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Posted: May 31 2006 at 4:21pm | IP Logged Quote ladybugs
Hi Ladies,

Soon, we'll be sending away for some praying mantiseseseses(manti?).

I remember a thread, I did a search but didn't find it, where MacBeth mentioned something about a big praying mantis eating the baby praying mantis??? Can someone enlighten me? Full wattage, please .

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Posted: May 31 2006 at 4:25pm | IP Logged Quote ladybugs
Btw, today we were at the park and my dd, Sophia noticed a baby praying mantis walking on a wooden bench. It was almost transparent...and maybe 3/4 of an inch long...it was very .

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Posted: May 31 2006 at 4:39pm | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm
Sounds great! Where are you getting yours from?

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Posted: May 31 2006 at 4:45pm | IP Logged Quote ladybugs
I was just going to purchase the certificate from Insectlore.com...

We got our painted lady butterfly caterpillars from there and had GREAT success....

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Posted: May 31 2006 at 4:53pm | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
They will eat many things, including taco meat (Alice has the details) and, yes, each other.


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Posted: May 31 2006 at 5:22pm | IP Logged Quote alicegunther
LOL! MacBeth--and with sour cream no less.

My girls are huge Mantis fans and kept three in captivity last year. When they first hatch, I'm told the babies will start eating each other if they are in the same container, although, luckily, we have not seen this! (This prospect has been a source of consternation for us, because we are still waiting for two egg cases, left in our tanks by two of last season's mantises, to come to life.)

The girls usually fed their mantises crickets, actually allowing them to hunt down our basement each day (what a great housekeeper I am!), but we've seen them eat taco meat, huge pieces of steak, and even a raisin! At first, the girls needed to wave the pieces of meat in front of the mantises to get them to strike, but, after a while, Agnes' would splay its legs and bend down to eat the meat like a dog!

They are such beautiful and interesting creatures. Have fun with them!

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