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If you dont want to bother with catching flies just do like I do. Leave a light on outside and catch moths at night. Its a quick and easy way to gather free mantis food. You can also use a bug net and sweep it through the grass and bushes in your yard. I do this to collect small feeder insects...

Ok kitkat you have officialy made my skin crawl with the image of "spider people".

I actually used to play with spiders when I was a kid so I know what its like to handle a spider. The problem is when I was a young teen I had a spider lay eggs behind my bed. I was laying down one night when I found a bunch of crab spiders in my bed. Ever since that spiders have made my skin crawl.

Hi, and welcome to the community! If your wanting a large mantis with a "classic" look then Chinese mantids are a fantastic species! They are fun and easy to handle, will eat anything, and best of all you can get one for free just by looking around outside. If you want something more exotic then...

Most people have a hard time believing that with my deep love for insects that I am horribly scared of spiders. I know that most of them are totaly harmless and that the few spiders in America that can bite people still arent a huge danger but still they make my skin crawl! (There is a story to...

:o You said a bad word! Im telling teacher!!! :P

This really is the best mantis community on the web! It isnt super active but there is a large number of regulars who come here daily to make great posts.

I think I have a spare mother in-law around here somewhere. :P

While its true space capsules may be safer and possibly cheaper you cant haul payloads meaning that any kind of cargo has to go up on its own rocket. You also cant do space walks from a capsule so that means that from now on we cant fix or upgrade anything we have in orbit (save for the space...

Best metaphor ever! :D

Sorry to have to tell you this but those guys get 4 feet long and have been known to eat small house pets. Just make sure you dont feed them after midnight! ;) :P

Man I love seeing what other members do with their enclosures and yours are some of the coolest Ive seen. Like Ive said I wish I wasnt on such a tight budget so I could do something cool like that.

I wish I had the tools, money, and space to make my own enclosures like you do. I would love to have something like that! :) Keep up the great work!

Ive been off work for a week so I kind of hate the thought of going back. Ill probably take one of my new mantids with me to show off to my buds though so that should help the night move along.

Awesome pics! These guys just made my "to own" list!

Everything is ready. Ill try to post pictures of everything tomorrow morning when I get off work.

Hey Marc! Its always great to meet someone with common interests! :) Yes most likely you have chinese mantids. (My favorite mantid!) Welcome to the community!

I have a little mantis art project Im working on and would like to post pics when its finished so Ill make sure I snap a pic of my big bag-o-wood chips too. Maybe Ill post pics of my enclosure with it so everyone can see how it looks out of the bag. :P

Ive been keeping mantids for three years now and have never had mold in any of my enclosures. It hold moisture well and I think it looks WAY better than moss. I also like the fact that it lays flat in the bottom of the enclosure so its a little harder for feeder insects to hide, sure they can...

I wonder how liquid bandage would effect a mantis.