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Was uploading some pictures to my PC earlier and I came across this one. I don't remember taking it, but I thought it looked pretty funny. Thought I should share :)

My male ghost finally shed to an adult a couple of days ago, so I expected his colour to change, but it still hasn't. He's a very light pale green with some bits that are cream coloured. The rest of them are brown so i'm quite pleased about this. What colours can ghosts go?

Thought this looked cool, 3 of my mantids that are various shades of colour all sitting next to each other, so I thought i would share

Something odd happened with my Dead Leaf pair and I was hoping someone knowledgable here would come up with a 'scientific' reason why this would happen: I have a pair of Dead leaf mantis which I have been mating and the female has been laying Ooths fine. I was remating them after each Ooth (shes...

I've noticed recently that alot of people here seem to be trying at least to some extent to control the colour that their Mantids grow into. I decided to have a little experiment based on something I found out a month or two ago. I'll save you the story, but basically if you have a coloured...

Was sorting through my backlog of photos I've taken recently and thought i'd share some with you all. These two mantids I've raised from L3 to adulthood and they recently sealed the deal to leave me with some Ooths I feel guilty about posting this one online, don't tell them I did...

I know its not very "professional", but I always have a favourite mantis, and I always give my favourite mantis a name. This one's called Tea, and today she finally shed to an adult. Now I've always seemed to miss the final shed to an adult and I marked the occasion with some pictures. The final...

Seeing all the pictures on here lately inspired me to take some new ones myself

I received a Mantis in the post today and im having trouble working out what the problem with him is. He looks like a sub adult, and apparently ate just before being shpped out, so i doubt its any moulting problems (i.e. he tried to molt during transit and didn't get anywhere). He appears to...

Hi there, my boxer Mantis nymphs are only at L2, and already they are doing they're "boxing" display when they come across each other. Does this mean that there is a chance that they may attack each other at such a young age? In other words, from your experiences, at what age should they be...

Received a pair of popa spurca from david, well packed and well fed. Cheers

I dont know if its just me, but however I try to prevent it, my Mantids always lay their Ooths on the side of the enclosure, even when (I would have thought) Better alternatives are available, such as twigs, branches. leaves etc. Has anyone found a way of making sure a mantis lays an Ooth on a...

As we all know, If left uncared for, Mantis enclosures *can* start to smell. It is however easily preventable, by cleaning out the tank or y using differents means of keeping the humidity levels. What I want to talk about is live foods, especially fly cultures. It wasn't so bad before as I...

I've noticed in a couple orders I've recieved and in pictures on here that a few people put a sort of straw stuff in their mantis enclosures. I was woindering if anyone knows where you can order it from? Cheers

THE ANTELOPE MANTIS!! Discovered right here in little old England p.s. this was an accident btw, I havn't become that sad just yet. Its actually a doors poster in the background

My ADult Female Budwing laid her first Ooth last night. The Male is still kicking around so I might try to remate them again or wait until she's laid a second. Either way this is the biggest Ooth I've ever seen. Anyone else think it looks like some weird giraffe teddy bear? (notice it even has a...

I took a couple of pictures today and was amazed at some of the detail nature has given these species of Mantis. I know there are some far more exotic ones out there and was hoping people could share theirs. Im amazed at some of the patterns that cover Mantis bodies. For example I've had these...

I have a male and female budwing mantis who I mated last night. I was waiting up until they seperated so I could put the male back to a safe place but it got too late so I just put them both back in the tank and hoped for the best. Now I know budwing mantids have a reputation for being very...

Over the last few months I've noticed alot of people who are getting into Mantids asking alot of questions here. I know it can be frustrating for people that have been here for some time, but its easy to forget just how little information there is out there. I've started a website, partly...

Hi, I've kept mantids for a fair while myself but never communally before. I have 4 nymph ghosts on the way from mr French and I intend to keep them all together. The only prroblem I have is that I was wondering how they shed they're skins safely. I know it may sound silly, but even mantids from...