This past fall I found a HUGE mantid on my back porch and decided to bring it in for a while, well, to my suprise it decided to leave behind two egg sacs. I decided to cut them off the lid of the cage gently and place them in a small fish food bottle with two little holes in the top and put em in my bar fridge for a little while.. 2 Months later I took em out and put in my Hovabator that is ALWAYS on and let them sit in there for a couple more months at a steady temp of 75º. I just opened up the incubator to check on some crestie eggs that are in there, instead, I found baby mantids in the bottle.. Here's the contents..
And one of the little buggers.. I can't get over how tiny they are.. It's insane..
I don't know about you guys, but I still remember being like 6-7 years old and searching for hours on end with friends of mine catching these things by the hundreds and just watching them, well, i feel like im 7 again. LOL..
-Matt
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