My new pet

[Greenlizard0]

Heh cool. How much has the tank and bits and bobs set you back?

Err...does it, well, bite?

 

[Robbo]

If you get any extra Raikiri, put me down for one

 

[Raikiri]

Heh cool. How much has the tank and bits and bobs set you back?

I went a little OTT, but even then £20 covered it (I bought a miniature orchid to go with my orchid mantis!, the substrate I mentioned and a small tank).

Food wise some will only eat flies, whereas others will eat pretty much anything. Either way you'll get a few weeks worth of food for about £2.

Err...does it, well, bite?

Hasn't yet There are some considerably larger species though, even then I really doubt they would do any more than pinch.

If you get any extra Raikiri, put me down for one

Sure, I should be getting 5 (keeping 3). Assuming either Mark A or Aedus don't want one you can

 

[Cosmic182]

cooooool ! how much was it?

 

[Mark A]

I think I'll wait until I've researched them a little before I jump in and get one, so Aedus or Robboftw can take the spare. Thanks for the offer though, I'll be interested to see the photos when you get them .

 

[Aedus]

I think I better pass for now too, until I research some more into keeping them etc.

Good luck though, keep us updated with pictures

 

[G18241]

She cost me £15 including her tub and a few locust

All she needs is a tall tub/a stick and to be sprayed once a day and fed every 2/3 days

Lives quite happily in room temperature...some of them need a bit more heat but im gonna get her a new house later today

 

[The_Abyss]

My son's bearded dragon loves food like this.

 

[benjo]

How long do they live?

 

[Morgoth]

Ho ho, the Ghost Mantis looks seriously bad ass.

 

[bledd]

When Malt_Vinegar had one in uni, we would go outside, find ants, spiders and moths. Chuck them in his tank and watch him demolish the lot

 

[Ascendancy]

That Ghost Mantis looks like the Space Pirates from Super Metroid

 

[Smit]

Those things look awesome
I always used to want one of them and hopefully I will one day along with some Geckos to go with my turtle

 

[ajstan]

A life size one of those would be scaryyyyy

 

[Pookie Bear]

I had a pet praying mantis when I was a lad. Her name was Henrietta and she was huge!

 

[joeyjojo]

Lifted straight out of its habitat somewhere and shipped over here to be your pet

(Unless it was born here?)

 

[VFR_KID]

These mantis's are not like stick insects are they? As a kid I started with one then ended up having about 100 of them.

 

[Narziss]

Used to have a couple of mantids years ago. A cricket chewed the arm off of one of them when it was shedding Fail

 

[Mp4]

Nice pet! I would love a Mantis but i think the cats would own it & it would scare the girlfriend ehe i couldn't handle feeding it living food all the time, I can't stand spiders!!

Are some species easier to look after than others?

Anyone kept one longer than 12months? as aparently thats their life span in the wild

 

[OtherSide]

They're awesome pets to watch, they have tiny eyes that you can see moving watching you!

Here's Kong my chinese praying mantis.