mantisman
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Hi Everybody,
My name is Mike, I'm here in Northern California and I'm probably one of the 'older' members on here at the age of 54! (Com-on' - it's not THAT old, is it???) I found this web-site last year and now I'm finding myself spending more and more of my free time (lots of it - I'm Retired!) researching and reading about my new-found passion, MANTIDS, probably "MOTHER NATURE'S BEST KEPT SECRET!" So I thought it's time to introduce myself. I found my first Mantis here in CA. about 15 years ago, raised it and always remembered it as one of my BEST pets. As a kid I had the usual frogs, toads, lizards, snakes, birds, rats, guinea pigs, and dogs, but for some strange reason that Mantis was the best! Two years ago I purchased an adult female Chinese Mantis, she left me a few Ooths and I knew nothing about incubating them and was fortunate enough to have a partial hatch. After releasing a few nymphs and loosing a few nymphs, I did some online research, raised two male Chinese Mantids, started looking for more Mantis Info and found this web-site. I posted a 'want ad' for a female Chinese Mantis and was fortunate enough to have hibiscusmile answer my post and provide a nice, healthy female (THANK YOU REBBECA!) I then watched one of my males hook up with his new 'girlfriend' (Wow, how did he do that!?!?) and now I've watched her lay her first Ooth, cool! In all my years I've invested lots of hard earned $$$ in my first passion, Hi Performance Automobiles, now I wish I'd found that first Mantis at a much younger age, but as the saying goes: "Better late than never." Oh yeah, one thing I forgot to mention was the female European Mantis I found about two months ago while doing some yard work, I called it my "Gift From Above." Well, now I'm calling her "Hannibal The Cannibal!" When I posted my 'Wants' on this site I also asked for a male European Mantis and Rebbeca again came to the rescue on that one too, Thanks again Rebbeca! I thought I'd fed her enough and attempted to mate her with her new friend 'Little Man.' Well, about five minutes later she decided to have him for dessert! So I'm learning, and yes, I did tell Rebbeca the bad news! So now here I am HOOKED on Mantids and after viewing this web-site I can only guess it gets better!!!
Thank You everyone for the informative information and this web-site!!!
I'm looking forward to more "Mantid Encounters!" :lol:
My name is Mike, I'm here in Northern California and I'm probably one of the 'older' members on here at the age of 54! (Com-on' - it's not THAT old, is it???) I found this web-site last year and now I'm finding myself spending more and more of my free time (lots of it - I'm Retired!) researching and reading about my new-found passion, MANTIDS, probably "MOTHER NATURE'S BEST KEPT SECRET!" So I thought it's time to introduce myself. I found my first Mantis here in CA. about 15 years ago, raised it and always remembered it as one of my BEST pets. As a kid I had the usual frogs, toads, lizards, snakes, birds, rats, guinea pigs, and dogs, but for some strange reason that Mantis was the best! Two years ago I purchased an adult female Chinese Mantis, she left me a few Ooths and I knew nothing about incubating them and was fortunate enough to have a partial hatch. After releasing a few nymphs and loosing a few nymphs, I did some online research, raised two male Chinese Mantids, started looking for more Mantis Info and found this web-site. I posted a 'want ad' for a female Chinese Mantis and was fortunate enough to have hibiscusmile answer my post and provide a nice, healthy female (THANK YOU REBBECA!) I then watched one of my males hook up with his new 'girlfriend' (Wow, how did he do that!?!?) and now I've watched her lay her first Ooth, cool! In all my years I've invested lots of hard earned $$$ in my first passion, Hi Performance Automobiles, now I wish I'd found that first Mantis at a much younger age, but as the saying goes: "Better late than never." Oh yeah, one thing I forgot to mention was the female European Mantis I found about two months ago while doing some yard work, I called it my "Gift From Above." Well, now I'm calling her "Hannibal The Cannibal!" When I posted my 'Wants' on this site I also asked for a male European Mantis and Rebbeca again came to the rescue on that one too, Thanks again Rebbeca! I thought I'd fed her enough and attempted to mate her with her new friend 'Little Man.' Well, about five minutes later she decided to have him for dessert! So I'm learning, and yes, I did tell Rebbeca the bad news! So now here I am HOOKED on Mantids and after viewing this web-site I can only guess it gets better!!!
Thank You everyone for the informative information and this web-site!!!
I'm looking forward to more "Mantid Encounters!" :lol:
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