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Is there such a thing sold as powdered insects? Reason I ask, is injured or old mantids that can’t hunt properly I find love to eat chicken or Turkey baby food. But if they made powdered insects you could just add water and make an instant insect paste to feed them instead.

Can Chinese and European mantis females fly or glide a good distance, say enough to get across a street?

I found a Chinese mantis female outside a month ago solid and not moving, I thought it was dead. I placed it under a shrub and checked on it next day and it was alive in a shrub! I fed it Turkey baby food, and for a month since it’s still outside alive! It moves into direct sunlight to warm up...

I had mantis ooths lost in the mail for two months almost during cold weather so they stayed dormant. The shipper had them in an envelope wrapped in bubble wrap. 🤦‍♂️ Would this kill the eggs inside?

I was always wondering this, if females can’t fly how do mantids spread in areas, like areas surrounded by roads?

Tenodera sinensis, Tenodera aridifolia, Tenodera angustipennis. If they can do the hybrids and Ootheca look different? Also how can I tell the 3 apart side by side they look so similar!

I have a few Luna moth cocoons that never attached properly to branches, is it safe to hot glue them to a new stick, and how do I position it?

First time I’ve seen anything like it it’s flat. 

Will crazy glue or hot glue gun work? Someone is sending me Ootheca not on branches and I need to attatch so I can zip tie to my shrubs outside.

Are these alive? 😵...

Have these living wild in my area. Was wondering if females are able to fly? Tenodera angustipennis Tenodera sinensis Mantis religiosa 

I have both in my area.  Tenodera angustipennis x Tenodera sinensis

I have some mantis religiosa and Chinese manyis ootheca in my shrubs. The religiosa were ordered last December and put outside right before NY warm winter finally got cold, everything was fine.  I go outside to find one religiosa ootheca has hatched! Last night was 42F and heavy rains and it's...

Saw this stunning green mantis in my Garden today.

I've seen so few people breeding them. They are probably the most wanted mantis on this site! Simply because they are easy to raise, and people want them to release in their yards (in states they occur). Myself included I've been trying to buy the ootheca but only got imitations sent and it got...

I live in New York and mantids hatch in June, I'm looking for Carolina ootheca outside of NY to buy (attached to twigs). I need at least 4 and can pay with PayPal.

I've heard baby mantids hatch and release silk. Spiderlings and some caterpillars do this right after hatching and the wind catches onto the silk and carries them to a new location, it's called ballooning. Is it possible for mantids to do this to reach new locations?

I live on Long Island and I've heard they can survive here. I want to buy some ootheca and release the nymphs, any way I can buy them close to june when they would normally hatch here? In my area in between houses we have all shrubs that mantids thrive in, plus an area with open fields near...

I read with each molt nymphs alter their color to match their surroundings. Has anyone tried raising them surrounded by bright colors like pink,yellow, or orange? Only putting those color items in the enclosure.

Does anyone feed their mantids chicken or beef baby food? They are high in protein, and especially for pregnant females really give a nutrition boost to produce larger ootheca. I've also used it for feeding weaker or injured nymphs that weren't catching as much prey as needed, the extra protein...