How old were you when you started keeping mantises?

[ashe]

I was talking to someone who also is into mantises and it seems like a lot of the community got into mantises pretty young, and we were curious if that’s actually true or if everyone we know who keeps them just happens to be young.

 

[mantisfan101]

Man I remember finding my first one at my friend’s house, that was back in the good old days...

 

[ashe]

also I’m curious, what kind of mantis was everyone’s first?

 

[ashe]

Man I remember finding my first one at my friend’s house, that was back in the good old days...

And you actually kept it and fed it?

 

[MantisGirl13]

I'm only 15, but I started keeping when I was 10 or 11 I think. I found a mantis on a picnic table in our campsite one summer and kept her (I did not do my research and she died due to a mismolt because she had no ventilation and no molting room...I've learned a lot since) and ever since I've kept mantids!

- MantisGirl13 

 

[mantisfan101]

And you actually kept it and fed it?

Yup, unfortunately it died and I was utterly heartbroken but that kind of hooked me on them. I keep a lot of various sp of inverts but these hold a special place in my heart

 

[MantisMart]

i'm 15 and I started when I was 15! .

Its crazy that I already have 20 mantids and I've only been doing this for half a year now.

Maybe I need to slow down. Haha

 

[Noivurn]

Seeing as I'm 24 and got my little Enigma in July, I started keeping mantids at 24.  And she's a Giant Asian mantis. 

 

[Mantis Lady]

I was 37 when ik bought my first mantis, Cochise.  She was a hierodula menbrenacea  After i saw videos about  mantis keeping.

I am now 49, so 2 year and a bit longer.