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Hi Sparky, Those pictures are close ups. They are still pretty big though, about 4 1/2 inches long.

Precious, Love the blue eyes on your little guy. Will they stay that color?

Thanks all for the great advice. I caught two house flies and put them in the cage. They were gone in a few hours. LOL I'll try not to be such a worry wort and overreact next time.

Here are rather crude pictures of our two little mantids - Manny and MeiMei. Two pics before their adult molt and one after. Aren't those cute little faces?

Hi, Our two Chinese mantids we have raised since hatching now have their wings (adult molt 2 weeks ago). We moved them to larger enclosures. MeiMei eats every cricket she can catch (half of the time she looks like she is about to pop). Manny on the other hand has not eaten any crickets in...

Here are green Manny and brown Mei Mei, the troop before we let all go but three and a black widow that was on our grill. Sorry the picture quality is so poor. Can you tell if they are the Chinese type and if they are adults now?

Hi, Glad to find this site, as I have lots of questions and have enjoyed reading the posts. I am Laura K. and my husband and I live in Southern California. We got two egg casings from the garden center almost 2 months ago with the intention to release the mantids when they hatched. Could be...

Hi, Our praying mantis may be dying. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as we have become very attached to him/her. Several months ago, we got an egg casing from our local garden center with the intent of letting them go in our yard once they hatched. Could be Chinese mantis but the...