Mantid Longevity

[meanfoot]

:blink: I find lots of care sheets out there on the web and plenty useing this forum to track them down

but one thing I very rarely find is expected Longevity of Mantid

If some of you more experianced breeders would please post here on any and all that you know about

I would like to compile this information for further referance.

thanx

jim o.

I has figured in the wild mantids would not make it threw the winter .But was thinking that maybe in more tropical areas some might have longer life spans.

but more interested in captive raised.

 

[Mantida]

Are you looking for specific longevity for each specific mantid species?

Captive bred mantids live for about a year... but depending on the species you can give or take a few months. P. paradoxa can live as long as a year and a half. Adult mantids live for 1-6 months depending on the species. Usually this range in general is 2-4 months.

All wild mantids die in the winter no matter how long they've been as adults.

 

[asdsdf]

Are you looking for specific longevity for each specific mantid species? Captive bred mantids live for about a year... but depending on the species you can give or take a few months. P. paradoxa can live as long as a year and a half. Adult mantids live for 1-6 months depending on the species. Usually this range in general is 2-4 months.

All wild mantids die in the winter no matter how long they've been as adults.

Not always true, if you take one in and lower it's metabolism a little. Ya, other than that, I have to agree.

 

[Mantida]

Not always true, if you take one in and lower it's metabolism a little. Ya, other than that, I have to agree.

If you take it in.

I'm talking about WILD mantids here, the ones that aren't taken into captivity.

Even if you do lower the metabolism, they will still die in the winter time.

 

[Rick]

Depends on the kind of mantis. Some can live a year.

 

[allenator]

Some breeders have logs as well. I have seen a few that have dates from hatch to the time the female produced its first ooth. That might give you an estimate as well.

 

[Kruszakus]

Sometimes information found on a site can be wrong - I was shocked to discover, that O. Distinctus males were dying after only four weeks, though the info stated that their lifespan was much longer.

 

[asdsdf]

Sometimes information found on a site can be wrong - I was shocked to discover, that O. Distinctus males were dying after only four weeks, though the info stated that their lifespan was much longer.

It depends on the mantis, and the growing speed of the mantis. I have noticed that a mantis lives longer in cooler temperatures.(My male European was supposed to die a LONG time ago. It even outlived my female. :blink: )