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Yes. I was able to feed crickets and roaches to Pseudocreobotra which don't take crawling foods very well since they sit and wait for prey to come to them usually. Adult female Ghost mantises readily take crickets and roaches also, although nymphs seem to not take crawling foods as well.

Yes, that is right. And I thought this had to be another species of Brunneria when I first ran across this video yesterday. But I saw that it is listed as Brunneria borealis on the video's title: Would there be possibly any other Brunneria species in the US that this could be misidentified with?

Indonesian male on average 5-6mm smaller than Malaysian male: The right one is from Malaysia:

I found a few photos of European mantises in or near the mountains of North Carolina and even South Carolina on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15595670 Interestingly there are European mantises out in the Southwest and southern part of Texas. I wonder if those are a...

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10848899

I have read from what Endorlado on facebook wrote that the mainland strain of Orchid mantises are larger than the island strains:

I just ran across a video of Brunneria borealis mating. Males are not supposed to exist in this species:

If you have just a few mantises you could get by without buying feeders by feeding them insects you catch outside. Fireflies are poisonous I have read so I would avoid those. You can catch moths at a porch light during the night to feed the mantis.

I just recently got some Damon medius whipsiders and Orchid mantises from cometmoth. The tailless whipspiders are interesting looking. They will get very large. Here is a video of me opening the package:

Super glue is good for quickly sealing tarantula injuries. So super glue may work for mantids too.

Okay. I used to raise what they called "Tenodera aridifolia" in South Korea when growing up, so I was curious whether those in South Korea were the same species as the "Tenodera sinensis" or "Tenodera aridifolia sinensis" here in the US where I am now. Here on Mantodeaspeciesfile...

Is the Japanese Tenodera aridifolia the same species as Tenodera sinensis in the US?

Aaron Pauling will have a lot of Red runners available this summer probably. Red runners will live a long time and will breed without much maintenance. https://www.aaronpauling.com/collections/non-climbing-roaches/products/1000-large-rusty-reds

Congratulations on the new job!

Hello. I have Ghost mantis L2-L4 nymphs available. They are $4 each if you buy 10 or more, or $3.50 each if you buy 20 or more. Sold Out (I should have more after some months when the sub-adult Ghost mantises that I have now produce ooths.) I can guarantee live arrival with 2-3 day Priority...

Some species of mantises are easier to hand feed than others. The more aggressive African mantises are easier to hand feed. Watch your fingers incase they try to grab and chew on your fingers!

European mantises are invasive in parts of Canada. Maybe you can try raising those in the harsh winter climate of Canada where you are?

Wax moths. You can culture wax moths with oats mixed with honey.