New to Mantids Hello everyone

[Tonypace2009]

Hello I am new to Mantids but not new to insects. I have been keeping spiders starting with trapdoor spiders and Tarantulas since 2009 and now have 3o tarantulas 2 trapdoors and a dipluridae plus 3 centipedes. Last week I tried to save a Mantid I found on my porch Its legs were folded under So I tried giving it water which seemed to help it drank several times. I offered it water about every hour but sadly late in the evening it Quite responding. In my search to help this mantid I found many sites and information and beautiful mantids that I did not realize we could get here in the states. Apparently the mantid was a male its wings protruded quite a ways past its abdamon. So I guess it was just its time at the end of its life cycle. I have been researching about mantids since last week studying enclosures molting patches to molt from and feeder size and what feeders to offer. From ooths to L1 to L2 and so forth. During my research I found links to this forum and have been checking out enclosures and care sheets and a lot of information here lots to learn. The first mantids I would like to acquire are ghost mantids then sheild mantids and then orchid mantis. So hopefully some time in the future I will have my first Mantis in the mean time I will learn from many of these great toppics. THANK YOU

 

[dmina]

Your want list will get a lot longer... Just wait and see!..LOL

 

[CosbyArt]

Greetings and welcome to the forum

Sorry to hear you wasn't able to save the wild mantid. Sounds like you made it's final time as pleasant as possible though - and found a new hobby/pets. Any mantids I have that have folded in their walking legs (like a dead spider) are either already dead or die soon afterwards, and have always died no matter what I did/don't do though. So don't think it caused it any harm/or simply failed to save it, you did what you could.

Sounds like a nice list of mantids to start with, and a great order too.

 

[Tonypace2009]

Your want list will get a lot longer... Just wait and see!..LOL

Thank you And I know the list will get longer that's the fun part. The list gets longer and my house gets smaller. HaHA

 

[Tonypace2009]

Greetings and welcome to the forum

Sorry to hear you wasn't able to save the wild mantid. Sounds like you made it's final time as pleasant as possible though - and found a new hobby/pets. Any mantids I have that have folded in their walking legs (like a dead spider) are either already dead or die soon afterwards, and have always died no matter what I did/don't do though. So don't think it caused it any harm/or simply failed to save it, you did what you could.

Sounds like a nice list of mantids to start with, and a great order too.

Thank you I have read several of your post DIY habitat especially and appreciate the support. I have saved several dehydrated spiders before and had to try to save this mantid. but after research I realized it was a male close to the end of its cycle and that was probably a contributing factor to its death.

 

[Rick]

Welcome

 

[Fredstrong]

Welcome I am new too. Freddy

 

[CosbyArt]

Thank you I have read several of your post DIY habitat especially and appreciate the support. I have saved several dehydrated spiders before and had to try to save this mantid. but after research I realized it was a male close to the end of its cycle and that was probably a contributing factor to its death.

Your welcome, and thanks yeah I wrote a few articles. Indeed I just wanted to be sure you weren't "beating yourself up" emotionally about it, as it seems you spent some time and efforts on the mantid. Amazing that you were able to save spiders in similar circumstances, congrats.

 

[Tonypace2009]

Welcome I am new too. Freddy

I have been reading quite a few post on this forum and I am already learning a lot.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Welcome!

 

[Tonypace2009]

Welcome!

THANK YOU