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  1. J

    Hello and need advice

    Thanks guys, I paid 10 bucks for my Ooths. Also I would like to keep them all alive I have a friend that helped with everything and we bought some small cups to keep the nymphs individually. about 200 cups and cut the center of the lid and replaced it with screening in order to vent. I don't...
  2. J

    Hello and need advice

    thanks guys for all the information. I won't release them in going to try to give the ones in good health away maybe just give them to the pet store. I can order some wingless fruit flys on Amazon (which I trust) for 10-15 dollars. And if I use my 5 gallon aquarium I could stretch some panty...
  3. J

    Hello and need advice

    Ok thanks for more information I thought the Chinese mantis was pretty easy to raise. So I have a place to put the babies when they hatch I have a 20gal fish tank and a 55 gallon fish tank that are empty also have a 5 gallon. So I just need 2 of the ones to that hatch to survive tho I'd like to...
  4. J

    Hello and need advice

    Thanks for input guys I appreciate it. What do you mean by most will randomly die. Are mantids that hard to raise to adulthood? also the guy at the pet shop said that when he fed them hamburger meat he put a string through clumps of meat and hung it from the ceiling and they would come to the...
  5. J

    Hello and need advice

    Hi all, This is my first post and I'm also a noob when it comes to mantis keeping though I'm not new to keeping insects. Now I've wanted a mantis for forever but I never pulled the trigger on one as of yet. With that said I didn't know it but my wife ordered 2 Chinese mantis egg cases and I...
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