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That really suck! I didnt really know birds went after ooths! What kind of bird was it? I think it's best to keep them indoors I guess in a controlled environment...

That sounds fine.... Just remember to seperate them after the second molt or so, or they may start eating each other :(

Should I leave them in there together, or wait until they are attached?

I have three I am waiting on to hatch too!

That is just the way they are built, its not due to lack of food... But YEAH of course I hope he doesnt get eaten while mating!@

Okay I will wait the week... She is always well fed because I give her those waxworm moths she never finishes.... But for sure... I know of the dangers!

Yea! So now I can mate the two!!!

I know the pictures are a little blurry, and you can't see the wings, but they stretch the length of his body.. I have not seen them spread or being used, but I am thinking they only get the wings on the last molt, right?

Yeah. I remember him saying that cause I went to go look for wing buds right after, and didnt see anything that remotely resembled that... So I figured it was a girl... The only reason I knew it was a boy this time was because of the little wing buds! Now I know what they look like! She is full...

Yeah but he only has wing "buds" and not full wings, so I think he is not fully grown... He seems maybe two molts away.

Do I need to wait until he is full grown to mate them?

Well I looked it up and they are parthogenetic.... so the ooth might hatch... But amazingly today while gardening I found a male grass mantid.... I saw the antennae and the wing buds just as mentioned before.... Is there still a chance for her to mate with him.? It looks like he needs a couple...

She was captured from my backyard and I've been taking care of her for a few months... I only ever saw 2 molts.... and I saw a tiny oothlike thing, and looked online, and sure enough their ooth are tiny like! Do you think there's a chance it's fertile?

That's hilarious... This guy must have been new to the world to give frass a chance! hahha It was obviously nothing he wanted upon tasting!!

No I had no idea! In fact I had no idea what this was until I started investigating what these strange fruits on my live oak tree could be.... I kept a couple that fell to the ground, and am waiting to see if they emerge... It so strange and fascinating!

I actually got him to eat a hydei fly, and a tiny baby mealworm... But it was hilarious like he was saying "NASTY!"

I wish I had pictures of this, but last summer my husband and I were sitting under a live oak tree in our backyard at the table outdoors, and there was a little grass mantid walking along the table looking for something to eat. He picked up a piece of catepillar frass on the table to give it a...

HaHa he ate the head and dropped the rest of it..

I will keep putting hydei flies... but I had a feeling he would like that moth!