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Ikr?! I was so surprised. I had come home from swim practice and was so shocked to see nymphs had hatched from her ootheca. I thought the tiredness must have gotten to my head.

I've had the female limbata that laid these ooths since she was a nymph, and I never once bred her. 

Some stamomantis limbata nymphs hatched from an unfertilized egg. They underwent parthenogenisis.

Wowo really cool enclosures you have! Welcome to the forum!

Hi! Welcome to the forum! I hope you enjoy your stay I agree, Orchid mantids are sooo beautiful

Looks exactly like my female. They look so amazing. Limbatas are very underrated. I have like 8 rn lol. 

Yeah ofc! Just give me credit. Glad you like it :)

You both will love it! Welcome!!

She could be on a vogue cover

Tbh I don't know. But I have two fertile ooths that itzjustjeff gave me. We'll see how that goes :)

One of my female ghost mantids recently laid an ooth. Look @itzjustjeff

Welcome to the forum! Enjoy your stay

Just a short clips of my mantis catching some fruit flies Not exactly a photo, Ik, I'm sorry :(, buuut i thought you guys might find it cool I added some ominous music too :)  enjoy

Hey @hysteresis, I live in Southern California. I recently got a slightly older version of the same species. I'll show pictures of both. Please find attached the pictures of my mantids. :) Thank you, -Avocatious

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I found it in my backyard. I was thinking it might be one of three species, stagmomantis limbata, stagmomantis carolina, or as @Little Mantis said, a hierodula membranacea. This little guy I found was missing a leg but he's doing great! I've seen a few mantids in my backyard before, some with...

Hello everyone, I recently got into the wonderful world of mantis keeping, and I am happy to have found an entire forum for this hobby. So amazing! I currently have one pet mantis, but I am not sure what species it is can anyone help me figure it out? Thank you Respectfully,  -Avocatious