Greetings....

[Enki40]

Hello all... I'm new here.... looking forward to consuming & digesting as much as I can regarding mantids....seems like a cool site.

Peace....

 

[Norlin]

Hiya and welcome! Do you have any yet or may have previously owned a few?

 

[stacy]

hi ya and welcome to the forum

 

[sueb4653]

hi there welcome

 

[Rick]

Welcome. You have come to the right place.

 

[happy1892]

Welcome.

 

[Mvalenz]

Welcome friend. You are definitely at the right place.

 

[Enki40]

I have a wild caught specimen. I'm a tarantula & scorpion enthusiast...about 14 years in the hobby. I have over 20 different species of tarantula and owned about 5 different species of scorpion....as well as 5 American Pitbull Terriers... .

I've always admired mantids and I'm really enjoying my lil specimen... I set her ( I hope ) up in a lil arboreal enclosure and keep her in my tee room....it's 80-82 degrees in there. I mist the enclosure once a day and feed crix and lil wild caught hoppers that came from the excite same area in my yard as the mantis. She molted last week...thriving.

I came here to learn from the pros. What species is this...? I live in GA... I've heard Stagmomantis or Tenodera aridifolia sinensis..check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJU5PqCwss&feature=plcp

Pic: http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/DSCN0592.jpg

 

[Enki40]

P.S. I was replying to Norlin....my bad.

 

[happy1892]

I have a wild caught specimen. I'm a tarantula & scorpion enthusiast...about 14 years in the hobby. I have over 20 different species of tarantula and owned about 5 different species of scorpion....as well as 5 American Pitbull Terriers... .

I've always admired mantids and I'm really enjoying my lil specimen... I set her ( I hope ) up in a lil arboreal enclosure and keep her in my tee room....it's 80-82 degrees in there. I mist the enclosure once a day and feed crix and lil wild caught hoppers that came from the excite same area in my yard as the mantis. She molted last week...thriving.

I came here to learn from the pros. What species is this...? I live in GA... I've heard Stagmomantis or Tenodera aridifolia sinensis..check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJU5PqCwss&feature=plcp

Pic: http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/DSCN0592.jpg

Probably Stagmomantis carolina, I am not certain but that is what I think it is. The Chinese Mantis used to be a subspecies in the species Tenodera aridifolia but now it is a species, Tenodera sinensis. Before that it was called Tenodera aridifolia mandarinae, now it is a species, Tenodera sinensis.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Welcome!

 

[patrickfraser]

welcome to the "bug" house.

 

[dlemmings]

Welcome!