What was your first mantis?

[Jackson]

Mine was a Miomantis Sp. (Egyptian mantis in the pet shop), i called him buddy and he lasted around 14 months in total

So what was your first?

 

[Ian]

Mine was a Taumantis sp (from whitminster ) which was spposedly an african mantis. I had an ooth laid, which was lime green, and of course, I didn't have a clue about it. Graham Smith was most intrigued, so I traded one of my ooths for a sphodromantis Rubrastigmata ooth from him, which hatched Through trading and selling, my collection built up from there.

So bassically, thanks Graham!!

Cheers,

Ian

 

[Mantis Keeper]

Well, technically my first mantids were several nymph europeans that I found at my dads business. I don't like to count that because, as I had not yet done any research, I went from 8 to 2 overnight(I foolishly left them in the same container). The first mantis I bred was Gonotista grisea, my mantids mated, female laid 4 ooths, and they all hatched. Unfortunately they all died . They had hatched at a time when I had no fruit flies. Anyway I am doing a much better job now, I am keeping a fruit fly stock and am again attempting to raise G. grisea as well as T. graminis.

 

[Samzo]

First mantis chinese lol First mated was budwing

 

[nickyp0]

my first mantis was a chinese, my first exotic is creo elonglal.

 

[Shadow Mantis]

My first mantis was a Sphodromantis lineola. She is still alive.

 

[Andrew]

My first was an H. Coronatus that I got from Karen @ mantisuk.

 

[Samzo]

wow andrew, went straight to the "deep end" lol

 

[Rick]

Not sure really. When I was a kid I used to go to an area that was full of them and just observe them.

 

[Joe]

mine was european, but the first exotic i ever got was dead leaf mantids

 

[Jesse]

Besides T. sinensis, S. lineola

 

[yen_saw]

My first mantis was Giant Malaysian mantis when i was 6 year old. Fed her lot of roaches and flying insect. She was a giant to me :shock:

 

[funkyhunky]

mine were s. limbatas and iris oratoreas. I caught em a few months ago in my backyard and im trying to trade their ooths for other species...

 

[ibanez_freak]

Hi,

My first was a giant asian (Hierodula.Membrenacea)called "Nibbles" because of the way it ate, which I got when I was 11 (16 now).

But unfortuantely although it lasted 6 months as a nymph with me, died 6 weeks into being an adult due to a problem laying an ootheca according to my pet shop .

Cheers, Cameron.