Hello there!

[Aristalochia]

Greetings folks. I am new this site great site so thought I'd say hello. Im from Canada, new to mantids though, they've always intrigued me. I did not know there were so many people raising them until recently, and I think its wonderful there are many of you I very interested in mantids and lookforward to learning more from you all. Thanks for this site and for sharing all your knowledge and experiences!

 

[Serle]

Hy & Welcome fellow Cdn ...............  S

 

[Ocelotbren]

Welcome to the forum.   Do you have mantids already or are you looking into getting one now?

 

[SpaceWolf]

Welcome

 

[Rick]

Welcome

 

[Aristalochia]

Serle: Wow, a fellow Canuck, thats great. Its a pleasure to meet you I thought I'd be the only one.

Ocelotbren:  Cheers. Its nice to be here. So, I do not have any mantises yet. I have been trying to find some since spring but haven't had any luck locating either the native species that lives nearby in osoyoos, nor either of the two imported species that are colonizing the Okanagan Valley, where I live. After a few failed attempts to locate vendors in my country, I found a vendor who sells chinese mantids for pest control in Ontario, but they dont sell them during the summer so I thought I'd have to wait till spring. Then recently a european fellow that sells various bugs contacted me to let me know he has some Idolomantis diabolica ootheca available so I might be starting out with one of the more exotic species... I hardly wait to get started

SpaceWolf:  It is nice to meet you

Rick, thanks for the friendly reply and for providing this wonderful forum for us!

 

[hibiscusmile]

Welcome

 

[Connor]

Idolomantis diabolica ootheca

First off, welcome to the forum! It's a wonderful place with some great people. But I'm going to try and warn you about the devils mantis.

1. They are a species that requires a decent amount of experience 

2. Since you are getting a ooth that makes it even harder because to get a ooth to hatch it's difficult, especially with a exotic species. 

3. If your ooth hatches, what are you going to do then. I don't know how much this species hatches into, but it's got to be at least over 40 up to the hundreds. How are you going to care and house for all those nymphs as your first experience? And whatever you do, DO NOT release them into the wild.

4. And these mantis require special care. Lots of heat. And they are not the most hardy mantis... they also get MASSIVE. You would have to get some decent sized enclosures for them.

5. They are also expensive!!! And if you've never hatched an ooth, all that money might go to a unhatched ooth. 

Just to sum it up... please don't do this. Just get a easy and hardy species to start, and have fun! Also make sure to buy from a reputable dealer. Not sure about Canadian dealers, but make sure you don't get a bad seller!