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Thank you!!  I will read that. I am beginning to wonder if I shouldn't create a trap of some sort. Doing this on a tight budget has helped me get creative in how I can feed her without having to but a culture, etc. I'll read that post you linked, and thank you for the information about the...

That information is super helpful!!!  Thank you so much!!  I'm excited to know that I can bring her in from time to time. I wish I had something that I could conveniently take her places with me in. I'll have to think that through. How about heat?  Do they handle outside temps well if not in the...

thank you!  One more question.  If the temperature of the inside of wherever we'll be (even if it's for just a day trip somewhere, etc) is kept below 80 degrees, will that be harmful to the mantis?  I guess I'm just thinking about if I take it to a classroom and it's chilly in there, etc., how...

We're going out of town for a few days and I'll have only been a mantis owner for a little over a week.  I'm a little nervous to leave her home by herself. ;)   I'm guessing since we'll only be gone for three days that the best thing to do would be to feed her before we go and just leave her...

I've been catching food for my Carolina mantis that we've had for under a week. It's mostly been moths, though I did get her a small fruitfly the other day.  I tried to feed her a fly the other day but I think it was too powerful for her yet.  Anyway, is a diet of moths okay for her for now...

I've got a Carolina mantis.  I've got her in a cup that has ventilation on both sides as well as the top.  She's currently living on my screened-in porch because she's used to this weather, and that seemed to make the most sense to me. :) I'm wondering about humidity levels for her.  She's...

Thank you!  A year ago I started to gain interest in bugs - mainly for my kids' sake.  It's quickly turned into my own hobby that I am hoping will be passed on to my children.  So far, so good.  Sometimes they look at me like I'm crazy, but most of the time they see the value in the things I...

Thank you!  Mine is Day-na.  lol  

Thank you!  Do their segments reveal how many molts they've been through?  Like five segments, five molts? Or anything close to that?  I'm just trying to understand if there's a way to look and say, hey, that's definitely an adolescent and one molt away from adult, or anything like that. Mainly...

We are raising up either a stagmomantis carolina or possibly a tenodera sinensis.  I'd love to get your thoughts as to what it is.  I live in South Carolina, and honestly I'm hopeful that it is, in fact, a Carolina mantis.  My questions are as follows (for now...): - Is there a way to...

Hi!  I'm so glad I found this forum.  It's already been a huge help.  I just got my first mantis ever yesterday from a friend's yard.  I've been searching for one for weeks, and thankfully she found one and let me have him/her.  I'm a homeschooling mom, and this experience is meant to be part of...