Eoullis
Active member
Greetings,
I am so pleased to be a part of this eccentric community. I only wish I knew sooner that such a place as this existed. I've already read many posts and can't believe how much information is contained within this site and the willingness of the members who share this knowledge with us all. So, thanks for having me and I hope to get know some of you as time goes by.
I suppose I should give a quick summary of how I ended up here. The first time I saw a mantis I was about six years old. The mantis was on my Grandfather's truck when I saw it and started yelling for someone to "come look at this bug". My Grandfather came out of the barn and told me that it was a praying mantis. He explained to me what kind of creature it was and what it did. He also taught me to never kill a mantis. He caught a cricket and got the mantis to sit in his hand and fed it the cricket. That was it for me. I was hooked. The image of that first mantis snatching the cricket, gobbling it up, and then cleaning itself like a cat, is burned forever in my mind. When that bright green jewel turned its head to look at me I felt an instant connection. I felt that me and this little creature were privy to something most of the animal kingdom is without. My favorite insect firstly and lastly for always.
I played with mantidae all through my childhood and teens but, never kept one as a pet. Fastforward to when I was about twenty-five working in a bookstore, I came across some incredible images of praying mantises. I felt that awesome feeling of curiosity for mantidae. I read a little and the next thing I know I'm hatching a mail order ootheca from Wards science. I turned all of them loose except for one really bright green one and kept it for about a year until it died. Turned out it was a she and she was awesome. I became quite attached to her. I planned on hatching another ootheca but, it was a crazy time then, I was young and jumping from apartment to apartment and job to job.
Fast forward ten years I'm settled down pushing forty and got stung by the mantid "bug" about seven days ago. I've been reading as much free information as I can and discovered this forum. So, here I am.
I plan on picking up some specimens and really getting into things. I have the space and the time. I'll do some more research and get my setup going before I purchase anything thats alive. I'm hoping some of you will help me in my decision when it comes time for me to purchase a or some mantids.
Hope this isn't too long. Thanks for reading. So long for now.
David (Eoullis)
I am so pleased to be a part of this eccentric community. I only wish I knew sooner that such a place as this existed. I've already read many posts and can't believe how much information is contained within this site and the willingness of the members who share this knowledge with us all. So, thanks for having me and I hope to get know some of you as time goes by.
I suppose I should give a quick summary of how I ended up here. The first time I saw a mantis I was about six years old. The mantis was on my Grandfather's truck when I saw it and started yelling for someone to "come look at this bug". My Grandfather came out of the barn and told me that it was a praying mantis. He explained to me what kind of creature it was and what it did. He also taught me to never kill a mantis. He caught a cricket and got the mantis to sit in his hand and fed it the cricket. That was it for me. I was hooked. The image of that first mantis snatching the cricket, gobbling it up, and then cleaning itself like a cat, is burned forever in my mind. When that bright green jewel turned its head to look at me I felt an instant connection. I felt that me and this little creature were privy to something most of the animal kingdom is without. My favorite insect firstly and lastly for always.
I played with mantidae all through my childhood and teens but, never kept one as a pet. Fastforward to when I was about twenty-five working in a bookstore, I came across some incredible images of praying mantises. I felt that awesome feeling of curiosity for mantidae. I read a little and the next thing I know I'm hatching a mail order ootheca from Wards science. I turned all of them loose except for one really bright green one and kept it for about a year until it died. Turned out it was a she and she was awesome. I became quite attached to her. I planned on hatching another ootheca but, it was a crazy time then, I was young and jumping from apartment to apartment and job to job.
Fast forward ten years I'm settled down pushing forty and got stung by the mantid "bug" about seven days ago. I've been reading as much free information as I can and discovered this forum. So, here I am.
I plan on picking up some specimens and really getting into things. I have the space and the time. I'll do some more research and get my setup going before I purchase anything thats alive. I'm hoping some of you will help me in my decision when it comes time for me to purchase a or some mantids.
Hope this isn't too long. Thanks for reading. So long for now.
David (Eoullis)
You are most welcome here on the forum and I am glad you finally showed yourself, I thought we were being watched
