Recent content by Nerdomancer

Welcome

Definitely sounds illegal

Also... what's a lep?

Sorry to hear this, Agent A. I've been on this forum for just a couple weeks and you've already proven yourself so helpful and knowledgeable. I wish you the best on your ventures, but if life ever brings you back to our little praying invertebrates, we'll be here to welcome you back. Cheers

Welcome

By lots of air space, do you mean like put the lamp further from the enclosure?

Thanks for the response, agent A. Maybe I wasn't clear with the climate control question. I know I need to control the climate regardless of the mantis' size. My concern is that the relatively small size of the enclosure will pose a difficulty. It seems like everything I'm seeing as far as...

Oh also, do I need permits for these insects in the US, since they're not native? If so, how difficult is that to get?

Wow, thank guys. That really helps a lot. I'm pretty intimidated by climate control, especially with these fairly small species. I know that the encloser should be around 2x the mantid's length wide and 3x tall, but that makes for a pretty small encloser. How avoid overheating something so...

Hey yall, I'm Nerdomancer and I currently do not own any mantids. I kept a wild caught European mantis as a kid, but I'm not sure how great a keeper I was 🙃. I'm strongly considering getting my first(ish) mantis here, but I'm a little intimidated by all the info out there. I'm really hoping to...