Basically i'm just making this post to gauge interest. I've housed several over the summer, they're actually pretty interesting insects to have around, fairly easy to deal with, semi-handle-able(as long as you have an idea of what your dealing with), and very very very voracious eaters...they have an amazing appetite.

Well...back to my point, i've got a few egg sacks that have been laid at the end of the season. Each sack could produce between 100-1000 babies(which is a ginormous - lol). We plan on trying to keep and raise as many as possible, a few local petstores are very interested in the prospect of buying some of them off of use to sell as pets. I've also seen them sold on insecthobbyist(kinda like kingsnake). Basically i was just seeing if anyone on the site would be interested in any of them after we get them hatched and started. Honestly, i'm not too familiar at all with invertabrete shipping methods, but when the time comes i'm sure i'll have done the homework to ensure a safe/quality delivery method, and if not, i'll probably just deal with them locally. Anyone on here interested? I'll get some pics of the ones i have left....the most beautiful bright green mantid i housed died shortly after laying her egg sack.

The full grown adults are around 6-7in and the color varies between a bright green, and a brownish color - from what i understand the in-species color variance is derived from the humidity levels at birth.

haha...sorry for my novel, i doubt anyone will be interested. Their just a creature i came across by chance as a kid, saw a few this year and said, "might as well give em a nice home and good food for the rest of the year"

p.s.
I've had trouble determining the exact mantis species i have. I'm still working with some local insect hobbyists to get an exact identification.
I've also got some really neat smaller species of mantids that look like they're getting ready to lay as well. They're about 3in, and even easier to deal with than the larger species i have, but they have not laid egg sacks as of yet.