The package finally Arrived!

Drone Posts : 213 Join date : 2009-09-15 Age : 35

there are few things that i order that i get really really excited about. but today my mum came up o my room holding something in here hand.

My praymantis arrived, granted he/she is alot tinier than. It's a marbled mantis and when it grows up is should look a little like this

The package finally Arrived! Mantis2

at the moment it's no bigger than my thumbnail, but already has personality, it followed my figer stroking it with it's antennae...

More details(maybe photos) later ^_^

Drone Posts : 136 Join date : 2009-09-14 Age : 37

I never knew you could get one as a pet! What do you have to do to take care of it??

Drone Posts : 213 Join date : 2009-09-15 Age : 35

well i'm using a large plastic sweet jar to keep it in(has a mesh lid) for one this small you need fruit fly to feed it, but fully grown you can feed them maggots, small crickets and even the odd butterfly/moth.

However some countries/states don't let you keep certian insects as pets, but in te UK as long as it's not venimous you can keep it with out a liscence.

This one is way smaller than i was expecting though, i thought it would be about an 1nch big, but it's microscopic at the moment, very active though and a beautiful milk jade colour.

Subject: Re: The package finally Arrived! Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:04 am

My best friend in second grade had a mantis. I can't remember if it's one she caught (we used to find them all the time) or if she and her parents bought it somewhere. Neatest little critter ever. They're awesome pets. XD Just beware if you have large, four-legged things.

Drone Posts : 213 Join date : 2009-09-15 Age : 35

Ten wrote:: My best friend in second grade had a mantis. I can't remember if it's one she caught (we used to find them all the time) or if she and her parents bought it somewhere. Neatest little critter ever. They're awesome pets. XD Just beware if you have large, four-legged things.

haha, yeah. Luckily none of my mantis have been eaten buying any cats XD

The cats have looked in the tank, but i don't think they can see the little flea...

Subject: Re: The package finally Arrived! Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:37 am

XD Fortunate!

Drone Posts : 213 Join date : 2009-09-15 Age : 35

:O

Mum and me noticed he was bigger than when he arrived this morning earlier. I just went and checked on him and saw that he's sheading...teehee he's growing up already!

Drone Posts : 136 Join date : 2009-09-14 Age : 37

Another question, how can you tell its gender?

Drone Posts : 213 Join date : 2009-09-15 Age : 35

wachey wrote:: Another question, how can you tell its gender?

not until it's fully grown, females are bigger than males, adult males often extremely decrotive wings, more like a butterflies.

At this stage it's impossible to tell what gender the little one is...though we've taken to calling it a him.

Drone Posts : 136 Join date : 2009-09-14 Age : 37

Ah okay! That makes sense. Now I really want one X3