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Please contact me if you have any Stagmomantis carolina ootheca(e) for sale.  I'm located in Vancouver, WA. USA

I've read some opinions regarding this topic but I haven't seen any definitive data that demonstrates negative effects of inbreeding.  ^ or this :)

Awesome! I really dig your style. 

I've found lots of inspiration from this dude and I wanted to share it with you guys. John Muir Laws is an illustrator with wonderfully descriptive videos in regards to drawing not only insects but birds, plants, fungi, etc. I'm currently working on his "Homework" assignment in which you draw at...

Doing some google image searching I found this wonderful pinned specimen accompanying other more detailed sections with their names. https://www.tes.com/lessons/N4l6OHq1_KdSDQ/mantis-2-anatomy Sharing is caring :)

Chinese ootheca hatch tons of nymphs. So knowing that you'll want to make sure whatever enclosure you use will house them comfortably (enough room to harden their exoskeleton) I hatched my Chinese mantis in a 32oz cup and after the 1st day I separated them into their own containers. I could hear...

Yen_saw: these drawings are very helpful. Thank you!

I have an L2 Chinese that just molted a couple days ago. 3 rear legs as well. I've looked around a bit and it seems like as long as they're eating and can hang from the top of the enclosure, it has a chance to regrow that limb in a future molt and it has a decent likelihood of having successful...

Yesterday I woke up to a freshly hatched Chinese ooth. Before that hatched i've been collecting and learning a lot about fruit flies. I found this cool video that shows each developmental stage. I figured I'd share. :)

http://bugguide.net/node/view/149885 "Range Texas to southern California, north into Colorado and Utah, south into Mexico." It seems like they prefer a dryer climate. If you live in Eastern Oregon you might be able to spot a Litaneutria minor (Ground Mantis) But even this species seems to...

I've been gathering materials and lots of stuff from the dollar store. 32oz containers, modified the lids and used a girls tutu as very thin meshing. There is a local pet store that sells fruit flies and I'll probably get them soon so they hatch enough to feed my hungry nymphs. It is a lot of...

Welcome! Your art is awesome.

I think the problem with spotting few of them on walks has more do to with pesticides and cutting back wild growth. I don't know if we could say for sure that the problem is they are unable to sustain themselves because of the region alone. I plan to check out some field areas around my house to...

All of the stores I've been to have only sold T. sinensis. I think starting a new thread to establish what is and isn't native depending upon regions is an excellent idea. Thank you both for your reply. This is really what got me started thinking about native species. I'd like to raise some in...

Thank you for the information and resources. Thank you for the advice.

Thanks for the information. I've lived in this area for about 10 years and I think I may have seen 3 or 4 mantis. But I haven't intentionally gone out in search of them. I tried a couple days ago to collect ooths in the wild but I think the part I chose sprays and cuts back too often to allow...

Thank you. You'll have to go visit em'. It seems like quite a few people here are soggy pacific northwesterners. :-)

Hey! I used to have a couple friends in that area. ?

Sweet! I'll check these out as well. Where in Oregon were you collecting? Thank you for your reply.