Chessiegirl
Member
Hi!
I've been lurking here for a few weeks, gathering information about Chinese mantids after acquiring my first ooth and successfully hatching it. You've all been so helpful!
I am a university student from British Columbia and have always been obsessed with animals! I had all kinds of interesting pets as a kid including several reptiles and amphibians. Right now I am very involved in animal rescue and I have two dogs named Chester and Iska.
One of my most favorite pets as a child was an African mantid named Cicely after a mantid in a Gerrald Durrell novel. She lived to be almost a year and a half and lived on a plant in my room. When she got too old and stiff to hunt herself, I fed her with tweezers.
So now, I felt the desire to revive my interest in mantids! They are supremely cool creatures and I currently have about 100 babies; their numbers have dropped significantly from over 200 nymphs.
They hatched in about 2 weeks, which was totally unexpected; I had left the lid off to air out their home because it had a tiny patch of mold on the bottom, and when we checked on them the next day there were babies EVERYWHERE!! It took about 6 hours to round them all up in the room...they are fast little gaffers! :lol:
Anyways, pleased to meet you all, I am looking forward to learning a lot more on this forum!
Cheers
Caitlin
I've been lurking here for a few weeks, gathering information about Chinese mantids after acquiring my first ooth and successfully hatching it. You've all been so helpful!
I am a university student from British Columbia and have always been obsessed with animals! I had all kinds of interesting pets as a kid including several reptiles and amphibians. Right now I am very involved in animal rescue and I have two dogs named Chester and Iska.
One of my most favorite pets as a child was an African mantid named Cicely after a mantid in a Gerrald Durrell novel. She lived to be almost a year and a half and lived on a plant in my room. When she got too old and stiff to hunt herself, I fed her with tweezers.
So now, I felt the desire to revive my interest in mantids! They are supremely cool creatures and I currently have about 100 babies; their numbers have dropped significantly from over 200 nymphs.
They hatched in about 2 weeks, which was totally unexpected; I had left the lid off to air out their home because it had a tiny patch of mold on the bottom, and when we checked on them the next day there were babies EVERYWHERE!! It took about 6 hours to round them all up in the room...they are fast little gaffers! :lol:
Anyways, pleased to meet you all, I am looking forward to learning a lot more on this forum!
Cheers
Caitlin
