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Hi all. Can isopods be fed to to mantises, and do they make for a good, staple diet, when fed in conjunction with healthy crickets, locusts, green/blue bottles and dubai roaches? My partner and I have 14 mantis currently. Mostly all different species, apart from 2 giant dead leafs. Alternating...

So are these mantids able to survive extreme cold conditions, and do not require much heat when kept as pets? I.E no heat mat until certain VERY LOW temps? And does this mean they can survive from very low, to relatively high temps too? Or are these survivability factors only for the various...

Which Oxyopsis subspecies? As I think there are about 11 in that family

It's very interesting reading up on the strengths and size of various types of mantis. I currently own a Cat eyed (M), Yunnan (M), Giant African, Dragon (F) and 2 x Dead Leafs (M + F). I think seeing them in action and reading all of these threads has made one thing apparent to me. It's all...