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Welcome to the forum. You can indeed find ALL kinds of info on any kind of Mantis out there in this little forum, and if you dont you can just ask. :D

lol yeah I was surprised at the size of those nymhs too.

Cool. My local one doesnt have any Mantid experts but they sure dig it when I mention im buying supplies for them, Ive taken my mantis in to show one girl because she said she had never seen one. She now wants to buy one of my babies when theyre ready.

Just had to vent about this somewhere. So Im on my way to work today, and I only made it 3 blocks to the light and my car died. I was in the turning lane right in front of a school and had to keep flagging people to go around me. I tried and tried to get it restarted and then the low fuel light...

LOL some of those definitions....

LOL wow your special then. My name means Butterfly in greek and I still havent figured out how to grow wings, or have some attached lol.

Right on! Im so jealous, My Religiosa laid 5 or so ooths but none of them hatched. Where are you at? If you plan on selling any of them can I be on the list ? lol that was my Favorite species last year.

I dont use it too much but [email protected] or [email protected] Im online too much from work to want to get on from home. lol

Awww poor guy. Now I think I'll let my bugs homes have more air and less misting. Hopefully he wasnt your only one.

Evil I didnt mate my European last year I found her and she was huge. She laid me 5 ooths and none have hatched so far. I found a Stagmomnatis Limbata later in the summer and she laid 3 ooths, 2 of them have hatched so far. So yes in my experience they can and will lay eggs even if they havent...

Hi Chris. Welcome to the forum!

Since your here in SoCal I can help out. Go to PetCo or Pet People, I try and call ahead though. They usually have a small weird shaped little plastic jar with fruit flies. I keep 4 or 5 of them in circulation around here so I can rotate them. I found that if I feed them everyday or even...

I found a very large female Mantis Religiosa here in Southern California last year. Man them things get around. lol

That picture helped identify my Mantids. lol. I posted a picture of their mother and we were undecided if it was a Stagmomantis Limbata or Carolina. She laid me 3 ooths and they were all very similar and darn if they dont look EXCATLY like the ones you have marked as a Limbata. Hmm, pretty...

Welcome to the group. Robo, I dont have any either, so dont feel too left out.

Depends on how small he is. Go ahead and try, but dont put too many in the jar with him. I freaked out a baby mantis last year doing that lol. You can get a culture of fruit flies at a local Pet Co or pet people or one of those kinds of stores for 5$, he'll dig those.

Its the press and seal stuff, its sticky all over in order to adhere itself to the bowl.

I usually get home and take them outside in their cages, They all fit in one big tray. That way I can mist them and check for sheds, and feed them without my mom spazzing about a loose fruit fly on the counter or floor. I pick a couple up and let them wander a bit on my hand but thats about it...

I know its been said here before and that Im probably off but I believe its a few weeks after their last molt into adulthood.

Ok then Ill revise it, Dooont use the press n seal! It will make your mantis stick to it! :oops: