What do you keep your mantids in?

[Krissim Klaw]

I keep the 3'' ones in 4'' cups, 4'' ones in 5'' containers and adults in 6'' ones. I give them just enough room to move without being able to stretch out.

Silly, those measurements are used for properly crating dogs not bugs.

 

[Crazy4mantis]

32 oz. delis for small nymphs, net cages for adults, and exo-terras for tropical species.

 

[Crazy4mantis]

Silly, those measurements are used for properly crating dogs not bugs.

I've never heard of a 3" dog, but I bet they are really cute!

 

[MantidBro]

I've never heard of a 3" dog, but I bet they are really cute!

Lol

 

[MantidBro]

32 oz. delis for small nymphs, net cages for adults, and exo-terras for tropical species.

Nice

 

[mantid_mike]

My gf doesn't like all the space I was taking up with all my mantids so I had to downsize my collection so that it fits on these shelves. Most of them are in deli cups but I'm planning on building a few wood & mesh boxes w/ hinges and all very soon. Here's how I have them all organized right now. I added text so you know what species is on each shelf:

 

[glock34girl]

My gf doesn't like all the space I was taking up with all my mantids so I had to downsize my collection ...

The girl has got to go, mike!

 

[mantid_mike]

The girl has got to go, mike!

Lol!!!!

 

[MantidBro]

My gf doesn't like all the space I was taking up with all my mantids so I had to downsize my collection so that it fits on these shelves. Most of them are in deli cups but I'm planning on building a few wood & mesh boxes w/ hinges and all very soon. Here's how I have them all organized right now. I added text so you know what species is on each shelf:

Damn that's a lot of mantids! That's cool that you'll be making some wooden boxes with hinges.

 

[Krissim Klaw]

I've never heard of a 3" dog, but I bet they are really cute!

http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2012-03-21/newborn-puppy-born-barely-bigger-than-a-sneeze/

 

[Tony C]

I like to keep them in ff cups with lots of friends to make sure they don't get lonely.

 

[mantid_mike]

Damn that's a lot of mantids! That's cool that you'll be making some wooden boxes with hinges.

I didn't think it was that many mantids until I came home today...2 ooths hatched!

 

[glock34girl]

What hatched?

 

[mantid_mike]

What hatched?

Pseudoharpax Viriscens and Stagmomantis Californica

 

[MantidBro]

I like to keep them in ff cups with lots of friends to make sure they don't get lonely.

Which species is this?

 

[MantidBro]

I didn't think it was that many mantids until I came home today...2 ooths hatched!

Damn! Which species?

 

[MantidBro]

Pseudoharpax Viriscens and Stagmomantis Californica

Oh, I didn't realize you already posted which species. Awesome, though. I've only ever hatched 1 Tenodera sinensis ootheca and 2 Stagmomantis Carolina oothecae.

 

[Tony C]

Which species is this?

Statilia nemoralis

 

[MantidBro]

Statilia nemoralis

Cool never had one of those yet.

 

[Tony C]

Cool never had one of those yet.

Counted 157 from this hatch so there should be a few available soon.