Just wanted to introduce myself, name is Dale from socal. Glad to have found this forum before I bought my mantis. So much good info here and alot of knowledgeable people. Been reading up for 2 weeks. I like to research a ton before I buy a animal of any kind. Im a reptile keeper and a fish/planted keeper. This will be my first pet mantis. Planning on getting a ghost but really want a dead leaf also hehe. If anybody has any recommendation on who to buy from specially locally please let me know.