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Found it. I added the little information I had found to the following post so please go there to see.

Just going to add a few links here for more knowledge! This seems to be the main site of note: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/plant-pests-invasive-species/directives/imports/d-12-02/eng/1432586422006/1432586423037?fbclid=IwAR3fI8ibM1TkotTpQsmKKrwhBOjdQNB7PpwcTmD3BuPyCviie4o4cpxiACo#s61...

The information for canada is very hard to find but so far as I could tell during my combing (when I lived there) they are illegal besides the few native species. At some point I know I had found a comprehensive list of all animals and the status of importing and all exotic mantises were for...

Completely true. But to be fair to my husband he´s Icelandic. Iceland has seriously no insects nearly at all (boring!) so 99% of Icelanders just have no idea how to handle insects of any kind especially ones as large as mantises or roaches. Seriously though, you turn over a rock here and you...

I've never had any issues with mealworm beetles bothering healthy mantises. More often then not they get snacked on by the mantis. The only problems I've had is if a mantis falls when molting you have even less time to realize and save them as the beetles are on that instantly. They also will...

I have to keep the roaches in a cupboard in the laundry room since my husband has commanded he shall never ever ever see them. He´s pretty fine with the rest of the insects scattered around our small house. There are complaints about my taking a freezer drawer for tiny corpses (for later...

I have definitely removed the 'furniture' from the cages of problematic nymphs until they hit adult. After my first few horrible mismolts due to mantises picking foolish molting spots I tend to keep their cages pretty sparse until they are adult at which point I pimp their pads :P  I have also...

Those faces are just amazing. Great find!

Contratz! First wings are always so exciting!

I love them as they are rather large, very unique and strange little things. I took to calling them my 'wiggle buddies' cause they constantly do their little mantis dance wiggle which never ceased to amuse me. They can be massive wussies and divas at times when it comes to trying to feed them...

I also struggled with this issue very hard last winter. I found that keeping all the separate cages in a larger container like say an aquarium, terrarium, cupboard, or plastic bin really helped me maintain humidity and temperature. That said you still have to make sure there is enough...

Far less then I would like to have :3 Hopefully I will get all the red tape finished with to get a ton more species. Currently however I have: 2 Wandering Violins (9 month old ladies) 3 Ghosts (9 month old ladies) - ooths incubating! 20 or so Miomantis paykullii. Two of those are 9 month old...

I have had great success with a simple flytrap made out of a soda bottle. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Fly-Trap The above is the basic idea but I used a 2 liter bottle. I also cut the bottom off, attached mesh to the bottom of the top part (or just 'sleeve' the top with some pantyhose) then...

Gongyies are a difficult bunch but so very lovely. I agree with MantisGirl13 about the plastic mesh. These guys can't climb any smooth surface especially as they get bigger. I have been keeping mine in mesh cages made of cheap shear curtain material I bought at Walmart. I have never had any of...

@TheShadyMantid Thanks, I´ll try the eyedropper thing for sure. I will also attempt to get close up pics asap.

I am attempting to breed violins for the first time. It has been a long process to even get this far (about 6 months to adult) so regardless of if I´m successful at mating them I am happy with having gotten 4 to adult with 2 more getting ready for their final molt.  My one and only male has...

In regards to aphids, there is information out there on how to breed them (I don't seem to have the link to the best one I had found anymore :(  ). Pretty much you just grow any bean into a seedling and use that as food. I tried it once but had mixed results. Still it is possible. Tricky part...

That is crazy. I have had a few of my Chinese mantises grab hold of my fingers and attempt to nom them but never anything this traumatizing. In my case the raptorials hurt way more then the attempted biting as they have crazy sharp pin like spikes.  I had one female who lost all her tarsi and...

I name a lot of my mantises but I tend to only name the females and maybe one or two special males. This is mostly an emotional protection for me in case any mating murders occur and because the males tend to live shorter lives. Males usually 'earn' their name after they have successfully mated...

I have a terrible time with mold and I have found mixing both yeast and vinegar into my medium as well as sprinkling the top of the finished culture with even more yeast and dosing it in another capfull of vinegar to saturate the top of the medium works the best for me. I tried cinnamon but it...