DEFINATLY NOT something you see everyday!!! - Page 3

Tyler99 · 02-22-05, 02:22 PM

You guys use them as feeders?!!!!!!!

LOL In the Usa if you kill JUST ONE you are sent to jail!!!!LOL

TheLionsShare · 03-03-05, 12:27 AM

DOn't release them, they are non native...

LHP · 03-03-05, 08:43 AM

While this species of mantid is originally from Asia, it has been established in North America for so long that it no longer matters (1950's?). Here in Virginia, the native variety seems to coexist with the chinese mantid just fine. Also, garden catalogs routinely sell chinese mantid egg cases to help combat garden pests.

Also, it is an urban myth that it is illegal to kill mantids... check out this link: http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.htm

Lindsey