Mantis babies are hatching!!!
- Thread starter coldbloodedAL
- Start date
Solid Snake
Avid Member
I doubt it.
Mantids are known for being strictly serious. They do not fool around.
What probably happened is, the live mantids went and performed CPR on the drowning ones. That way they can eat them. (remember mantids only eat live prey)
Thats the simplest answer.
Try doing some research before posting your "theories".
Thats great! I will just go ahead and apologize, Im a bit lifted...
coldbloodedAL
Avid Member
I doubt it.
Mantids are known for being strictly serious. They do not fool around.
What probably happened is, the live mantids went and performed CPR on the drowning ones. That way they can eat them. (remember mantids only eat live prey)
Thats the simplest answer.
Try doing some research before posting your "theories".
I will just go ahead and apologize, Im a bit lifted...
Lmao..."lifted"..Good one! Maybe those mantids were REALLY "lifted" and good the munchies! lol
Solid Snake
Avid Member
Last edited:
coldbloodedAL
Avid Member
Lol Thats such a good pic!
coldbloodedAL
Avid Member
I do not know the answer to that one... But i would assume at least a year since ppl keep them as pets. There are a few members that keep them so hopefully one of them can accurately answer that
wendyeeeo
Established Member
I hatched some babies from some ootheca I bought from one of the forum vendors. They were soooo cute! But I hated messing with the fruit flies to feed them - I wanted to have them grow bigger for my bigger chameleon, but lost patience and fed them to my baby Cham (perfect for that size Cham). I'd love to hear of your progress with yours. I was lucky enough to videotape an ootheca hatching! It was so cool. I should post the video on here.
TriSARAtop
New Member
Would love to see since we didn't get to see ours.
camimom
New Member
I can see this ending badly. My wife is going to find some in our bed and my easy life as I know it will be over
If I was your wife, I would be like... OO honey look! the mantid babies are in the bed! arent they cool?!? so cute.. can we keep it??? do we have to feed them off!?!?!
HAHA.
camimom
New Member
Ive known wild mantids to live at lesat 2-3 years. and by known, i mean personally knew one.. she had a name and all.
TriSARAtop
New Member
Too funny.
Solid Snake
Avid Member
What was her name?Ive known wild mantids to live at lesat 2-3 years. and by known, i mean personally knew one.. she had a name and all.
camimom
New Member
Rosey.
she lived in my moms rose garden...
keep in mind, i was like 7 when i named her.
Solid Snake
Avid Member
camimom
New Member
Sounds appropriate
I lvoed her.
we coudl tap the plant edger and she woudl come out and sit on our pants while we watered. (she hated to be wet)
then she woudl go back and eat the japenese beetles.
had lots of babies.
patrickfraser
New Member
I raise a lot of mantids. I started raising mantids about a year ago and am up to 15 species. I decided to get a chameleon as I already had a dubia colony for feeders. Tonight I hung a couple of Sphodromantis "Blue Flash" oothecae in my cham cage. It will get plenty of misting and warmth for hatching. I'll just hatch them in the cage, throw in fruit flies, and see how long they'll last. My baby veileds turn their noses up to most feeders, but when presented with a mantis, it's history.
Similar threads
