praying mantis???

[rayman45]

i just found one in my gradge.
i put it outside and it came back.

im gunna keep it for a while.
how do i keep it

i have it in a nice size tub. with a few sticks and leaves, a small water bowl.
what eles do i need?

he is about 3 inches

 

[neoprodigy]

crickets.... i feed mine crickets..... i gotta find those mantis pix i had last year.....

 

[redtailfool]

yep small insects. . . Get some leafy twigs and prop em in the holding container.

 

[rayman45]

i got him in a nice size tub

a 32 quort rubbermaid

 

[DeLgAdO]

how bigs the water bowl? i would lose it, it might drown.

 

[butane216]

on a side note: is it even legal to keep captive a praying mantis?

I only bring that up because its definitely illegal to kill them...

 

[killerpenguin64]

i had a praying mantis a couple years ago, they are fun to watch hunt, make sure you feed it small insects and i would recamend praying the habitat rather than a water bowl and be sure to feed it small insects, my dad fed mine a grasshopper and it only ate half if it and it was still alive half eaten! it was kinda sad

 

[guppy]

on a side note: is it even legal to keep captive a praying mantis?

I only bring that up because its definitely illegal to kill them...

Depends on where you are I suppose, Egg masses are sold in garden mags. A lot of temperate species only live one year. Big ones will eat small frogs and lizards and I saw one eat a hummingbird once, I missed seeing it actually catch it unfortunately.

 

[rayman45]

pics li

hes cool.
i sceeve(sp?) bugs tho

 

[rayman45]

o and the water bowl is not deep