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02-10-05, 06:15 PM
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DEFINATLY NOT something you see everyday!!!
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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02-10-05, 06:20 PM
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I no what you mean about spending hours searching for them wiyh my friends.. thats a neat little thing..Are you just goin to let them go..Congrats
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02-10-05, 06:21 PM
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To be honest, I haven't the slightest clue as to what im going to do with them..
Anyone have some hungry Chameleons??? 
-Matt
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02-10-05, 06:25 PM
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Location: Ontario Canada
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That's very cool Matt!! congrats on hatching those
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02-10-05, 06:26 PM
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Location: Toronto, Ontario
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I'm not a fan of bugs, but thats pretty kewl! How many are in a sack approx?
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02-10-05, 06:36 PM
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When i was younger i remember putting one of those egg sacks in a jar, i forgot about it and went to the cottage. When i got back it seemed like the whole jar was crawling with the little guys, they were already starting to eat each other too.
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02-10-05, 06:49 PM
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I didn't even know we had thoes in Canada. Are the praying matis(sp)? Is that the same thing? You have got to try and raise a few for sure. I wonder what you could feed them? I wonder if they would take canned cat food?
Congrats,
Trevor
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02-10-05, 06:53 PM
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I know when me and my friends were kids.. We would catch and keep them for a week or so and we used to hand feed them Grasshoppers or crickets that we caught..
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02-10-05, 06:53 PM
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i think they need moving prey, fruitflys for starters maybe???
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02-10-05, 06:55 PM
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Trevor, they're the same and there's MILLIONS here in Canada man..
I've tossed a couple fruit flies in there right now, no action as of yet. they're soo tiny that even a pinhead would be too much.. They might even be smaller than a pin head, it's insane..
-Matt
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02-10-05, 07:00 PM
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If you leave them together they will definetly turn cannibalistic if there together long enough. Maybe they have an internal food source for the first week or so just a guess?!!
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02-10-05, 07:02 PM
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Yup I just found this,
"Raising Young
Some adult female mantids will lay egg cases in the container. Continue to care for the female as described. She may lay additional egg cases. After a period of time (varies with species and season) the immature mantids will emerge from the egg case. They will eat each other if additional prey is not provided. Small fruit flies are ideal for small mantids. You can also remove the mantids and set them up in other containers.
Other Concerns
Precautions
Mantids eat often and finding food for lots of immature mantids may get to be exhausting if you do not have a culture of fruit flies available. Do not release mantids outside unless you are sure they are a species that lives in your area."
Came from a site off of google.
Cheers,
Trevor
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02-10-05, 07:02 PM
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That's a good question.. And one that Hopefully someone with more experice can answer for us..
I've got a couple pill bottles here that i've tossed some really small sticks into and some fruit flies. They're seperated now and i'll continue to do so as they hatch.. So far, it's only the two..
-Matt
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02-10-05, 07:06 PM
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Im sure there will be more, when i had them it seemd like there was 50 and i only had 1 egg sack, then again i was only 8 or 9 so 50 might have been 15
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02-10-05, 07:17 PM
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That's totally cool! Its awesome to find the things that fascinated us when we were young. Reminds us all why we do all this!!!
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