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interesting animal. Too bad they are a pest.

Congrats! Please breed these :) .

I will be posting a thread soon on breeding wax moths ;) . I am also trying to do the same thing.

Than you guys :)

Interesting :)

Sounds like you have an awesome project ahead of you.

Beautiful!

I would place it somewhere more "concealed/sheltered". There are many animals (such as birds and squirrels) that would eat oothecae as a nice source of protein.

great stuff

03/29/2013 Good news! Still have a few more parings to get through but the boy is already doing a great job after just a few days.

Oh gosh.... Haha

Lookin' juicy ;)

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Haha thanks man :) .

Another update March 27th: I placed another female into the "male enclosure" (a large planted terrarium full of cohabiting males). I will introduce one well fed female into this enclosure each night and just cycle all of them to increase fertility. Oldest male already showing interest...

Nice! :)

A mantis would never ever....ever consume milk in the wild. It's your mantis and you are entitled to do as you wish with it, however are you sure you want to try that? Maybe wait to hear what a few others would recommend before feeding it milk. There are enough humans in the world that can't...

Wow! I'm really not one to pick sides, however seeing that Albert is one of my best friends, and that I feel like he is continuously being judged, I feel the need to say something here. We all have our own ways/methods of keeping our mantids. I agree with what bug trader said but I don't think...

So for the last months, a few of us Canadians have been worried we are going to loose our cultures of Popa spurca. I'll leave everyone anonymous but there are a few who had unlucky incidents keeping these guys going, including myself! Many of my males would mysteriously die as presubs, never...

This can happen, don't worry. Alot of mine also hangout on the ground. It's crazy how small these guys are haha xD! Just make sure to put some moist paper towel or something at the bottom of the enclosure to bump up the humidity. That's important right now.