How Many Mantids Have You Had?

[brancsikia339]

I double checked and you are right, it's more like 44,103

You counted that far!?!?

 

[angelofdeathzz]

You counted that far!?!?

Yes I did, but it did get challenging after I ran out of fingers and toes!

 

[hibiscusmile]

No no no I am pretty sure it means bologna sandwich

haha I see!

 

[hibiscusmile]

44,101 to be exact!

tee hee, u have to much time on your hands Nick, come on over here and I will give u something to do!

 

[angelofdeathzz]

tee hee, u have to much time on your hands Nick, come on over here and I will give u something to do!

You know, I would love to do that if we only lived in the same state.

 

[MandellaMandy123]

tee hee, u have to much time on your hands Nick, come on over here and I will give u something to do!

You know, I would love to do that if we only lived in the same state.

I'd love to too, too bad we're millions of states apart

 

[lancaster1313]

Present: Hierodula multispina (4), Stagmomantis carolina (3 + oothecae),Thesprotia graminis (approx. 15 + oothecae)

Past: Bred; H. multispina, Creobroter pictipennis, S. carolina. Not bred; Tenodera sinensis, Brunneria borealis, Gonatista grisea.

I don't like to have too many at once because I need time and space for the other pets.

Edit: After I made a smart alec post, I was more aware that I can't figure out how to get itaic text with the iPad. :blush:

 

[sinensispsyched]

I've had 13 total.

 

[MantidBro]

Sorry, can't possibly count the amount. I've had:

phyllovates chlorophaea, pseudempusa pinnapavonis, parymenopus davisoni, parasphendale affinis, parasphendale agrionina, hymenopus coronatus, idolomantis diabolica, tenodera sinensis, tenodera angustipennis, popa spurca, phyllocrania paradoxa, Odontomantis planiceps, hierodula majuscula, sphodromantis sp. blue flash, sphodromantis centralis, Hierodula membranacea, Heterochaeta orientalis, sphodromantis viridis, pseudocreobotra wahlbergii, ephestiatula pictipes, creobroter gemmatus, creobroter pictipennis, gongylus gongylodes, pseudovates arizonae, mantis religiosa, Brunneria borealis (still waiting on the ooths to hatch <_< ),

Sphodromantis sp. black flash, sphodromantis lineola

Woah thats a damn lot! LOL. I figure I'll get to where you're at around 50 years old lol.

 

[MantidBro]

thanks for understanding. that's what i was trying to say. i never wanted to fight in the first place.

You're welcome, and I wasn't expecting fights either. No need for drama, we're just enjoying our mantids, here.

 

[MantidBro]

Indian Flower

Ghost

Idolomantis

Giant Asian

Giant shield

Taumantis

Cryptic

S. Limbata

Hetreochaeta Orientalis

Texas Unicorn

Miomantis Binotata

Nice list! You've had a lot of my favorites. Plus I've also had two Stagmomantis Limbata. Aren't they gentle?

 

[MantidBro]

Sorry. Currently keeping a couple hundred, probably more. All alive at this present time.

No its okay, and woah! =-O How do you take care of them? You must have a lot of containers.

 

[MantidBro]

Phyllocrania Paradoxa, Blepharopsis mendica, sybilla pretiosa, hymenopus coronatus, idolomantis diabolica, popa spurca, metallyticus splendidus (barely), metallyticus violaceus, pseudocreobotra wahlbergii, hypsocorypha gracillis, tenodera sinensis, Stagmomantis californica, s. limbata, s. carolinia, multispina, deroplatys lobata, deroplatys dessicata. I got some parymenopus davisonii coming in the mail,and a double shield mantis ooth. I'm pretty sure that's it.

Awesome! I also want a double shield some day.

 

[MantidBro]

Yeah, I probably know everything there is to know about those three species - and nothing about any other species. Next year I'm getting T. Sinensis and T. Angustipennis.

You wonder how I can take care of 12? I wonder how Rebecca can take care of 100000000000000000!

Sweet! And nice! The Tenodera Sinensis get quite large and really are beautiful. Lol a real person named Rebecca has that many? It takes me an hour just to feed, hydrate, and exercise the five nymphs I have! How do they have jobs?! lol

 

[MantidBro]

Currently have:

7 T. Sinensis

6 S. Lineola

3 Ghosts

2 Creos

ooths of T. Sinensis and Creos and hoping for ooths from the ghosts and Lineola.

I don't know how the others who have hundreds take care of them all. That is amazing to me.

Nice! Are your Tenodera Sinensis older or still quite small? I wanted to hear from another owner of them what they're like around adulthood. Mine are only nymphs rigt now.

And thats amazing to me too. I dont even understand how it's possible!

 

[MantidBro]

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.................and 1 Iris Oratoria

If i exclude the almost 200 hundred nymphs that hatched last June then i have/had still countless of them for the last 14/13 years.

Lol you have had a lot of mantis religiosa. Yeah its hard to decide whether nymphs count or not, especially since some die at nymph-stage.

 

[MantidBro]

Possibly the username Brancsikia339? I have no idea...

So far this year I've probably had about 75 different mantids

Either that or like Patrick said, it means bull sh*t.

Nice! I've had... 17 counting nymphs. Not counting nymphs, 2. Lol.

 

[MantidBro]

If you were referring to "number of mantids", then does the number of instars hatching from an ooth count? If they do count, then my answer would be the same as some of the posts above where I would have too many to count. If you were referring to "number of species", I've kept 4 species so far: (from most experience to least experience) Mediterranean mantid, European mantid, bordered (limbata) mantid, and Chinese mantid. If you were referring to how many mantids I've kept from hatching that made it to adulthood, I'd say about 6-7 or less per year for the last 15 years.

Number of mantids, number of genera... Either is good. Im not sure whether nymphs count or not, but you did a good job specifying. I have also owned Limbata and the Chinese mantid. Last 15 years? WOAH!

 

[Mvalenz]

I have had:

one wild T. Sinensis

Popa spurca

H. Majuscula

P. Affinis

Idolomantis

I have:

4 P. Affinis

7 H. Majuscula

2 P. Paradoxa ootheca

I like my bologna sandwich fried. Yum!

 

[MandellaMandy123]

Sweet! And nice! The Tenodera Sinensis get quite large and really are beautiful. Lol a real person named Rebecca has that many? It takes me an hour just to feed, hydrate, and exercise the five nymphs I have! How do they have jobs?! lol

Lol Rebecca is hibiscussmile - and of course she doesn't really have that many!