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I got my mantis Tuesday and it ate tue/wed/thu AND this morning. Just tiny little crickets that came with it, waiting for my houseflies. Most of what I read suggested they would start declining food before they got ready to molt so this came as a surprise to me. Was over in just a few...

Yea, the mantis can't climb the plastic but all the holes I put in the lid are more than enough to grab on to, hanging from the top seems to be its new favorite location. Setting up some access for misting/feeding from one of the sides is looking like a good idea.

$6 at Walmart, it was in the glass container section which was surprisingly about 60% plastic stuff.

Kids need to be exposed to the cool insects, otherwise they grow up hating "gross bugs"!

I don't think it was on purpose, he grabbed the box with one hand and was checking the name/address when it fell. Mikey brought up ventilation and that had been on my mind, the humidity in the enclosure only dropped 3% over 48 hours which seems low to me (even though I have no baseline for the...

Actually that all there is for ventilation, about 18 holes on each of the 2 sides and 42+ on the lid. I wanted more on the sides but I found out my drill is rated for 2/16" bit as the low end and I have a 1/16". I wasn't sure how big the mantis was going to be when I got it and didn't want...

Yes, I imagine if I get more, each additional enclosure will be less decorated. My first tarantula setup had a fake cactus, a tipped over flower pot, some decorative rocks/bark accents, and a starter hole ready for a burrow. These days all he has is the flower pot, a water dish, and dirt =)

The digital thermometer is on an edge and the leaves/flowers wrap around the edge of the container, so there are several spots to hang from and a large clear opening in the center. Its about 4.5" of space in the middle and 3x the size of the mantid seemed to be a general rule? It's only about...

Finally got my Spiny Flower Mantis yesterday. I was waiting by the door and checking the mail every so often since tracking said it was on its way. Finding a slip saying I wasn't available was annoying, a knock or doorbell ring would have been fantastic, -1 postal service. He didn't get far so I...

I'm trying to decide how I want to setup a living area for a tiny flower mantis, since it will only get to be about 1.5" in size the container I'm looking at is about 4.5"x4.5"x9". Most of the fake flowers that I have seen are quite large or have large stems that wouldn't make them ideal as is...

Yep its a B. smithi. Breeding tarantulas and mantids seems pretty intense to me, I mean, thats A LOT OF babies. =) On the other hand I'm thinking it might not be very $$ efficient to maintain food to feed a single mantid if I'm dealing with house/BB fly cultures. I might have to house several!

I recently had a mature male tarantula pass (1 of 2 Ts) and while I was tempted to replace the open position with a known female that would last a number of years, I instead decided to go for something that has an even more limited lifespan. I've caught and released, without ever desiring to...