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I'm so sorry! Rest in peace Mocha.

And of course Macchiato sounds like he has quite the personality! 

Aww Cortado the boxer is so adorable! And Mocha is so pretty!

Aww what a cute picture love it!

Next generation of Grizzled mantises is here!  This is Asoka and her offspring! Man baby Grizzled mantises are so hard to get pictures of! And some nice macros of one of my Adult female Ghost mantis named Pixi.

My last original female Ghost mantis Cerida sadly has passed. Makes me sad now all of my original ghosts are gone. She lived 17 months long! That's a whole year and 5 months!  Rip Cerida!

That's so cool! I bet they are nearly impossible to find!

Oh wow that's so cool! Good luck! They are wild in Florida? I can't see the mantis in the second picture it sure has good camouflage!

Sounds exciting.

Depending on what mantis you get, roaches are a really good alternative to crickets. They do not smell, are easy to breed, and are much healthier. I recommend the Red runner roach, also known as the Turkestan roach S. lateralis. Red runner roaches are very similar in size to crickets and do not...

So pretty! You got some beautiful mantises there! 😍

Ghost mantises for sale! Nymphs L4 to L6 available. Nymphs are $10 each. Get 5 nymphs for $45! PM if interested! Shipping from Maryland. USA only. (Sorry no shipments to Florida). Fresh adult Ghosts available soon!

Mesh net cages with fine netting are good for fruit flies as long as they are small enough holes. Also you can put a thin mesh netting or paper towel over the top of the mantis enclosure to keep in the flies which is what I do for fruit flies. Another good enclosure that is fruit fly proof is...

Has she started laying an ootheca? If she is ready to she should start soon. It's very possible she is about to lay one. Usually you can tell if they are rather plump. When a female mantis lays an ootheca she will wiggle her abdomen slightly and use the two cerci on her abdomen to form the foam...

 I find grain mites a very annoying battle as well. They never seem to go away completely and pop up out of no where! One way is to put the fly containers on anti mite paper. Just be sure not to get the anti mite paper, which is poison, into contact with the flies or mantises. The best way is...

I would say perhaps the grass mantis Thesprotia graminis. They have extremely thin legs similar to what you described. And are small too. Look up pictures of them and see if it looks like what you saw. They do live in your state.

Oh yes my ghosts eat! I feed them roaches and bottle flies and they love them.

Oh wow that's crazy they hatched on the same day! What a coincidence! Maybe my two females are just over achievers haha!

When did your mantises hatch? This particular batch hatched on April 30. I still have egg cases that are yet to hatch...

The first Ghost nymphs have reached adulthood! Callalily is a pretty pale green color with tan/gold wings. And Marigold is aptly named because she is practically golden. She molted to L7 the other day.  Marigold was not thrilled I was disturbing her to get pictures. And far too many more Ghost...