Thanks for all the replies and advice. We live in Houston Texas so it's already quite warm here and they hatched outside by the pool. I dragged the hoop closer to some flower beds and let them do as nature intended. I have a very large (almost an acre) and very shady backyard. I don't use...
We were so surprised to find a herd of baby mantis this morning. There was an egg sack on our poolside basketball hoop. It had been in the attic all winter. I'm not sure when or how it got there. My husband made this video. They are so cool. I raise monarch butterflies but I don't have any...