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Awesome! & those purple eyes are just lovely!

Welcome! Sounds like you’ve got a sweet gig at the museum with lots of wonderful inspiration for your paintings!!

Beautiful! Keep up the great work 😃

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or (fill in the blank), I hope you and your mantises all have a fanatic holiday!!

Mantis celebrating the holidays with a Santa hat and a dreidel.

Fun Mantis Stuff

There’s all sorts of amazing and beautiful mantises out there! I know some are easier to keep than others so maybe research some specifics about what kind of temperatures and humidity some of your favorites require and go from there. Have fun!!

They’re beautiful & super cute!!!! Enjoy them!!!

I’ve got a Chinese mantis, tenodera sinensis. She’s quite the bug slayer!

“Forgetting how to mantis” 😂 Yes, my girl can totally relate! Looks like you have a pretty sweet set up! Thanks for the advise. Up to this point I’ve been using plastic plants and some sticks. I had my day off yesterday and took your advise. I chose a few leafy plants and I found some...

Last night my girl did not have the best judgment in choosing a place to molt. She loves to hang from the mesh at the top of her enclosure which is about 20” tall. Last night she attached herself to the mesh fairly far away from any sticks or flora that she could have grabbed as she finished...

Is your mantis full grown or is it possible that he/she is getting ready to molt? My girl goes for several days without eating before a molt. I totally worry about her when she does that and I’ve actually been wondering how many days without food is considered normal before a molt. This is...

Cool thanks jmanits! Grasshoppers are a great idea! I’ll definitely order some next time I buy flies. BTW, great mantis pic ;)

I have a Chinese Mantis currently at a big L7. I’ve been feeding her house flies, blue bottle flies and some wax worms. At this point I’ve been giving her one a day. She is getting bigger so I don’t want her to be hungry. I also don’t want to over feed her. What kind of feeding schedule do...

Hi Everyone This is a great forum, I’ve looked at it several times and finally decided to join!