Recent content by ashe

Okay great thanks, so you said they can tolerate 65, since it got down to 62 for a few hours should I be worried? 

Hello! I only have two different species of mantids right now, I have three ghosts and a jeweled flower mantis. I don't use any special heating for them, and the temperature in the room they are in is usually at the lowest 70 degrees. Unfortunately yesterday one of my housemates turned off the...

And you actually kept it and fed it?

also I’m curious, what kind of mantis was everyone’s first?

I was talking to someone who also is into mantises and it seems like a lot of the community got into mantises pretty young, and we were curious if that’s actually true or if everyone we know who keeps them just happens to be young.

Thank you everyone!

Thanks for the responses everyone!

I don’t mean they were with him, they were in their own deli cup haha. Thanks for the advice!

Hi! My name is Ash and I am 18, I recently got into mantises in the last few months and got my first mantis yesterday! I have quite a bit of experience in exotic animals, I worked at a wildlife museum from age 14-17.  Basically my job there was animal care for the toads, frogs, snakes, lizards...

Looks like a female to me too but I'm by no means an expert. 

Dang I'm crossing my fingers for you! Let us know how it turns out. What shipping service did you use/where did you buy from?

Hello!  I got my first mantis today, and he is a male Chinese mantis. He is about L4. I ordered from Mantiszoo, (they are super great, highly recommended) and they sent me some free waxworms with him in a little deli cup. I had emailed them some care questions and they said he was eating blue...