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What kind of mantid species do you have? I think I have the Chinese Mantid (Tenodera aridifolia). What species of mantids live here in Virginia?

Today I noticed that there were more eggs hatching from the ooth! A total of 61 nymphs hatched so far. It looks like they are all done hatching right now.

In Northern VA near DC.

Hello, I am in Virginia. A few months ago, in October, I found an adult chinese mantid and brough it inside and fed it for a few days. I let it walk around one of the house plants then suddenly it started laying eggs right on the plant. Now, in January I noticed a few nymphs hanging around the...

Yeah and I'm glad they finally started eating something.

In the USA is it legal to get mantids from other countries or not? Are'nt there are already orchid mantids and african mantids (and many other non-native species) in the USA being kept as pets? Would it disrupt the environment if they got loose into certain areas and started competing with other...

Do mantids eat mostly during the day or night? Or both? Can they just as easily catch prey in the dark as in the light? How good is their sense of sight? What can they sense with their antennae? Is is for smell? Or do they use them to sense movement of other things around them?

I managed to get some wingless fruit flies for the nymphs. I saw a few of them catching and eating the fruit flies.

Well I have had the egg case inside my house since they were first laid. Today I found about 10 baby mantids on the plant with the egg case. The egg case looks just like it originally did, except now it has 2 very fine threads with about 4 small things that look like they were individual egg...

The species I have is the Chinese Mantid -"aridifolia sinensis".

What is the coldest temperatures that adult mantids can tolerate?

I have this case of mantis eggs, and I noticed today that there were about 10 baby mantids that looked like they just emerged. How many eggs are in a mantis egg case? Do all of the eggs usually hatch at the same time?

A few days ago we had some nice weather in the 60's. During this time, I saw plenty of fruit flies in the compost pile. Now, it got to the 20-30 degree range and there are no more fruit flies. Does freezing weather kill all fruit fly eggs and larvae? If not, can I just scoop up a bit of that...