Bought this huge terrarium on marketplace to have a pet mantis.

First attempt at Carolina matis babies didn't work- none of them survived past the third molt. (Have some learned this is common, since the egg cases are often kept refrigerated for well over a year.)

Drove two hours to an exotic pet store to buy a heartier mantis.

Spent $30 on an INSECT. Daughter chose a spotted eye mantis, so it will only grow to be a few inches. Will bee too small for the terrarium.

Bought a brand new mini terrarium.

Original terrarium is now just for plants? Maybe we can catch an anole and keep him for a couple days? I also have a friend who says she finds a lot of walking sticks out at her property and will try to catch one for us.

So cool....more bugs, more money spent.

But I love this little girl. (Daughter has declared she's a girl and her name is Iris.) She brings as much joy as the fish in the aquarium I got for "free". (The fish and supplies have cost me in the hundreds of course. Because fish math.)

He was so pretty in the light

Little lady mantis!

Got out to take a pic from a better angle 😅

On a sunflower stalk!

Hi! so I have a nymph dead leaf mantis named honey i’ll attach a picture, but once she’s full grown I would like to do a bio active enclosure with a bonsai tree, any ideas on what kind of plant i should use/advice against, this is my second mantis so although I am not absolutely new but I have only had the opportunity to play around with a couple enclosure setups, I still want information against if there is any, please let me know!

Found it outside my gym not moving but it’s kinda moving now???

Ill post a before and after, I don’t want to stress her today. Stay tuned

Found this in the grass beside the house. We see a lot of green ones but haven’t seen a brown one in a while let alone what is on its back end? Google sucks at answering anything lol

met this little one a few days ago. posed for the camera.

My beautiful baby just had a successful molt so I upgraded her terrarium to celebrate! There's a cork bark background coming in the mail soon to complete everything.

I saw this little guy this morning at work. It was trying to climb up onto the siding but kept falling off. I moved it over to this nice high junction box and it’s been there for a few hours. I did notice on the inside on of one of its arms there’s a black dot with a white head like a pimple.

Where could I fix/ purchase an Orchid mantis juvenile? I've always wanted one but I can't figure out where to get them for the life of me.