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My chinese does have the vein-ish appearence on the wing buds.

I had just watched this video on Youtube by nowicki418, which shows an L6 chinese mantis molting to an L7. The thing is that my supposedly L6 chinese mantis doesn't quite have the same wing-buds as the before-molting photo mentioned in the video.. Could it be that my mantis is only an L5, or...

THE AMBUSH BUG! I had seen several of these guys in a meadow, which led to a false alarm of "finding a mantis". I have seen their raptoral claws, so how similar are they to the mantis?

What a handsome fellow!

Are any of those chinese mantids in your backyard male? Like I said, I will pay!

Does ANYBODY have any male adult or sub-adult chinese mantises for sale? Please indicate the price. Since I am new to this, I don't know what PM is. Also, if you are breeding your mantids together, I will buy the male after the mating attempt. Sincerely, Keegan

I don't have a heat lamp.

Okay. My T. Sinensis was out on my finger and had the usual light brown color. I noticed that she looked hungry, so I got out a cricket. Then, I put her in a smaller enclosure with the cricket, but when the cricket was just out of strike range, I noticed that her color had changed to a more...

Hi, I am in search of an adult chinese mantis male for my subadult female, who should molt into adulthood on November 2nd. I would like it to be shipped in near mid-November, when my female is "ready". My hope is something about $20.00 or less, and being shipped in from within the U.S...

Manny from Bug's Life.

Go BILLS & STEELERS!

I know how mantises sway from side to side so that they can triangulate the precise distance from their prey, since I had seen Artemis do it many times before. However, how come ghosts' "dancing" is so rapid? Are they triangulating? Do they have a different sense of perception than t. sinensis?

Hi, I have seen a couple of threads saying that the captive raised mantis will be smaller than the wild caught mantis. With that, I can eliminate there being a 4 1/2 inch long mantis living in my terrarium. However, will she even reach 4 inches, or will she only be 3 inches? Keegan

Hi, I have been looking in on getting a creobroter pictipennis or creobroter gemmatus once Artemis dies, but I have two questions regarding the two species of creos: 1. Is there a size difference? 2. How many molts do they take? Any answers are appreciated! Keegan

Thanks for your replies! I looked into all three mantis species and I chose ghosts which seem to be quite interesting so they could be something to show off to my friends. Also, with the container I already have, there shouldn't be too much trouble to keeping it. Also, I could divide the...

Hello, While Artemis' life isn't even half over, I am curious whether there is anyone who has a male mantis who will be ready to mate by about Thanksgiving. I could ask about pricing, but Thanksgiving is so far out there that I don't want to worry about pricing. Also, after I (hopefully) raise...

Hello, I would like to ask for a bunch of photos of your chinese mantises (if there are any people raising them out there). Google has a bunch of low quality pictures, so I thought that this would be the best place to ask for decent photos. I just like to look at chinese mantis pictures...

I have two decent enclosures which I might be able to move my mantis to when molting time comes around. The first is a screen enclosure, and the second is a kritter keeper. My mantis is L6 now but which enclosure should I use! Screen enclosure: 1 foot by 6 inches Ups: Plenty of handholds, less...

In the end, she only ate the abdomen, but she had her fill, and the grasshopper was dropped to the ground.