I Found a Green MantidFly!!!

[kmsgameboy]

I found a Green Mantisfly at work last night. Has anyone kept these before? How long do they live? I think it would be cool to keep but I may just get rid of it.

 

[Ryan.M]

They are pretty cool, i hadn't even heard of them till about a month ago when i saw a picture of one in a book.

Now if it were me, i would keep it for about a week, take plenty of pictures, gut load it with food and then give it to a mantis haha, but hey, thats just me

 

[yeatzee]

They are pretty cool, i hadn't even heard of them till about a month ago when i saw a picture of one in a book.

Now if it were me, i would keep it for about a week, take plenty of pictures, gut load it with food and then give it to a mantis haha, but hey, thats just me

yes and they were terribly difficult to keep for me, they died randomly and did not eat. Not the same species though......

 

[Peter Clausen]

Mine ate just fine, but didn't live long. The life cycle is probably not feasible for many hobbyists, but I'd love to hear that somebody accomplished a captive generation of them some day!

 

[minard734]

My cousin is keeping a mantidfly right now. He's had it for a couple weeks and it's doing well.

 

[lunarstorm]

I've never heard of a mantidfly before today. I just looked up some pics and wow! I hope to see one someday.

 

[lancaster1313]

I had one that did well for a couple of weeks, got restless for a couple of days, then died.

 

[brancsikia339]

I found one in my basement, but sadly it died within a week.