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Hey there, since you are interested in anatomy, I figured I would share this with you! 40xBFMantisWingK5 by SirNovak, on Flickr This is a section of hind wing off of a Chinese Mantis, magnified 40x. (Taken by me) The ribbed tube you see there is some kind of "trachea" (or so I believe) I...

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I'd never want to force it to happen, I just think its a beautiful malformation. =P I didn't think it was gunna happen to be honest. When I first put the male in with her, she tried to kill him a few times. But it sure was funny watching him trying to get the job done hanging off the side of...

Hmmm, never heard of that before. I would imagine it's very rare though.

I didn't know that! Thanks for the info!

Awwwwe I was hoping she was special. =P Oh well, atleast it means there is a chance I'll find one that it happens to again!

So I am a biology major, and I am not stating any of this on mantids specifically, but as a basic principle of biology, it is possible to get two similar species to mate and produce offspring, hence how we get mules. (Horse + Donkey) However, the offspring is never viably fertile, meaning, they...

Little background: I have only raised Chinese Mantids, and only been doing it for a little while. So I found this girl when she was just a little green twig in the late spring, raised her through all her molting stages, no problems at all. When she did her final molt, and got her wings, they...

I think my mantis was actually starting to go blind from sitting under the light above her terrarium Mantis by SirNovak, on Flickr The black marks you see on her eyes there, are stationary, and if you look from above you can actually see the pupils behind them. She could still hunt fine, but...

Hello everyone! Ya'll can call me Novak or Sir, which ever you prefer. I hail from New England. I've recently rediscovered my love for Mantids. When I was younger I used to catch them as pets out in the woods behind my house, but over the last few years I haven't seen any around. This...