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I am a Biology teacher in rural SD. My senior students each have 3 or 4 mantis they care for and it is amazing to see how much the students like there mantis. They are all named and usually taken out every school day for some exercise, etc. And the students do this on their own time not...

I just purchased several adult B. borealis and they are very cool. I am wondering if you know how long they can be expected to live after laying their ooth and how long the ooth will take to hatch? Thank you, Ramona

I would like to buy nymphs of larger species for my classroom. Please PM me if you have some for sale or expect to before it gets cold out. I live in South Dakota!! Thanks.

I would like to buy Rhombodera Basalis,Giant Malaysian Shield Mantis, nymphs or ooth. Anyone out there have any of this species they would like to sell or anticipate having?? Thank you, Ramona Lundberg

I hope this is the correct place to post this question. I have a few ooth that I was given last summer and I kept them in the refrigerator until about 6 weeks ago. They have been near a heat source for about 5 weeks- with occasional spraying. How long should I have to wait for the hatching-...

Is there any problem with feeding either the Black soldier flies larva or the adults as food for my mantis? Thanks

I would like to buy some nymphs of Plistospilota or Heterochaeta species. My classes really like mantis -- the bigger the better! Thank You.

I hope this is the correct place to post this question. I am hoping to have someone re-post some great mantis ID websites that were posted earlier I can't seem to find the sites in my bookmarks. I am a teacher and have several different species of mantis in my classroom that the students care...

I would like to be able to raise blue bottle flies for the mantis we are keeping in my biology classroom. I live in SD and getting the larvae shipped to me in the coldest winter months is pratically impossible as is the shipping of crickets during the coldest months. I have not done this before...