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Hey everyone. I am looking to ship some Brunneria borealis egg cases to a friend or two soon. I have not shipped egg cases before  and I am curious your thoughts on shipping. The egg cases are currently attached so small bits of paper towel the mantis decided to lay them on. Some of the earier...

Thank you for the advice. I guess part of me is just anxious that someone will receive dead mantids from me. I am looking into buying custom boxes,  I am realizing the weight will never be super crazy nor the size to the shipping so I could probably just set my own shipping prices knowing that...

If you would like to repost it here for others to see - sure! 

I will be sending my first mantids out in a week or two. I am curious how everyone ships because honestly looking at all the dimensions and packaging online makes my head spin on the USPS website. What I am wondering in particular is -  - What size packages do you use for what amount of...

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I tried once to feed a firefly to a mantis, who instantly rejected it after taking a bite. I learned that part of firefly self defense is that they taste absolutely terrible, so birds and other predators largely avoid them. Another feeder that did not work out welt was an ant. I once fed a small...

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There's a reason why orchid mantids are so coveted. I'd definitely count them in my top 3 at least because they are great "initiators" to helping people who are afraid of/hate insects see a different perspective. Everyone I've showed an orchid mantis too thought it was beautiful and said they...

I've recently realized, looking through all of the big breeder websites and looking through photos from others in the hobby, that the ameles genus is not commonly kept. This is strange since they seem pretty widespread (I've seen on iNaturalist a decent amount) throughout Europe, with a density...

I would tag onto this by saying spiny flower mantids are relatively easy to keep as well. 

I recently bought a hestiasula sp boxer mantis and it died within a week. It had molted during shipping and also vomited (the less threatening brown vomit). It seemed generally OK, I had put it in a 32 oz deli cup and it was visably drinking water spray over the week I had it, but was rejecting...

I wanted to add to this, though delayed. My brother and I have had some issues with exo-terra enclosure. Not that they are poorly built or anything, they're very good! BUT the metal meshing on top we have experienced to sometimes be harsh on mantis feed. We've noticed wear and tear at feed and...

Welcome! I think many of us have some kinda magical memories of these interesting creatures as kids. Keeping them as an adult is a fine mixture of nostalgia and a feeling of discovery, it's a lot of fun to observe them! 

@Jab91 Thank you! It is a lot of fun. 

@MantisGirl13 Thank you for the welcome :)

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Bobbay!!! 

Hey everyone! My name is Peter. I have been a lurker here for a few months and would like to introduce myself to you. Earlier in the year, my brother got into the mantid keeping hobby and eventually convinced me by June. I adopted my first Chinese mantis from the garden that month and raised it...