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Update: Alright I got the ooth down. It took off a good chunk of my ceiling. How should I go from here? Should I glue it to a surface and flip it upside down again like I found it?

not to menton the only ladder we have is older than I am and made of wood...wish me luck everyone! If I'm not in the forums tomorrow please scan the news and explain my strange death...haha

how would I go about slicing it? I tried getting it off but that thing is as hard as a rock! I can't get a closer picture; it's really high and I'm already standing at the top of my ladder

I noticed this above my porch today Is it possibly a ootheca? It's about the size of a usb drive. If it is, is it possible to determine what type of mantis laid it? I'm guessing the lines mean that it already hatched? :/

Welcome fellow Socal member!

Welcome to the forum!

Do you live in Temple City/Pasadena? My parents' house got hit hard too..

From what I've read so far, this genus is highly cannibalistic.

I'd love to get a setup meant mainly for mantids...but since I still have a year left of college, which comes with a ridiculous amount of rent for the apartments nearby, I just dont have enough hours in the day to afford anything new right now. Therefore I am trying to recycle what I can from my...

I'm glad I don't live in Arizona...although that IS one way to save money..haha

I may just be in touch with you soon..depending on how crazy I get with this..haha I am planning to grab a mantis or two from Trans-Am within a week or so. I'll keep you guys updated!

Thanks for the warm welcomes!

Or a job opportunity! Or at least access to handle the mantids as a volunteer/consultant/tank maintainer; it definitely puts your foot in the door. Goodluck with everything! This is all in light if the matter of you only sharing information and not mantids..I agree with Patrick

How did they find out about your mantids? I don't see the harm in going to meet with him to discuss the matter since they are running a public educative business. If they ask you questions that are out of the ordinary or seem questionable you can always choose not to answer! From what I have...

I know I dont have any right now...now I would like a few from the following list soon! Hierodula membranacea Sphodromantis aurea Phyllocrania paradoxa Creobroter gemmatus Sphodromantis sp. Stagmomantis Carolina Creobroter pictipennis

Stunning! What vibrant colors.

The only thing that was left...those persistent hind legs!

Awesome! Looks like you're a serious gamer too.. :2guns:

Interesting! do you have an illustration of this?

I dont know if I'm ready for an entire ootheca haha. Are creos an easy starter species? Im guessing all the ones you listed are somewhat communal? Do you know to what extent they'd be communal? Say I were to always keep food in there with them and made sure there were a lot of branches for the...