Im thinking that next summer I will build a big mesh cage with a PVC pipe frame and keep a couple mantid eggsacks in it. When they hatch, I would raise them on some sort of cricket (or whatever you guys reccomend) and probably eventually release them into flower gardens around here, and maybe keep a few for myself. I got an eggsack this year and it hatched about 200 common mantids into a little jar that I opened up into the gardens. I saw only one grown up but it was a thrill as I only see mantids every 3 years around here.
I know we have one guy around here that looks like he keeps a ton of mantids.
Anybody else have any ideas/comments/questions about my plan?
I know we have one guy around here that looks like he keeps a ton of mantids.
Anybody else have any ideas/comments/questions about my plan?