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Ah, thanks for the offer but no thanks. I've already decided on a corn snake, got all the stuff already.

If I get another one next year, I'll come back. It would be cool to have a tiny baby one and raise it.

Well, my mantids both grew up, and I know they die in the winter, so I released them. I didn't want to see them die. I put one on our big flowering asparagus plant, and one on a tall bush. I came back a few hours later and they were still there, but now they're gone. I guess I'm not going to be...

It might just be molting, but if it dies you can look for another one :)

But someone told me that mantids are really gentle. I tried holding mine today but she just ran all over me like crazy.

Yeah I know. Idolomantis, why is that mantis in that picture holding it's wings out all over?

Also, their bodies turned a gray color, and the one that shedded yesterday is refusing to eat.

The other one just shedded yesterday, and now it has wings too. They've changed color a bit, from green to more of a yellowish color. They both have a brown stripe down the edge of their wings. Is that normal?

I checked on one of my mantids today, and it has wings. It's alot bigger now too. So does this mean it's an adult? I think it's a female, and I would like to be able to get baby mantids. For some reason, the other one hasn't shed it's skin since I found it, even though I found them both on the...

For some reason, I keep hearing a little click or crunch sound from my mantid tank, and I look at them and one of them is laying on the ground. They keep falling off of the screen top or the sides. Is this some kind of sign, like they're weak and need to eat more? I feed them a cricket or moth...

I don't think it has wings yet.

Oops, I misted it some. Yeah, it's standing on the screen cieling with the dried brown skin hanging from the tip of the abdomen. It's still like that. I know it's alive because it's abdomen is moving up and down.

I just went away for about an hour or two and came back and the skin is in the same place. It's almost all the way off, it's just at the end of the abdomen. Is there any way I could help it? Like misting it or gently pulling it off?

I looked at the smaller mantid this morning and it's shedding it's skin right now. That must have been the reason it wasn't eating, right? It's almost done now and it's much bigger than it was before. Should I feed it something when it's done or does its skin need to harden?

That would be scary. The big one ate two moths out of my hand today and happily ate them all, but the smaller one won't take any food and runs away from it. Is something wrong with it? And the one in that picture I recently posted, is that a female? That's the one that isn't eating. And do...

If they make oothecas and they hatch, would the baby's attack/eat eachother? Or would they know that they were family and get along?

I put a fly in with the new one yesterday and today I can't find it. There are a few little blackish brown things on the bottom of the container. How do I know if the mantid ate the fly or just tore it up?

Oh and will they make oothecas, or do I have to catch a male? I can't put the picture up for some reason so I'll try a link one of these links should work http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk154/m...enMantis007.jpg

I found two just today. They have good camoflouge but I figured out that if you stand still and look for their colers then you find them easy.

This other one is smaller and a bit brighter green. I'm almost positive that it's the same species. I think it's female too. Also, can a coffee filter let enough air through for it to breathe?