Hey from PA!

MotherofMantids · Dec 7, 2016

Hey everyone! My name's Amy and I've loved mantises since I was a little girl. It started with a wild mantis in my mom's garden I would hand feed. Eventually the mantis decided it liked me so much it would wait for me in the same spot everyday and hop right on me whenever I walked by. Whenever I was outside it would just hang out on my shoulder while I explored. I ended up keeping it inside when it got cold.

I picked up keeping them as pets again in college when I saved a Chinese mantis up from freezing in our garden.

So far only have exclusively kept Tenodera sinensis. Here's a video of me hand feeding one of my girls. I'll be keeping a Giant Asian mantis soon so I'm excited!

Nice to be apart of the community!

LAME · Dec 7, 2016

Welcome to the forum.

Serle · Dec 7, 2016

hy Amy - M of M

CosbyArt · Dec 7, 2016

Hello Amy and welcome to the forum

Sounds like you had a nice introduction to the hobby at a young age, and is a great story. Interestingly enough I find the Tenodera sinensis has the most inquisitive personalities, seem to enjoy human companionship, and are a active species unlike many others I've had (at least compared to the various species I've kept so far).