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My daughter found a baby praying mantis and we have been keeping it and feeding it flightless fruit flies. It just molted and went from a reddish brown to more of a light green with brown accents. I have included photos in the hopes that someone can help me ID the kind of mantid we have. The...

I'm so excited. I actually found a mantis "in the wild" today. I actually found it hanging around a dumpster near my work. I walked past, did a double take, and saw him sitting there on the fence. I went back to my car, grabbed my lunchbox, and ushered him in. So now he's sitting in my car. I'll...

Here is a picture of a my recently L3 Hierodula Parviceps. I apologize that the picture is bad, but that's the best I can seem to get out of my poor camera. He ended up catching a fruit fly on the rim of that cup and sat there eating it. I took pictures the whole time, but they all came out...

What's the survival rate of L1 nymphs? Are the chances better for L2 nymphs? Do you have to wait till a certain development before it's safe to ship them?