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Hi everyone! I am an educator in my thirties. My wife, four kids, and I all enjoy keeping pets of various types. We presently maintain an assortment of aquaria (mostly planted freshwater, with a brackish and a saltwater invert tank.) I have successfully kept mantids before, the native (or feral) species we can find locally in Utah. I even tried my hand at breeding once; this resulted in an ootheca that hatched the next spring, so I must have done something right.
We are interested in an exotic mantis; my wife finds the pink flower mimics particularly appealing. I have experience raising flightless fruit flies, crickets, and mealworms (among other live foods) for my fish, reptiles, and amphibians, so that will not be new. If you have suggestions for types of exotic mantids that would be appropriate for someone of my experience level, please let me know.
Thanks!
Hi everyone! I am an educator in my thirties. My wife, four kids, and I all enjoy keeping pets of various types. We presently maintain an assortment of aquaria (mostly planted freshwater, with a brackish and a saltwater invert tank.) I have successfully kept mantids before, the native (or feral) species we can find locally in Utah. I even tried my hand at breeding once; this resulted in an ootheca that hatched the next spring, so I must have done something right.
We are interested in an exotic mantis; my wife finds the pink flower mimics particularly appealing. I have experience raising flightless fruit flies, crickets, and mealworms (among other live foods) for my fish, reptiles, and amphibians, so that will not be new. If you have suggestions for types of exotic mantids that would be appropriate for someone of my experience level, please let me know.Thanks!
