What was your first mantis?

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?

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

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.

First mantis chinese lol First mated was budwing

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

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

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

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

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

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

Besides T. sinensis, S. lineola

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:

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...

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.