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I mean - I ordered a chinese ootheca ... unless the salesperson pulled a switcheroo, I think she's they are chinese. Well I wont hold it against her, being small. :)

Hi - this is my first time keeping mantids - I came home tonight and one of my chinese females had molted and now dramatically has wings. Was this the final molt? She's only around 3.5" - I thought she would get much bigger!

Forgive me for the newbie question but - i have 4 Chinese Mantids which I raised since hatching (their siblings are released, given away, or snacks) - I haven't decided whether or not I want to try to breed them, but first things first - how do I tell the males from the females? Thanks...

Thanks for the advice everyone - I've divided them into a couple different containers for now, but if they remain aggressive I will start releasing them. I know they'll do fine during the day, it's just that at night it can get down around 40 degrees. I'm not worried about them finding food...

Hi everybody! This is my first post. I recently thought it would be fun to order a chinese mantis ootheca and hatch it. The person who sold it to me told me that eventually the nymphs would start to eat each other, but not to worry because they are legal to release in the USA. Well, they...