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So I recently purchased a television mount from DynamicMounting.com and it's ideal for me because there was limited TV placement options around the house and it was pretty much above the fireplace or bust. While a bit on the pricey side, they do give a decent rebate if you help spread the word...

I too am curious as to how this worked out. How did you seal off the open end?

Any tips on finding the female? Daytime hunt? Looking near lights at night? These guys were found in a residential area less than 20 minutes from Disneyland. Aren't really any fields or woods around.

So, black bands = californica, yeah?

How can you tell the difference between the Californica one? The pics on this site look almost identical: http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/orthopt/Stagmomantis.htm

I'm located in Orange County, So. CA.

Thanks for the quick responses, folks! Just entering colors of the mantis in the search field or in google doesn't really help me figure it out on my own. I think being able to ID a mantis just comes with experience in the hobby. That being said, I went down to my friend's house to see the lil'...

I gave my friend one of my chinese mantises a while back and he's really gotten into taking care of it. As luck would have it, he stumbled across a wild one outside his window. I can't even remember the last time I saw a wild mantis in our area. Anyway, was hoping someone could take a quick...

It's only been ten days since a pair of my chinese mantises mated, but I have concerns that I'm having trouble finding answers for in the forum (it's tricky for me when you can't search three letter words). First, I was hoping to find out whether it's possible, likely, or rare for a female...

7 hours later, they are done and separated. He detached and stayed on her back for a while...every so often he even used his forearms to scrape at her neck and I thought for a while he was going to go for another round since I saw his abdomen curving around hers. Then, as if out of nowhere he...

She is a picky eater. Rarely finishes crickets, loves grass skippers (though not much of a meal), and doesn't seem interested in flies. I've given her three crickets so far...eaten each for about 5 minutes before tossing them aside. I feed my crickets flukers orange cubes and oatmeal, and none...

I went ahead and gave it another shot this morning hoping that with the cooler temperatures they'd be a little less active, but still active enough. ;) I gave the female a cricket to munch on and then placed the male behind her. He didn't seem to get what was going on at first but as soon...

I just had a rather interesting experience with trying to mate a couple of my Chinese mantises. I guess nothing really new that hasn't been written about before...male sees female, male flies at female, female freaks out, female flies on owner's face, etc. I'm not sure if my male was just being...

Thanks for the response guys. He still hasn't molted, but I'll be patient. Abdomen is still curved like in the picture, but it was just so odd compared to the other 6 I had that never displayed this curvature.

I'm trying to determine if this is something I should worry about. This isn't like the "fold" or "bend" i've had with other Chinese mantises, this is a definite curve that this one particular mantis has been showing all day. I've tried moving him every few hours to different locations to see if...

After a slight molting debacle, I've realized that this particular mantis is having some serious trouble with his grip. I have him in a food cover that is designed to keep bugs off your food outdoors, but he just keeps sliding his feet across the top, unable to actually grip it. I don't think...

Again I find myself in a position where I come to this forum to express myself since there really isn't anyone in my life that would likely care or understand why I was in such a panic just a few minutes ago. I came home from the hardware store and decide to check in on each of my mantises. On...

The ootheca I purchased at a plant shop hatched on June 3rd and of the seven mantises I decided to raise, i still have six. Today, however, I can proudly say I've raised a mantis from nymph to adulthood. I'm surprised it took less than 2 months but it has been relatively warm and I do keep my...