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This is really helpful. I grabbed an ooth from work yesterday that I'm gonna try to hatch. I watched the European Mantis place it in a bush and there was a male on her back, so I'm pretty sure it's fertile. I can't seem to be able to add pics (including my profile) or I would post the pics of...

I've been reading posts all day instead of working. There are ooths everywhere outside. I'm not sure if she's been fertilized but I'd really like to raise a few from birth. I read from a few people about putting the ooth in a "deli cup"? Is this what it sounds like? Put it in a cup with mesh...

The pic above is the mantis I caught today. she is in a well ventilated tupper ware container happily eating a grasshopper. at lunch I went to Pet-Smart and bought the biggest Kritter Keeper they had, 24 live crickets and some fake "dirt" for the flooring. Can anyone tell me anything about...

I have some good pics of a mantis near my work that I'd like to bring home as a pet. It's getting cold here in Colorado and I think I could give her a nice home for the winter but I know almost nothing about her care (and I'm pretty sure she's about to lay eggs). Any thoughts would be very...

Can anyone identify a mantis that I'm thinking of catching as a pet?