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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jay" data-source="post: 281076" data-attributes="member: 337">Okay Trundlebug - I hope you can give me a bit of insight on this one.This forum has had several discussions about inbreeding and inbreeding depression. Though some species of mantis were once available to the hobby for a generation or two, either because the breeders did not keep enough stock or something else happened, the species no longer produced viable offspring. This has led some of us to consider inbreeding depression a possible threat to some mantis species.With this in mind - how prevalent a problem is inbreeding depression in most insects and how large of a population of a specific species of mantis would you suggest to keep a breeder from experiencing inbreeding depression with his (or her) mantis landrace? (In answering this question I understand that specific species may be more sensitive to inbreeding depression than others - but I was just wondering your opinion)Though I apologize for the length of the question, I am hoping a thoughtful question will evoke a thoughtful response.Thanks!-Jay</blockquote>