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Two of my Chinese mantids have slightly bent tibias on their rear legs. It seems like it's the right side on each. (they're bowed out.) What caused this? Is it a problem? They're moving around just fine...

Mantis religiosa Stagmomantis carolina Iris oratoria Gonatista grisea And any other US native/introduced species! If you have these PLEASE contact me here or by e-mail at: [email protected] I can pay cash or trade for MANY species of roaches, leopard geckos, clawed frogs, or garter...

Good thing I've got flies out the wazoo. :P Only a few have eaten their first meals; All seem healthy and very curious.

Your staple diet should be a mix of high-protein cat/dog food, chicken feed, parrot food (slightly expensive option) or trout chow. Your supplements should be fruit and veggies (Yes, those decaying bananas you forgot in the back of the fridge will work!), and depending on the species, meat or fish.

They ARE rather small to be sitting out in the open and hunting prey. I don't think I've ever seen a Chinese mantid out and about around here until about L4.

Looks like they're done; I've been doing the painstaking process of putting them each in their own deli cups! Looks like no cannibalism as of right now; Phew...

**OR, maybe all the shelter from the plants gave them more closure and less stress level? I did find a few newly hatched nymphs under some dying spring foliage today...

Personally, I think they may require higher ventilation and oxygen levels, seeing as whenever I kept them in 5th grade I went nuts with screening and live plants.

I've never seen a good-producing culture at Petco or Petsmart. I'd find it easier, cheaper, and more worth-while to buy one off the net from an established breeder.

Contrary to what others on here have experienced, when my Chinese mantid ooths hatch I have a hard time feeding all the nymphs! I once had 3 ooths hatch at once (when I was in 5th grade; Now I'm in 12th) and so many lived to L2 that we had to start freezing them so I wouldn't be overwhelmed!

Got another wave of around 40 last night; looks like they're still coming too!

There are only about 15 of them... Should I be expecting a huge "wave" of them tomorrow?

They just started hatching. When can I feed them? How big of a container should I be expecting to use?

Sheer excellence! My favorite part was, of course, the roaches. Lookin' good. :) Those crickets make me sick... :P

Has anyone else noticed that when their mantids go after prey they know they can overwhelm easily that they only use one arm? My L3 Chinese mantids are snagging big phorid flies left and right like this. I haven't observed them long enough to notice an arm preference yet.

El solde. :P

I had the pleasure of finding one of these hanging from the woodpile in my backyard. It's been windy today, and it was barely hanging on, so I brought it inside until its wings harden. I may have actually seen it as a caterpillar hanging out near my carrots... lol

I have wayyyyyy too many of these guys! Mostly gravid females and large nymphs. You will not find a better deal than this ANYWHERE, guaranteed! Can split the order if need be. E-mail me to order. [email protected]

I almost had the heart to keep one of these yesterday when I found it in one of my buckets... But my orange head roaches needed some extra protein... :P