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Awesome photos.  I like the natural lighting and the different types of foliage/backdrops too.  Must have been quite a photo shoot!  :)

Thought I would throw this out there to see if anyone else has a similar experience... Raised a handful of native Carolina mantises I found in Davenport, IA.  4 nymphs I collected in late July.  Three of them grew and matured normally.  3 of the 4 molted to adulthood by mid-late August. One...

I think that enclosure is WAY too small.  :P

Forget about what I said.  This one to two day warm spell could make a liar out of me.  So far this morning folks in my neighborhood have sent me cell phone photos of 2 different females and two different male mantids that are enjoying the weather as well.  Plus, I actually heard a cicada in my...

I'd go out on a limb and guess the chances that she's still calling, AND that a male is in close enough proximity to pick up the pheromone trail, are pretty slim.  I was seeing a lot of male/females around my neighborhood (mating and laying) a 3 or 4 weeks ago.  Since then, I've seen virtually...

I read through some of your research, Kris. Great and fascinating stuff!  Would be a dream job for me!  I found one of your hypotheses really interesting too.  You included a photo of a male T. sinensis attempting to mate with a female M. religiosa. Someone (on your research web page) responded...

Welcome Mike!  I'm from Illinois too.  Seeing a Chinese mantis as a kid got me into these insects too. Mark

Welcome Ralph! Awesome to hear you took a lifelong hobby and made a career out of it.  Still wish I would have done that myself!  Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on our favorite bug! ;)

After a less than successful transaction attempt a year ago, I decided to give it another shot and make a small buy from Moonlight Mantids/Kevin Young.  Seems to have put up a pretty decent website and facebook page, and was running a pretty good deal.  I purchased a S. lineola, a H. venosa...

Way WAY back in kindergarten (70s)...my friend brought in a Chinese mantis for "show and tell".  I was completely engrossed.  I couldn't believe how gigantic they were!  Have been fascinated (borderline fixated) by all insects and most other wildlife ever since...but the mantis was always #1.  A...

Welcome Steven!  From another older newbie.  :)

Was on the road late last summer and stopped at a place about 2 hrs south of Chicago.  Noticed this nymph feeding on a fly.  Definitely looks like L7 female Stagmomantis carolina...but it was such an unusual color.  Almost bright yellow with some really light tan (almost orange) patches.  I've...

Hello from the Chicago area! I just discovered this forum but have been a hardcore mantis fanatic since the 1st grade (a long, LONG time ago). I've collected, bred, and raised only "local" species for over 35 years (Chinese, Carolina, and European), but I only recently realized that there were a...