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Last fall we caught an adult Chinese Mantis. She was a great little pet. We kept her fed with bugs for months until last week when she finally laid her final Ooth and died. what is the best way to get another mantis? I'm not sure I'm ready to get an entire ooth full. Could I buy a couple...

Well, I'm sad to report that she died Saturday, a few days after laying that egg sack. She used to spend all of her time suspended from the roof of the cage. A few days ago, she has stared perching in the branches, as it was too hard for her to get to the roof. She had been gradually loosing...

How long is my mantis likely to live after this egg laying? OK, so you think if I take a ziplock container, glue the ootheca to the inside of the lid, and keep it in the fridge all winter with a moist paper towel?

The ootheca is stuck to the lid of the container. I will probably remove it. I could either put it in a cup in our bathroom (so it gets more humidity from our shower) or outside in a bag. It's not likely that she laid any eggs outside the container, but its hypothetically possible she could...

Thanks for all of the info. I could put the eggs in a paper bag out in the snow, or in a cup in the house. Either is fine with me. Which has a higher success rate? Even if it has taken her this long to lay the egg sack, I don't think she is malnourished. We fed her lots of bugs a day at...

Thanks for the replies. Here is a picture that looks just like our mantis: What breed is it? Its not that parthenogenesis one... We definitely caught the mantis when she was full grown with wings. She has not molted in the last 3 months or anything. Even so, I don't know how likely it is...

Hi, I'm new to this whole mantis thing, and have really been enjoying it! 3 months ago(in September), we found a full grown female mantis (brownish with green stripes on her wings) on the door to an electronics store, far from any greenery. We got her a nice plastic bug cage with some sticks...