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that's my point.

My topic post was purely hypothetical. You're saying in nature there has never been one species of mantis that has successfully bred with another?

I'm not looking to make any ungodly island-of-dr.-monroe creatures, BUT PURELY OUT OF CURIOSITY, is it possible to breed different (or similar) species of mantids? For instance, say, a deroplatys lobata, with a truncata? I've read up a little bit on it (not sure if it was a thread here, or...

She's definitely a female judging from the picture mantid mike posted.

I got a lot of 'em where i live, i'm down to trade, or just give em to you. How can I be sure if the female's "calling" and if she's even an adult? Her wings seem to be full size, but she still seems kind of small.

I've managed to catch a wild male & female pair of stagmomantis californica, and I was wondering if there were any special techniques I could use to breed the two. There are a couple different techniques i've seen for breeding captive pairs (feeding the female ahead of time, and positioning...

Alright, as long as he doesn't starve i guess. Ya, i let my female hunt on my tub of crickets, she'll eat 2 at a time. My males startin' to look like an olsen twin though.

My male Lobata hasn't been eating. He molted to an adult a week or two ago, and has been very skittish since. I've tried a variety of food, he's well watered, and isn't too sluggish. He is getting skinny though, and i'm not sure when the last time he ate was. I realize they can go up to two...

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Thanks!

yeah, i've been looking into the NARBC show coming up, but i'm not sure if they'll have much available, i haven't seen the vendors list yet. There's also Repticon in December.

Anyone going this year? What other invertebrate expos are coming up In So Cal? http://www.csupomona.edu/~farmstore/pumpkin-festival.shtml

Nice to meet you. I have a couple dead leafs, ghosts, and a giant rainforest. I'm looking to meet people in my area and on here to get some solid opinions on Mantids. Check out my band if you like metal. http://thearmiger.bandcamp.com/