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Maybe so... but she would ignore other objects on the table, walking past them to get to the camera. And it was definitely not the largest object on the table. We had a European mantis in our office last year that hung out on a divider between two of our desks. My partner was walking back...

I always found it interesting that whenever I tried to take pictures of my mantids, they would always try to grab the camera, or touch the lens. They seemed to be fascinated by personal electronics. I demonstrated this for my wife with one of my Chinese mantids. I put the mantid on my coffee...

Don't know about Gatorade or PediaLite, but I had a mantis that wasn't eating so I gave her chicken broth. She seemed to like it, never turned it down.

The mantis I currently have is a very wounded animal. Due to a bad molt, she has lost the use of both raptor arms (one was broken so she chewed it off at the first joint, and the other is frozen in an outstretched shape). She also lost one of her back legs. She has learned to eat mealworms...

I've also noticed my Chinese mantids waving their arms and turning to follow my movements as I walk past their enclosures. But, I've had them do a couple of other things that definitely suggest recognition to me. 1) If they were outside of their enclosures and I ignored their gestures, they...

Hey Everyone! My name is Marc and along with my wife PJ, we are a couple of fellow "mantiholics". I first got into mantises when I was about 12 years old (I'm 41 now). My little sister and I caught one in the yard and brought it into the house to play with it. We were mesmerized by how it...

Interesting about the dehydration theory. However, they all get misted regularly and Alex is the only one of the mantises who does this. Incidentally, if I try to move him off my finger when he's acting this way, he really digs in with his raptors. It is impossible to move him when he's...

My wife and I have gotten into keeping mantises as pets and really love them. Our current "stable" consists of a very large Chinese female, a European female and male, and a Carolina female. All of them exhibit interesting behavior and we were wondering what sorts of behaviors your mantises...