little leaf
Avid Member
do mantis have a "homing instinct" - I started a breeding area for my mantis, but they hatched in a screen cage by the area I keep my outdoor chams, then I moved them about 200 yards away to their own big screen area , it was netted, and kept them all in UNTIL a big storm came, and a tree fell on it about 3 weeks ago- they were going to be for next yrs feeders, but these were breeders, not feeders, - for some reason, they all have death wishes ! they seem to have come back to the free range area, and are getting picked off faster than I can save them - Olive has eaten about all of them now-
and they are getting so big I am afraid one will rip her eyes out
is there any way other than re caging them to keep them away from this area or will they keep coming back because that is their hatching place?