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    Breeding Mantids

    I've got a couple of manitds around my yard and I'm thinking of trying to breed a couple. Has anybody here ever had success breeding mantids?
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    They breed in summer. They're territorial and cannabilistic, so if you put them together any time other than mating season, one will be snacked on.


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    you can buy the chrysalis (SP?) form garden specialty places.

    but they are basically loners except for breeding time...
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    I found a Mantis in my rose bushes and brought it inside to kind of play with for a little while, but it disappeared. Funny thing is, I keep finding crickett carcasses all over the house. Are they that voracious?
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    yeah there's a few cute ones from Chan Pui's school I'd love to breed...

    thoughts?

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    Originally posted by Starchaser107
    yeah there's a few cute ones from Chan Pui's school I'd love to breed...

    thoughts?

    wah lum has a lot of hot mantis's?
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    yeah yo , for some reasn hot chicks dig mantis kung fu. why.

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    Werd..

    When it is time to mate... wear a helmet though.. they like to take your head off when they're done with you
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    Thanks guys, what I meant by breeding is letting them handle that. Oso, what do their chrysalis look like. How territorial are they? We had a really big one here, good insect control.
    I quit after getting my first black belt because the school I was a part of was in the process of lowering their standards A painfully honest KC Elbows

    The crap that many schools do is not the crap I was taught or train in or teach.

    Dam nit... it made sense when it was running through my head.

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    I can't find the pic. of a couple matis' doing it.. one of them has a helmet on...

    It was a Boeri helmet ad from a few years ago..

    I can find most of there other ad campain ones though.
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    I understand during the non mating season they'll defend an area of about an acre. big territory.
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    yea, but female wah lum mantids won't fight...


    MY, I need to see a bigger version of your avatar
    "George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."

    "If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"

    "Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"

    It's simpler than you think.

    I could be completely wrong"

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    originally posted by : Oso :
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    " but female wah lum mantids won't fight..."
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    'Tis a shame , I like the resistance,
    a shame but not a deterrent...

















    yeah riiight ,
    I'm harmless

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    Originally posted by Oso
    MY, I need to see a bigger version of your avatar

    here 'tis. Lime Helmet.
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    that's ****in hilarious...
    "George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."

    "If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"

    "Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"

    It's simpler than you think.

    I could be completely wrong"

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