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<blockquote data-quote="GingerC" data-source="post: 307094" data-attributes="member: 9692"><p>I had first heard of pet mantises a year and a half or so ago; the idea intrigued me, and I wanted one, but I decided not to get one because I was afraid my mom wouldn't tolerate feeders in the house. Eventually, though, I saw a forum post about a pet mantis named Aaron Burr, which renewed my interest.</p><p></p><p>That very same day, my little brother was pestering the parental units about getting a pet, and I offhandedly suggested a mantis. Three months of research later, we got our first <em>H. membranacea </em>nymphs in the mail on Christmas Eve! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>His nymph didn't make it to adulthood, but my mantis (named George) is still alive to this day. He's a male and he molted into adulthood at the start of April, I think that's pretty darn old for a male of his species. He ended up being my gateway into being allowed to have all sorts of pets, from geckos to crayfish, and I'm ordering another batch of nymphs once cold weather rolls around. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GingerC, post: 307094, member: 9692"] I had first heard of pet mantises a year and a half or so ago; the idea intrigued me, and I wanted one, but I decided not to get one because I was afraid my mom wouldn't tolerate feeders in the house. Eventually, though, I saw a forum post about a pet mantis named Aaron Burr, which renewed my interest. That very same day, my little brother was pestering the parental units about getting a pet, and I offhandedly suggested a mantis. Three months of research later, we got our first [I]H. membranacea [/I]nymphs in the mail on Christmas Eve! :) His nymph didn't make it to adulthood, but my mantis (named George) is still alive to this day. He's a male and he molted into adulthood at the start of April, I think that's pretty darn old for a male of his species. He ended up being my gateway into being allowed to have all sorts of pets, from geckos to crayfish, and I'm ordering another batch of nymphs once cold weather rolls around. :D [/QUOTE]
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