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Usually with house flies I let them hatch fully before putting them back in the refrigerator to slow them down before feeding them to the mantis. Does storing the pupae in the refrigerator and then putting the pupae in the tank to thaw out and hatch is any better? Does keeping the pupae in the...

Here is one of my two Giraffe mantis. She is more curious than other mantis. This photo was taken after she ate a BB fly. It took about a hour and half to finish eating since they have very long and narrow necks. They have to stop eating after five minutes in order to swallow the well chewed...

Hi, I am John, retired from engineering and IT. I decided that for a small pet praying mantis makes a lot of sense as compared to frogs, snakes and lizards types . Currently have eleven mantis.  May look into trades in the Denver Boulder area. I am getting good information from this board.

I am getting a bit confused on what are the differences  between Deroplatys desiccata, Deroplatys Lobata and Deroplatys Truncata in care and size. Maybe others as well. I have not found information that was consistent between three types I have mention so far I know. 

I am trying to see if there is a way to dispense small crickets to mantis without getting them loose in the house. I think the the common cricket keeper with square tubes will not keep the small crickets in as the vents seems to be too big for the small crickets. Looking into using a funnel tube...

Is there a difference between Deroplatys desiccata and Deroplatys Lobata? I understand that both are Dead leaf type.