I am too, ever since I was a kid. My brothers and I used to hold them and "play" with them. I'd try a couple and see if my Cham likes them, otherwise my whole apartment complex may be bug free before too long! They're so cute...
When I was little I named all the ones in the yard. I had Lavern and Shirley. I brought all of the ooths in the house for safety over the winter and they hatched around January in my bedroom. I was probably 9 years old and there were 100s of baby mantids in my room. They all died because I had no way of keeping them alive. It was quite a lesson to learn
Aww that's a sweet story, although sad ending! One brother and I always had tons of tadpoles on hand and one day a friend knocked over our tub of them all over the back patio. My brother had a breakdown as I was frantically trying to pick them up and save them. We had all kinds of critters growing up! So much fun and good memories...
I started to, but thought some random bird would get it anyways, so I let it go in Chloe's cage. She's out roaming this evening, so we'll see if she gets it later. I figured I'd give her first dibs on it. If it's still there tmrw I'll try to catch it and set it free.
It really is very exciting. I've watched this little cocoon everyday, thought it was dead, then today bam, I have a little butterfly. Too cool!
Lol! That's too funny because I totally know what you mean. I tried to pupate hornworms...got several cocoons but they died. Not sure what went wrong. This was my first successful and I just left it alone.
I only give them to my big males
Cool and Texas doesn't sound like they go together. I'm in Delaware and we're on day 7 of a heat wave
