first mantis

[Andyfrog321]

What was your first mantis???...

Mine was a Giant Chinese mantis...

 

[Malti]

still waiting for a first one...probably a ghost

 

[hibiscusmile]

Mine was a chinese from the ooths in my yard.

 

[bobericc]

Stagmomantis sp

Jumped out a bush at me haha

 

[kmsgameboy]

My first mantis was a orange and redish brown Chinse mantid that I named Scarlet. I caught her in my yard three years ago. I have yet to find another mantis as friendly as she was. I was able to find a male and mate her. Scarlet lived with me until mid-October when it became to hard for me to find wild insects to feed her. I set her free and much to my suprise I found her months later still hanging around my house in mid-December! I put a red mantis decal on my car window in rememberance of her.

 

[Ntsees]

Mine was Iris oratoria.

 

[crucis]

Odontomantis sp.. How i wish i could identify the species because (judging from Yen's pics) it wasn't planiceps. Judging from geographical location and the image gallery from MantisOnline.de, it wasn't micans either.

 

[lancaster1313]

Mine was a Stagmomantis carolina male nymph found at a local park. I currently have some of his grandchildren hatching out. My avatar is a photo of him.

 

[Dynastyus]

Well, I just got my first recently, but it's a Bud Wing. Joining him soon will be H. Parviceps.

 

[Andyfrog321]

Cool, I have two budwings at the moment! Adult Male and Female!

 

[MantidLord]

Two European nymphs my uncle gave me.

 

[Idolofreak]

My first one was an adult female Stagmomantis carolina seven years ago. She laid like five or six fertile ooths which hatched a couple thousand babies but I didn't know it (Or how to care for an ooth, since I was only seven and new to the hobby), so they all died.