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lol it took me a minute to figure it out, I was like what the heck kind of ooths is he talking at 10 - 20 pounds lol. Sorry it's early for me still. I couldnt imagine feeding a 10 or 20 pound mantid!!! my poor kitty'd be lunch.

Once.. but never again it creeped me out too much lol. I have really long hair and one was crawling on my arm one day, I dont know how it happend but next thing I know a breeze came up, my hair flew around a bit and I have a full adult female European skittering across my face! AAaaccccck. lol...

Its funny, so does my Mom. She loooves looking at them and letting them walk around on her hand. She gets offended when one of them doesnt "want " to go to her. But at least she'll grab the camera and come out as soon as I squeak "Moooom someones shedding" lol I cant believe I turned my mom...

At first I was told they were Stagmomantis Limbata's then Carolinas then Californicas, I dont have a clue these days, but I do know shes different compared to the other greenie's from that ooth. So maybe she is a carolina or a limbata, Guess Ill have to wait till she's an adult to really be able...

Some more pics of the big greenie that shed last night, she doesnt have the same band on her back as some of the others do. This girl may be the one I found outside as a nymph, shes the biggest one now compared to my 2 Chinese.

Wow I take a day off and I miss a major debate of Mantis Intellignece and then it turned into belief's. I gotta say I love this forum lol! Glad to her Jackie Chan is an approved Mantid name too lol. I just needed to differentiate a few of them and Mark got Jackie when he asked for a local...

Im in the San fernando Valley, an hour or more away. But I could probably sell you one of my Chinese or my Stagmomantis Californicas. since PM's dont seem to be working through the site you can email me at [email protected] if you want.

Last year I found my large European and a Stagmomantis Californica out in the wild. The European flew into our stairwell at work and the Californica fell in front of me on Halloween. Im pretty good at spotting Mantids around here in CA, Have even found 2 nymphs this spring already. I guess it's...

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I have 2 mantids that arent quite adult and both missing a leg, one is the back leg, the other a middle one. Theyre eating just fine, Im just hoping they come back within a few sheds.

aww man, poor little guy. Well at least you got them mated.

Yeah it stinks that it takes SO darn long. I wish I could hurry it up a bit but maybe by the time the nymphs I have now lay ooths the other ooths I had will be hatching. lol

She might be nearing a shed, She'd sometimes go after them, sometimes wouldnt. If shes really hungry she'll go after them. If not she'll get them the next day or just get them when they get on the stick and go her way. If she hasnt had a shed since you got her I would assume it's almost time.

lol @ Asa, your an odd one huh?! :lol:

Put the ooth in a small container with the moist paper towel and apply the same padding.

lol maybe were all just finally noticing all the pretty mantids out there as theyre spreading throughout Cali.

I had caught a wild S. Californica last Halloween. Her ooths were laid in November and one hatched on April 12th. I gave them no cold period, and got quite a few nymphs but am left with about 16 still alive. I hear all the time that an ooth should hatch in 4-6 weeks but have never had that...

Im hoping for a blue one, lol. I took the raffia grass and soaked it in a water and food color mixture. Turned out pretty good, and it doesnt leak off when I mist them. We'll see how it goes with the coloring, Ill keep you all posted though.

LOL, I caught one last year that was flying underneath a light kinda the same way. I stood on top of a golf cart, and tried to coax him into a cup. I finally got him too.

My European nibbled my finger once last year as I was giving her water. It didnt hurt at all, just felt a little pressure. That couldve been though because the bite was on scar tissue from the major surgery. Im lucky just to have kept those fingers I guess lol.