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Nice, and I thought that 1st image was just a fluke. Praying Mantis's are so wicked sometimes. Ive heard they can also catch toads or mice....anyone every seen a photo of that? I havent.

Two wild Chinese Mantis's I saw this past summer:

Hello, Ive been wanting to share these photos I was lucky enough to get this summer. I was so thrilled to come home & find my mantis named Swearinger in mid-molt. I watched him for the next hour & got some great photos. I hope these arent too large, but I always like larger photos...

Hello & welcome, I have also had some experience with personalities in Mantis's this year. My group of Chineese Mantis's showed a wide variety of personality. The males were generaly not social in any way, which I expected. However the females were a different story all together. My...

I had this large aquarium split into two sections for two large Chineese Mantids (Swearinger & Bobbie). It might seem a bit large, but I kept a close eye on them to make sure they we feeding regularly. The jar on the left simply had screen over top with rubber band around lip. I changed...

When this happened with my Chinese Mantis's, I just thought the male was an idiot & didnt know which end was which. He actually flew into that same position. About 60 seconds later, he quickly jumped & flew into the correct position so fast I was simply amazed.

Image test: Chineese Mantid names Swearinger & her babies. She looks so proud doesnt she!

Oh Im glad to see this thread...I was afraid I was the only one who might have named Mantids. I see them as pets after all. My 2006 set of Chineese Mantids: Swearinger (my favorite=a bit mean) Juliet (2nd favorite = very sweet) Marie Bobbie (He was a jerk...I let him go) Logan (always...

I was quite mad when 2crickets took down one of my Mantids this spring. The mantid had fallen to the ground during a molt & I came home to 2 crickets attacking the downed Mantid. Lets just say the crickets didnt stick around too long after I found out. I also had a cricket burrow into...

Wow....makes me wish I could just run down to the store to get one right now. Maybe next year, they look beautiful!

Hello, Columbus Ohio here. Just found this forum last week. Welcome

Hello, My name is Michael Ponchot, I'm from Columbus, Ohio & simply love Praying Mantis. Im now 34years old & a graphic artist. I grew up living in the country around a lot of Ohio cornfields & have a lot of great memory's of finding Mantis's (and trying to raise them). Last...