Tenodera sinensis wild ooth hatches

[sally]

Although buying them to burglarize someone is probably considered less strange than raising mantids by the general populace. :lol: People have some surprised reactions when I tell them about this hobby...

Soooo right.

 

[Digger]

Have an anecdote about the high school student clerk at CVS ringing up the stockings. "They're NOT for me," I said as he looked at me askance. "That's what they all say," said he.

 

[sally]

Have an anecdote about the high school student clerk at CVS ringing up the stockings. "They're NOT for me," I said as he looked at me askance. "That's what they all say," said he.

. I wonder what would be worse, saying they are for you or saying they are for your praying mantises...lol

 

[Digger]

The latter. nline2long:

 

[dgerndt]

Haha, yes, first reactions are funny to see! But most people nowadays know that I love my bugs, and mantids are my passion! Plus, once people see them, they have a better understanding of why I like them.

 

[ladygigi]

:clap: :clap: woot! I live having wild mantids....but most of mine get eaten my the lizards -.-

That's right! Having a lizard is exactly how I got into this! I used to feed mantids to my lizard, Tartan. One of the Oratorias I fed Tartan managed to lay an ooth before he consumed her, which is the how and why I am here today. Lizards love mantises. To Tartan, they were quite a delicacy. . .

 

[ladygigi]

Yesterday I put about 100 L1s out into a gigantic holly bush, which is just coming to fragrant bloom and onto a honeysuckle bush and large spread of English ivy. Hope some of them make it to later stages.

Isn't that kind of young to be releasing them? :blink: I thought I read somewhere that you should wait until at least L2 before releasing them out into the wild.

 

[ladygigi]

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[ladygigi]

Although buying them to burglarize someone is probably considered less strange than raising mantids by the general populace. :lol: People have some surprised reactions when I tell them about this hobby...

Soooo right.

Ditto. . . :clown:

 

[ladygigi]

Have an anecdote about the high school student clerk at CVS ringing up the stockings. "They're NOT for me," I said as he looked at me askance. "That's what they all say," said he.

. I wonder what would be worse, saying they are for you or saying they are for your praying mantises...lol

I can just see the look on the clerks face now (if you told him your mantises)! ROFLMFAO! :clown: