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Yes, Hibiscusmile - It is very droughty over here in recent years. This winter has been a deluge, however - more rain than in recent history. I wonder how it will impact the mantids in this area.  The nymphs are doing well! They are eating and running around. They are in deli cups, mostly.

I am moving these nymphs into deli cups from the net cube - wow! It is like herding cats! Sure is a slow going process, lol. I hope the nymphs like their new homes!

I just noticed that some more are hatching right now! So cool. I will never cease to be amazed how the nymphs unfold like origami or Transformers when they hatch.

Here are some pics of the Stagmomantis Limbata nymphs. Some are taking their first meal of fruit flies. 

Oh this is sad :(  I really enjoyed Phil's posts and his early fly maggot experiments

Perhaps this is old news, but I just discovered my S. Limbata was parthenogenic. A couple of years ago when I bred various types of mantids and was much more active on this forum, I recalled thinking that one of my S. Limbata females that I had hatched and raised til adulthood and never paired...

Hi everyone!  Haven't posted on here in a couple of years - I was working with snakes and some other life stuff.  Recently I found a nymph in my yard and keping her as a pet.  Definitely not thinking of getting into breeding anything again, but it sure is fun to have a neat mantis to look at! If...

Recently found a L2 nymph which is now L3.  I live in So. Cal and usually find only Stagmomantis limbata (Arizona Bordered Mantis) around here.  I used to keep and breed S. limbata - among other mantids.  Some 9 years ago I found S. californica on a coastal sage in the yard.  Based on some of...

Hey nice to see all of the activity on here! Agent A - that is awesome if you have californica - what color are her wings under the tegmina? also she should i believe have like 3 dark horizontal bands on the top of the abdomen under the tegmina. Yes i am excited to see what is in the hobby!

Hi - taken a break from mantids, but i have returned with a couple of cool pets. Right now all i am keeping are 2 Arizona Bordered Mantis (stagmomantis Limbata) - L4 and L3 - both females.... nice ones! It is good to back in the hobby. Still have not seen the elusive s. Californica! I have...

Hey everyone.... i've been out of the mantis hobby for a bit... dealing with some life issues and divorce and other stuff. Anyways, recently i have been looking for the elusive S. Californica with no luck.... i did however find a nice pink/green camoflage subadult male s. Limbata and a green...

Here is a link to a couple of pics of European mantis predation: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2613&sid=4f0ac431f4519a26b1947f40e4f6ea1d

Here is a link showing a giant 40' Desert Mantis! http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=12141105&hl=18

... ah, so the arm spots are euros --- i thought it was a mediterranean mantis.... d'oh! never seen one before..... only tons of limbatas and 1 californica a couple of years ago

definitely an adventure - thanks for showing me the ropes up there. Very tricky terrain for fishing.... which is great to keep the bait dunkers from killing everything in there. Those were some really beautiful little brown and they fought very well. When i finally landed that one i had just...

peter, that sounds pretty hectic to have both those bites! when i found the bark scorpion under a rock i was wearing these open toed shoes and when i was calling to my kid to bring a deli cup the scorpion i looked up for an instant - the bug must have left the rock - when i looked back he was...

@ghostie, i am new to desert herping so i had not seen one either - the one i saw on the road was very cool because he had his tail arched up over his back while he was walking - from a distance he looked exactly like a desert hairy scorpion! -- i believe the western banded gecko actually must...

Last night i went herping for snakes in the mojave desert - i saw 2 sidewinders, 1 lyre snake and a western banded gecko --- i also saw what must be the creepiest bugs ever running around on the road --- Giant Desert Hairy Scorpions!!! I saw two of these guys - the were so large and fast -- i...

sadly he appears to have suicided himself :(

Yay for catch and release - I too am a flyfisher and that sure looks like a great stream. Nothing like that around where i live in pasadena - recently one of my kids even hooked a diaper!