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my big female Mantis religiosa finaily laid her ooth! im excited to give raising the little buggers a try. i was going to put the ooth in the fridge for a couple of months before i try to hatch it(heard you have better sucess with these speicies with a few months of cold) and if i get another...

Thanks everyone, greatly appreciated!

Ooh, yea. forgot to mention that she is still eating ravenesly, like 4 large crickets every 24 hours or less so it dosent seem like the ooth is comming soon

well my recently mated Mantis religiosa has not dropped an ooth yet but she is gigantic! she was about 2 weeks old when I bred her with a wild caugh male...i witnessed the mating, but did not remove the male, he lasted about three days in here cage, lol. its been almost or more then three weeks...

*cant figure out how yo quote people* but to answer your question kevin i am located in central Colorado, near denver

thanks alot everyone! and ive got plenty of fruit flys, ive got a few Dendrabate Azures that im raising up to breed as well :D

just happened to stumble onto your wonderfull forum after catching a few european mantids in my yard. i keep all sorts of tarantulas and scorpions, and any other thing my wife lets me keep, and ive fallen in love with the mantids! i had a sucessfull breeding with my big female and hope to have...

I just got a message from someone on another board that said it is illegal to keep exotic mantids in the USA... i did a little reasearch and founs a little more information on it and articles ive read said it is illegal, but i cannot find any actualy law stating such... ive noticed quite a few...