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Thank you both, thats perfect I prefer murderous little beasties to skittish shy feeders.

As I've mentioned in my introduction thread I have my first few mantis' arriving this week. They are all L4 -L5, the rhombodera and heirodula I'm sure will be eating bluebottles and bigger. But I wanted to check what the miomantis should be having, I was thinking maybe small crickets or could...

Well I personally like the more robust species so I went for rhombodera extensicollis, sphodromantis "blue flash" and because I have some little tubs that will be perfect for smaller animals, miomantis paykullii. Hopefully I will be able to get a decent picture or two.

Thank you, I had a look and have placed an order. So just got to finish off organising their homes.

Thank you for the warm welcome, this forum is much more bustling than I thought it would be. Definitely a good thing.  Well my next step is attempting to source a couple of animals.  I'm in the uk, cambridgeshire specifically, any good advice about best places to obtain some mantis?

Hi I'm Dan, I've looked after many different pets since I was little but mantids are a bit new to me. The only I've personally had was several years ago, a rehomed adult male chinese mantis so he didn't have that long left (didn't really know how old he was).  Anyway I've always wanted to try...