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Praying Mantises Anonymous
Lets have a thread about them. Wallpapers if you have any, too.
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ohai thar
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enjoy OP
>> Anonymous
Waiting for my ootheca to hatch :|
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WHY ARE THEY SO CUTE? :3
>> Anonymous
woah they come in pink!
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how do evolution know what flowers is?
>> Anonymous
i found one on my mailbox a while back. I caught it, kept it in a cage and fed it eggs. I knew it was female cause it didnt try to fly away and it laid an egg sack.

unfortunately, crickets somehow got on the eggsack and began eating it so im not sure if anything will hatch now.

I live in Wisconsin and its April 21st, when can I expect this to hatch and what should I do when it does if I want to keep a couple as pets?
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>>238082
um, thats supposed to be crickets, not eggs. :P
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If they hatch get either a plastic, glass box or something similar to keep them in, they will be tiny and will escape if there are any holes, feed the nymphs tiny bugs such as newly hatched crickets. If you keep more than one they will probably end up eating each other.

As for when it will hatch, it depends on the species and conditions, it could be from a few weeks to a few months.
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my African Mantis died last night :< but im getting a new one soon! im getting the mantis posted above thats Brown and has a really long thin thorax, its called the Violin Mantis and can't wait till it arives :)
currently looking after my girlfriends tiny little Spiney Flower Mantis and he's awesome

pic is of the Devils Flower Mantis, a really beautiful breed
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>>238107
Where are you getting it? A pet store?
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I used to have one of these.
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I have two Chinese nymphs. :3 I'm so happy, they're my first mantids. I'm waiting for the other three oothecas to hatch now so I can release them in the yard.

Here's a cool ghost mantis.
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Shiny mantis is shiny :P
>> Blackarachnia's giant robot tits !bXU0gE0lts
I used to be fucking terrified of praying mantises when I was a kid. Bugs in general too, but praying mantises were the real killers.

Now I love them. No idea how that happened. OP's is fucking gorgeous, by the way.
>> Anonymous
>>238096

hey who got their bug on my pot?
>> Anonymous
>>238115

yep, my local exotic pet store gets alot of different mantids in around this time of year, i've only just started getting them though, the pet shop is even getting in the rare Ghost Mantids so i might get one of those as well
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Here are some pictures of the african mantis in which>>238107
was on about. Enjoy!
I am also that persons gf in case you would like to know. :)
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Is there a reliable place online to get some Mantids?
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The viv in which she was kept in :)
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>> Anonymous
What all is needed to keep a pet mantis? And how do you get food for them?
>> Anonymous
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The eat life food, crickets, mealworms, locusts, mice, etc.
If you don't want to feed them live food an alternative is to put raw meat on a string, I've never tried it but all the guides recommend it.
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the owner of the lovely african mantid. R.I.P :(
>> Anonymous
>>238202
MICE?!
>> Anonymous
for buying mantis and info on how to keep them, just check this site, its all you need really, they're not too difficult pets to look after, however they are very shortlived, 6 months lifespan average and most mantids out of petshops are already a good 2/3 months old


http://exoticpets.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=exoticpets&cdn=homegarden&amp
;tm=6&f=00&su=p284.8.150.ip_&tt=11&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.mantiskingdom.
com/
>> Anonymous
>>238205
yeah, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNcIUIULafw

Although you can assume adult mantis only
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Hel-LO, sexy thang!!