Recent content by Merkava128

I found a really fat female chinese mantis this friday and brought it into the house to keep it, putting it on an artificial tree in the corner. I didn't feed it on friday, but I watered it, and saturday night, I gave it a grasshopper, but it only ate the head and part of the torso. This...

I've kept Chinese mantids a few times over the past years and enjoyed it, but I usually end up letting them go after a few days. My question is, how long could one of these mantids potentially live in captivity if properly cared for? Also, I am very interested in a particular shielded mantis I...