i hit the motherload of mantis adults
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dodolah
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it's not illegal to kill/ to feed mantis to your reptile pet.
http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.asp
ColorCham427
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I believe it is illegal just in New Jersey where I live! lol, I remember Brad posting that.
dodolah
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Nope.. not even in New Jersey. Mantis is not listed in endangered species list.
It has never been illegal to kill a mantis in any state.
and I believe what you have caught there is indeed Tenodera Aridifolia Sinensis (chinese praying mantis).
Look at their abdomen. If there are 6 to 7 segments, it is a female. Male has 8 segments.
It has never been illegal to kill a mantis in any state.
and I believe what you have caught there is indeed Tenodera Aridifolia Sinensis (chinese praying mantis).
Look at their abdomen. If there are 6 to 7 segments, it is a female. Male has 8 segments.
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amisela
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illegal in CT
It is illegal to kill mantises in CT since they are the state insect (or at least it was when I was a kid growing up there). Only the specific one that is the state insect though, not all mantids.
Also, Chinese mantid females have longer thoraxes, but fewer discrete segments. As adults they are about an inch longer than the males.
It is illegal to kill mantises in CT since they are the state insect (or at least it was when I was a kid growing up there). Only the specific one that is the state insect though, not all mantids.
Also, Chinese mantid females have longer thoraxes, but fewer discrete segments. As adults they are about an inch longer than the males.
Texas Panther Man
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You will have to be sure they are females first. And they dont lay eggs. They lay/make an ooth sac and the babies will emerrge from that. If you have a readily available supply of adults I wouldnt mess with breeding and trying to feed 300 baby mantis. Just go collect the ones you need to feed your chams. They are kind of like grasshoppers a pita to get a colony started and going. Its easier to go catch a some gutload em overnight and feed em off the next few days.
xanthoman
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sexing mantis
the mantis pictured is a male chinese (more than 6 segments & long straight abdomen). for the best mantis sexing pics i have ever seen, go here; http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7110 they also have complete husbandry info
the mantis pictured is a male chinese (more than 6 segments & long straight abdomen). for the best mantis sexing pics i have ever seen, go here; http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7110 they also have complete husbandry info
CarlC
Established Member
I would haold back some females and a couple of males. Once you get a steady supply of ooth's you could sell them. Keep some of the ooth's for yourself and hatch them. If you can keep enough fruit flies going to feed the baby mantis that is just another great food source. Mantis are not hard to raise.
Carl
Carl
dodolah
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I guess no matter what, people will believe what they want to believe
Mantis is not an endangered species, people. It has never been protected by the state in the past or present.
Mantis is indeed a beneficial insect since it hunts many of insect pests.
Thus, people feel the need to invent a myth about how it is a crime to kill a mantis.
PS: I am not advocating people to kill every mantis they see in the wild.
Ryan Jarosek
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dodolah
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Too late I already did. Now what do I do
make amends by giving me one of your gonzo'z baby this weekend
laurie
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Too late I already did. Now what do I do
You now have to buy lots from Steve and go place then back to each place you killed one. btw you need to get this done before you head to Florida. Get started!
