Hey!~

[Arruby]

Hi there! My name's Caroline. I'm fifteen and I live in the northern area of Virginia.

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I began raising mantises earlier this summer and kind of got into it. :3 Never really been a big fan of insects, but mantises are different imo.

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Anyway, after making a horrible mistake with my mantises (I placed a newly-caught male in with my pregnant and just-laid females... he tried to attack the pregnant one) I decided to do more research on raising them and came across this forum. :3

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I'm not sure what kind of mantises these are, but they're pretty common around here. Caught them all in my backyard; in total my brothers and I have around six or seven, eight now with the addition of Mr. Bean.

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Anyway, nice to meet you! ^.^

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v One of my mantids.. if anyone knows what kind she is, please let me know. :3

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[gripen]

Welcome. thats a big happy chinese female!

 

[lancaster1313]

Welcome.

 

[Arruby]

Awesome! Thanks for letting me know!

 

[patrickfraser]

Welcome. You've found a good place to "land" for mantid media. Nice looking chinese mantis there.

 

[hibiscusmile]

He wasn't attacking her, just going to mate, give her a day or two after laying and feed her good, and then mate them.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Mr Bean. haha, an welcome!

 

[ismart]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[lunarstorm]

Welcome Caroline!

 

[smaksaw]

Can anyone identify a mantis that I'm thinking of catching as a pet?

 

[Rick]

Welcome