Hello everyone, I'm new here. It's nice to meet you!
As it says, I am from Arizona. I just recently got a dozen Tenodera sinensis ooths, and plan on hatching one or so every month. Though I'm sure it's kind of morbid for some people, I actually intend to raise the majority of them as feeders for my chameleon-- though I will release some into my patio garden, and I already have things set up to keep around 20 adults, since I like mantids in general! When I was a child growing up, I would often catch mantises and keep them in screened enclosures outside with a plant and catching them moths and such every night for them for a couple months before I set them free. I guess you could say I'm getting back into the hobby?
With any luck, in the next month or two I'm actually going to go out hunting for a few of the native species here, including P. arizonae, if I can find them. Otherwise, I might just order up P. paradoxa and Sphodromantis, if I can find them! So I'm sure you'll see me around, talking about those guys!
As it says, I am from Arizona. I just recently got a dozen Tenodera sinensis ooths, and plan on hatching one or so every month. Though I'm sure it's kind of morbid for some people, I actually intend to raise the majority of them as feeders for my chameleon-- though I will release some into my patio garden, and I already have things set up to keep around 20 adults, since I like mantids in general! When I was a child growing up, I would often catch mantises and keep them in screened enclosures outside with a plant and catching them moths and such every night for them for a couple months before I set them free. I guess you could say I'm getting back into the hobby?
With any luck, in the next month or two I'm actually going to go out hunting for a few of the native species here, including P. arizonae, if I can find them. Otherwise, I might just order up P. paradoxa and Sphodromantis, if I can find them! So I'm sure you'll see me around, talking about those guys!
