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<blockquote data-quote="Bugmom" data-source="post: 65359" data-attributes="member: 4273"><p>They just emerged tonight. There's at least 70 of them. They'll cannibalize some, but I'm still going to be left with a lot of mantids. This was one of those oothecas you can buy either via the mail or at a gardening supply store. I paid like $7. I thought it would be a neat and inexpensive intro to keeping and raising mantids.</p><p></p><p>I took the ootheca out of the fridge on 1-2-16, and they emerged tonight, 1-21-16. So about three weeks of steady temps between 74 and 78 degrees. </p><p></p><p>Things I learned: Mantids can JUMP! They're as bad as crickets! They emerge basically "ready to roll" and have no problem walking, climbing, jumping, etc. right away. These aren't more than a few hours old.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1461/24237168060_b44287dbe6_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1705/24532712965_61cc13e232_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bugmom, post: 65359, member: 4273"] They just emerged tonight. There's at least 70 of them. They'll cannibalize some, but I'm still going to be left with a lot of mantids. This was one of those oothecas you can buy either via the mail or at a gardening supply store. I paid like $7. I thought it would be a neat and inexpensive intro to keeping and raising mantids. I took the ootheca out of the fridge on 1-2-16, and they emerged tonight, 1-21-16. So about three weeks of steady temps between 74 and 78 degrees. Things I learned: Mantids can JUMP! They're as bad as crickets! They emerge basically "ready to roll" and have no problem walking, climbing, jumping, etc. right away. These aren't more than a few hours old. [img]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1461/24237168060_b44287dbe6_b.jpg[/img] [img]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1705/24532712965_61cc13e232_b.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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