todays backyard find...

i was cleaning out an outside turtle tank that im not using anymore (still had water in it with a bunch of larva in it...i kept some :) ) and i noticed a little bug climbing on a lawn chair. i was lucky that it started moving when it did... it was a little tiny praying mantis. i named it frank. haha

http://img15.photobucket.com/albums/...rpin/Frank.jpg

anybody happen to know what you feed a 1cm mantis? im thinkin fruit flies but im gonna go find someone who knows

Do they change colors or something? I once caught a big green one when I was young. I tried to feed a night crawler to it. The slime from the worm covered it's mouth and suffocated it to death....

im not to sure. ive seen adult brown ones and green ones. i dunno if mood or environment or even age or sex have anything to do with it. i guess i will see. i got it some fruit flies. but i think they are all dead. stupid effing petco.

I believe if you just leave a peeled banana outside you can get a culture of fruit flies.

but i love bananas :(. ill try that. ive tried it before by opening an orange (i always see them on fallen oranges) but i couldnt catch them bfore the flew away.

You can actually eat the banana and put the peel in a jar with holes in the lid and grow your own fruitflies, but they will almost definitely be winged, unlike the wingless ones at the store.

Frank is a cold blooded killer! Look at that blood thirsty monster. *shivers*

Hey, I've got a picture of one of those! It was living outside my front door for a couple of days before I found him dead on my doorstep. :(

Anyway, I named it Zorak. Anyone seen Spaceghost Coast to Coast?

https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...0348/zorak.jpg

I have seen space ghost.

heres a good informational site.:
http://www.maskedflowerimages.com/mantis.htm
Please remember to check your local laws on wild catching certain species of animals.
Thanks
Rusty