Hello, my name is Michael Franke. I'm from texas and I've raised all sorts of different animals mostly rabbits and cavies. I worked for awhile with a commercial beekeeper and have a hive of my own now. I have always thought mantids were amazing insects but until today I assumed that I had to enjoy them strictly in nature. But after joining an invertabrate facebook group out of mostly curiosity I saw another member post about her mantids and she reccommended this forum. I would just like to learn as much as I can so I can eventually get one or 2.