Mantis Update!!!

Here is the big guy, he is about 4 inches long. I absolutely love these things. they are actually holdable (is that a word?)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81...an/mantis2.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81...an/mantis1.jpg

AND WHEN HES MAD!!! Just kidding he is eating a cricket in one hand and trying to grab the hemostats with the other.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81...an/mantis3.jpg

Wow..Mantis are so cool! :)

They are so crazy looking...They are just a ball of inspiration. Every time you post pics I just want to get my own..

Thank you for sharing.

They're Great aint they!

You ever kept Diabolica's??? (Idolomantis diabolica)

They're the King of the Mantid's...Awesome little things, not too hard to keep, but defo not a "starter" species!!!

Just check this Beauty out......

http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/i...diabolica2.jpg

I got one saturday :p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLdE9rx8u9w

Mantids are awesome! I love how it always looks like they're looking right at you, even though it's an optical illusion. Very cool alien critters, and great pics of yours!

Yea Pattyca... um I mean Pat!

They are amazing creatures, no doubt!!!

*Love your avi* :D

Just found this piccie from aaages ago of my little girl holding our Ghost Mantid (Phyllocrania paradoxa)...She love's anything her Daddy gets.......I'm sooooo proud!!!!!:D

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...iaparadoxa.jpg

Very nice mantids, everyone!! They really are cool! :cool:

Excellent pics Pat. Mantids are cool. We catch a few a year around the house, and I am always fascinated by them.