Baby Mantids EVERYWHERE

[FaunaBgirl]

My Praying Mantis egg sack busted forth today and I have babies everywhere!

 

[inferno]

wat kinda mantid

 

[Marc10edora]

Where did you buy the mantid eggs? Everywhere I checked is sold out.

 

[Brian S]

I can't wait til this summer. I am a farm hand during the hay season and my boss says that i can collect as many as i want in the fields.

 

[Heika]

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-FRESH-PRAYIN...100484541QQcategoryZ75582QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/THREE-FRESH-PRA...100486356QQcategoryZ75582QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Two-3-packs-of-...ryZ75582QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/FIVE-FRESH-PRAY...ryZ75582QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Anyhow.. lots more there with the search phrase "Mantis egg"

 

[roo_71]

I get an excellent hatch rate from the mantisman_prophecy peep on eBay.

-roo

 

[Vegas Chad]

wow... You really can get anything off E-bay

 

[rcagosto]

That's pretty cool and crazy at the same time lol. Are you going to feed the mantis off as treats or as some kind of staple? Aren't there dangers because of the raptor claws? How are you going to feed them, free range or in a cup? Sorry for the questions just really curious lol. Thanks.

Roberto

 

[FaunaBgirl]

I hung the egg sac in Fractal's cage, because I wanted him to see them hanging from the sac like they do and get interested in eating them like candy. I got them off EBAY. lol .99 cents. They are too small to hurt Fractal. I will let some of them outside so they can grow and have babies of their own, I hope. Since the hummers stopped coming around here because of the smokers next door... might as well, yeah? lol

 

[im faster]

how many sacs did you buy
how many come from o one
sac are they good feeders

any mroe info would be cool

 

[FaunaBgirl]

I just bought the one sac. They are like candy to the chameleon. Other lizards too, because I did this years ago for the many desert species I used to keep. I would say anywhere from 50 to 100 of them were out yesterday. Today, hardly a sign of them. They dispersed. This was a fairly small sac compared to the one I had purchased before. It was fun.
I wonder if lady bugs would be a good treat for the cham?

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Don't feed your chameleon ladybugs.
They are toxic.

-Brad

 

[Canopy Chameleons]

I keep hearing that Mantids are illegal in Canada.. anyone know for sure?

 

[Heika]

I get an excellent hatch rate from the mantisman_prophecy peep on eBay.

-roo

I just checked.. that is who I got my last order from, too. The hatch rate was a perfect 10 out of 10.

Heika

 

[FaunaBgirl]

Don't feed your chameleon ladybugs.
They are toxic.

-Brad

Thank you much