Found Wild Mantis?

[wst0209a]

Today I found a praying mantis outside on my screen door. Are there any good websites to find out what kind it is? Does anyone know what kind lives in Maryland? If I go outside to find more where should I look, will i even have a chance in finding more? Any help will be great. Thank you

 

[wow]

http://www.mantidforum.com/forum/index.php
i read articles on this site alot good info.

 

[Diezel]

Here in new jersey it is illegal to handle and or kill praying mantis' i see them every once and while but cant touch them. shucks

 

[FaunaBgirl]

So... you're taking your chameleon for a walk.... just minding your own business.... your cham's tongue flies out.... he chomps... chomp chomp..... Did YOU touch the mantis. I think not!
<G>

Seriously though....
There's usually a good reason for nature restrictions. Do you know why?

 

[wow]

That seems weird wonder why. and how can they inforce that.

 

[Dean Pulcini]

They are protected here in N.Y. also, they are a beneficial insect. I bought 3 egg sacks last spring hatched them out and released them in my wooded yard. I See them all the time now.

 

[VerteX]

That seems weird wonder why. and how can they inforce that.

I'm surprised that you haven't heard of the New Jersey Special-Ops Mantis Protection unit! The other day my friend got taken away because he was seen looking at a mantis. What's "inforce" anyways?

 

[wst0209a]

He is still out there don't worry. It was huge and mean looking so I didn't want to get close to it. New bugs that I haven't touched yet freak me out a bit. It looked pretty amazing though, I've never seen one up close. Are they legal in Maryland? Where can you find out?

 

[Diezel]

They really dont enforce it but if a police officer or spca or animal control see you handleing one or killing one you get a pretty big fine from what i hear.

 

[dragonbreeder]

I always thought that there was just one species of mantid in NY, NJ PA, DEL and MD. IO could be wrong, but I personally have only seen the "common" praying mantids in these areas.


I used to buy the pods and raise them for feeders. Chams go NUTS over them!

 

[Scotty]

LMAO, that is the funniest, Mantis police....I don't live in the US so it is quite amusing.

If I find one, it's food for my guy...

As FaunaBgirl says "So... you're taking your chameleon for a walk.... just minding your own business.... your cham's tongue flies out.... he chomps... chomp chomp..... Did YOU touch the mantis. I think not!" lol, prove it in court.
PLEASE!!!!

 

[dectr6]

In Louisiana there are several types of mantis. The two most common are a very large bright green type that can't fly do to its large butt and a very slender brown flying type that I usually only see in the spring. Have never tried to feed them to my chams though. I have heard of people ordering the juveniles before on the net to feed to their chams. Good luck. David

 

[Sage]

can veileld chams eat smaller mantids?

 

[dodolah]

http://www.mantidforum.com/forum/index.php
i read articles on this site alot good info.

the link does not work

 

[alan23]

think tht is meant to b a s not a d lol

 

[Dylan Dutz]

Here in Illinois I see them sometimes

 

[SuperRad]

In arizona during summer, you can just go out to a bush and if you look good enough you'll find those tiny brown ones and the huge green ones. i once kept a green one and had him for a few months. but then i let him go, he was free roaming on a fake ficus tree of ours and he never flew away.