Hello!
I’m Drakko from the Midwest and I am entirely new to the hobby. I’ve been on the forum for some time, but I’ve mostly used it as a learning tool to help me get set up and learn about the different aspects of keeping mantids! I started with 3 Ghosts that arrived at the very beginning of May. Originally, I intended to keep them together, since I knew they were one of the species that was known to have a very low risk of cannibalism. However, I fell in love with each of them individually and quickly decided to house them separately. It’s been so fun watching them grow and change and I would definitely say that my favorite part of keeping them is finding out that they’ve molted or even catching them mid-molt! I’m not the greatest at determining sex yet, but I believe I have 2 females and 1 male, so in the future I’m hoping to be able to breed them and sell the ooths and/or nymphs. Also, I’m excited to eventually be able to keep some of the other species that I’ve seen in the hobby! Thank you all for being so helpful!
I’m Drakko from the Midwest and I am entirely new to the hobby. I’ve been on the forum for some time, but I’ve mostly used it as a learning tool to help me get set up and learn about the different aspects of keeping mantids! I started with 3 Ghosts that arrived at the very beginning of May. Originally, I intended to keep them together, since I knew they were one of the species that was known to have a very low risk of cannibalism. However, I fell in love with each of them individually and quickly decided to house them separately. It’s been so fun watching them grow and change and I would definitely say that my favorite part of keeping them is finding out that they’ve molted or even catching them mid-molt! I’m not the greatest at determining sex yet, but I believe I have 2 females and 1 male, so in the future I’m hoping to be able to breed them and sell the ooths and/or nymphs. Also, I’m excited to eventually be able to keep some of the other species that I’ve seen in the hobby! Thank you all for being so helpful!
