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They can probably get their calcium from the insects they eat though. As they all do have calcium.

Well, it would look really cool! But you would have to get consent from your wife/parents first! haha, and imagine how hysterical they would be if one day the mantid was not on the plant!

Pretty streamlined process :)

Yeah, mantids do not seem to have the capability to do too much environmental damage. I mean, unlike ants they don't compete with colonies for territory, and they don't terraform. They are such solitary insects that the impact would be minimal. And, they would not survive the winter or find a...

Those are some insane stories you guys. 2 months? I mean, that is just crazy. I guess you had a bit of humidity in your garage as well, maybe they got some moisture out of the air. But I mean, without food? Well, maybe it was dark and they did not think or move at all. I mean, how much energy...

lol! I'm sure that there would have to be problems with lack of genetic diversity eventually. But in the short term there is not as many complicated things to mess up... like a complex nervous system. So the problems of inbreeding may not be pronounced or great after only a few generations...

Make sure you check it a lot and keep it humid! :)

Mine's pretty simple right now :) The hardest part is keeping the crickets from escaping! They can squeeze through such small spots!

Hahaha :) That's cute! I was typing with a mantid on my hand yesterday.

Welcome! Although, imagining a mantis being eaten by a carnivorous plant would be kind of sad! :(

Hey! :)

Oh! and only one more vote for the evolutionists to be tied!

You only think it is by accident because you have not seen all of the instable, failed planetary systems. Chance plays a larger part in life than most people think about.

Hello! Carolina has a lot of mantids... awesome place! :D

I had a mantis whip a pillbug away from himself when the pillbug tried to close on him! It was kind of funny. :P

I like how everything is so flexible with mantids! haha And pretty unique as well... how many people have mantids as pets besides us? :lol:

haha, I was more a Magic player :)

First choice! I'm surprised too!

hmm, so it is really completely variable? :shock: Crazy!

I would like to purchase various ootheca in the future. But as there is no real standard place to buy mantids, I am curious about pricing. What is kind of the standard price that everyone pays for an ooth? A semi rare species -- not common like Carolina mantis and not rare, rare like I...