You know you like mantids when......

[MantisGirl13]

Lol

- MantisGirl13 

 

[minomantis]

This is such a great strain! Here are of few of my own!

*your friends text or send pictures/videos/memes of mantids to you because they know you’ll appreciate it

*when you buy house plants with the idea of how your mantids would look on them

*whenever someone confidently says “I know about mantids, the females eat the males head off” and you politely correct them as the proper reason why that happens.

*whenever you have a fruit fly problem and your first thought is “I wish I had some baby mantids”

*whenever you’re walking anywhere you inconspicuously stare at all the plants to see if you can find one

*you have a bug container in your car at all times! 
Haha!! Looking forward to more!

 

[hysteresis]

*whenever you’re walking anywhere you inconspicuously stare at all the plants to see if you can find one

Every time, brother.

 

[MrGhostMantis]

@mantisfan101 you came here too? Actually no duh. @MantisGirl13 all those things go with what I do. I love my mantids to bits! They are so intelligent and active most of the time! My two ghosts are the jewel of my collection and I love ‘em to bits! Me being only 13 I have a long live of mantis keeping ahead of me. I’m already thinking of opening an invert shop! I walked through petco today and literally said as I walked, “I bet Casper would like that”, Casper being my male ghostie. What species are in your collection at the moment?View attachment 12755

 

[Mantis Lady]

When you are in the the pet store you are going to look for at the bird section for branches to put in mantis homes.

 

[mantisfan101]

@MrGhostMantisHi! Yes, I'm here and that is quite a group you've got there! I'm currently looking for more rare species like acanthops, boxer mantids, etc, but for now I'm hoping to get some pnigomantis medioconstricta. I also have a tiny little heterochaeta nymph. Also, good luck with the ghosts! Did the male molt yet?

 

[MrGhostMantis]

He should molt tonight! He became quite fat and the wing buds swelled more. All those species look awesome!

 

[Laura wilson]

You become emotionally attached to them so much in fact that life feels empty when they die