needle. As the hatching will not happen in diapause in the fridge, is it ok that i placed the ooth in the container free? I just placed it at the bottom not attached to any stick. Am i right to...

Some great stuff in those links, appreciate it.

Yea I apologize, this post was posted first before the new thread i made and i didnt try to edit/delete it. I got a little excited with the conversation leaning towards possible hatchlings anyway, figured i could try to get answers here while the thread was going that direction. Ive moved that...

Thanks. I will look over the reference material. I definitely should have done a forum search first with this topic, but every other time I've used the search feature for a particular piece of information, I have struck out 2/3 times. Probably because my searches were pretty specific. I figured...

Good idea!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. https://imgur.com/gallery/Zmk6g Caught an adult female mantis regiliosa and after a day in my care and 1 large grasshopper she laid an ooth at the top of her enclosure! In a couple of hours it will have been 2 days that the ooth has laid to dry. What do i...

Update: I have done some improving on her enclosure such as including more objects covered with moss, added artificial flowers, and plenty more substrate. Everything is softer and more compact, with less height if a fall were to occur. If she were to fall, it would be a couple inches at most...

She was pregnant! I fed said grasshopper and woke up this morning to find and ooth had been laid! How may I go about ensuring it hatches properly? This species ooths overwinter correct? Shall I try to remove the ooth and place it in the fridge until spring or should I arrange it to be hung from...

This is so interesting as she is the first mantis i've seen actually drink water bubbles with her mouth first, immediately as i misted. I have never once seen my Chinese drink with her mouth, ever. If anything she prefers drinking the water off of her raptors.  This is interesting also, she was...

Not needed  :D  (for now). A grasshopper was a bit too fast and healthy for her right now. I wanted to test her abilities by herself. Jumping legs still attached in all. The grasshopper was just too active to chase down, so I removed it and placed the largest cricket I keep out of my current 7...

Oh wow, this is the first I've heard of this. What a fascinating concept. It just seemed so drastic. Appearance wise she seemed to go from L3 to Adult in two molts.  I live in Utah currently, I guess if i got really lucky I could see if it's possible.  Ah forgive my ignorance! Another forum...

Awesome! do you think you could point me towards a care sheet? I could not seem to find one posted for this species in the forums.

Pics for helping identification http://imgur.com/gallery/9QijE Found a (presumably) wild mantis in Utah out in front of my work. The place is a new development. Many people have seen mantids here. Was searching for a male that was mentioned by somebody, hoping it was a chinese. But this ones...

Awesome she will lay ooths regardless so i might as well try to breed her. This is what i love about the hobby already, a lot of it is really convenient and easy to do especially when it comes to mantids! The only problem is all the misinformation out there on the internet, which has been my...