Mantis escape

[Ryanromaine]

One of my brothers must have opened the cage for my African Blue Clawed Mantis and let one out, so now i have to invest in either a new ABC or just a whole new pair of getting some other kind, im probably getting a pair of the Blue Flash Mantis', what do you guys think about that?

 

[CoolMantid]

where are you located? Make sure you find them so they dont get out into the wild

 

[happy1892]

Are they very small? Mantids like to go high so you can probably find him. What species is a African Blue Clawed Mantis? When I first saw ABC I thought you had a choice to learn the ABCs or keep mantids.

 

[gripen]

If I'm not mistaken blue claw and blueflash are the same spp.

 

[happy1892]

If I'm not mistaken blue claw and blueflash are the same spp.

I think they are to. Are you just guessing or have you seen them called that.

 

[agent A]

They r attracted to light

Also they like to hide behind furniture

Hope this helps

 

[happy1892]

They r attracted to light

Also they like to hide behind furniture

Hope this helps

None of my mantids did. I have kept Chinese Mantids, Statilia maculata, Narrow Winged Mantids and Pseudoharpax virescens.

 

[agent A]

None of my mantids did. I have kept Chinese Mantids, Statilia maculata, Narrow Winged Mantids and Pseudoharpax virescens.

I've seen sybilla, creo, tenodera, popa, and hierodula do that

But I guess it varies so let's hope he finds his mantis

 

[Precarious]

Look underneath everything since they like to hang upside down. And look high in the room.

 

[CoolMantid]

Check bookcases. When I lost my 2 chinese nymphs I found them waiting for me on my desk when I returned from school. That was lucky.

But later that month I lost another chinese nymph. I couldnt find him so I assumed he died. 2 months later I found him on my bookcase and he appeared to have molted once

 

[meaganelise9]

Yeah, I had one get out once. I thought for sure the cat had gotten it. It was on the back of a box on the top of a bookshelf, higher than I can reach.

 

[Psychobunny]

Adults usually do not go very far from their cage.

I have left them out all day and night on a fake plant in my living room and

that is were they stayed the whole time.

On the other hand, an escaped little nymph can be close to impossible to find.