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Hahaha! Angelofdeathzz, you crack me up. Thanks Lunarstorm.

I was too scared to handle my first mantis but the next mantis I get I would like to be able to handle when I need to clean the tank. What is the proper method for handling mantids and coaxing them onto your hand?

So recently my new hobby has been building vivariums for all of my reptiles and my friend's reptiles. I would really like to create a vivarium for an orchid mantis with a single orchid growing in the center. The smallest enclosure I have found has been the Exo-Terra Metal Screen Terrarium 18" L...

After watching my mantid last night I noticed that he is missing a claw. The care sheet says to measure there claws to tell what size pray to feed. Will him missing a claw inhibit his eating habits at all?

hahaha, I actually did mean IN the fridge. then my fiancee yelled at me for trying to grow fruit flies in the fridge. Well I got in trouble for trying to grow them in the house period lol. so right now I have a container sitting on my deck. I don't know a whole lot about insects and even less...

I went back to the same field that I caught my mantis and caught some tiny moths. Which will work for now. I'll go ahead and start cultivating some fruit flys in my fridge. I wont be able to do the yeast thing since I'm actually allergic to yeast, so will just putting some rotting fruit in the...

My bug net swished threw the air. Yes! I had caught that little grasshopper! As I looked closer at the net I saw it. A small brown mantid only about 2 cm long! I was so tickled! I plopped the net into my bug keeper and closed it quickly. I could see the grass hopper bouncing frantically about...

Instead of buy flightless fruit flys can I find some wild food outside for my mantis? What kind of insects should I feed and where can I find them? Thanks for your help guys! Much love! skiblits

Hello everyone! I'm super new to the bug hobby. Planning on bringing home a mantis at some point after I set up a place for it. Not really sure what I'm doing yet and just looking to read other posts and learn as much as I can. ^_^ Skibs