ColorCham427
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Anybody know of a good site that delivers in US? I'd love to own a Marbled Praying Mantis!
thanks,
-Brian
thanks,
-Brian
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royden
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http://www.usamantis.com/
http://mantidforum.net/forums/
My 'other' hobby is mantis's. I don't know what a marbeled is, but I've kept ghosts, asian giants, and gambian flowers.
PM if you can't find what you're looking for.
http://mantidforum.net/forums/
My 'other' hobby is mantis's. I don't know what a marbeled is, but I've kept ghosts, asian giants, and gambian flowers.
PM if you can't find what you're looking for.
ColorCham427
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thanks man, will do.
Lost Lake Chameleons
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Talk to Pam at PamsChams. I know she dabbles in the mantids. She may be able to help you out.
pohchunyee
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Pams only have Orchid Mantis........ the person you wanna talk to is Nick at mantisplace.com or Yen at usamantis.com both of them have tons of mantises
westcoastchameleons
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what kind(s) could you feed your chameleons?
Jake
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Brad Ramsey
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Defintely check out the Mantidforums.
I have had great success aquiring chinese and european ootheca
on e-bay, although it's not really the right season to do this.
Most of these are collected in Feb and Mar from various locations on the East Coast.
You'll be able to get them for a couple dollars apiece. Keep them refrigerated with a moist paper towel until you are ready to hatch them (one at a time is how I do it).
Mount the ooth with hotglue onto a branch or the side of the enclosure. Room temp is adequate for hatching, but I tend to speed it up by providing a low wattage basking lamp.
Have fruitfly cultures well started...these guys are voracious eaters!
At about 10 days old I separate them.
This last year I kept about 30 in individual containers and released the rest into the garden. My captive ones grew much faster, but both groups did well.
At about the size of a cricket....or a little larger, they make an interesting "enrichment" feeder. I shy away from feeding them off once they're much larger than that due to the possibility of inflicting harm on the cham.
The raptor claws are very sharp and they could fight back.
I have seen video of a fully grown chinese mantid capturing and eating a full grown mouse (search youtube) this should give you some idea of the potential danger of offering too large of a mantid.
-Brad
I have had great success aquiring chinese and european ootheca
on e-bay, although it's not really the right season to do this.
Most of these are collected in Feb and Mar from various locations on the East Coast.
You'll be able to get them for a couple dollars apiece. Keep them refrigerated with a moist paper towel until you are ready to hatch them (one at a time is how I do it).
Mount the ooth with hotglue onto a branch or the side of the enclosure. Room temp is adequate for hatching, but I tend to speed it up by providing a low wattage basking lamp.
Have fruitfly cultures well started...these guys are voracious eaters!
At about 10 days old I separate them.
This last year I kept about 30 in individual containers and released the rest into the garden. My captive ones grew much faster, but both groups did well.
At about the size of a cricket....or a little larger, they make an interesting "enrichment" feeder. I shy away from feeding them off once they're much larger than that due to the possibility of inflicting harm on the cham.
The raptor claws are very sharp and they could fight back.
I have seen video of a fully grown chinese mantid capturing and eating a full grown mouse (search youtube) this should give you some idea of the potential danger of offering too large of a mantid.
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