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Hello everyone- Fixing to redo/clean all my mantis cages, and have been using a non-toxic soil from Petco as substrate. It holds moisture Ok, but not for very long. So, have heard many times on this forum that spaghnum moss holds moisture very well........but, the only stuff I can find comes...

Hello All- I've got a copy of "Praying Mantis, Keeping Aliens" & "The Mantids", as well as another half dozen books about them I found on Ebay, but, has anyone out there ever seen/heard of a book that has photos of the vast majority of the 2000 or so species?

Hello Everyone- Need some advice here.....P. Paradoxa molted L6-L7, everything came out fine with the exception of one of his front claws. Slightly gimpy, which he then proceeded to eat over the course of a couple of days. I've read they might regenerate them if lost in earlier molts. Anyone...

Hello- I have had on ongoing interest in Mantids for the past 20 years or so, but for the most part it was limited to species caught in the wild. I live in Fort Worth, Texas, and some species are pretty abundant, like Grass Mantises and Brunner's Mantises.....plus a few other species. I have...