I successfully bred my mantids yesterday, the male mounted the female and i left them in the tank together over night. When i checked in the morning, i could see that the male had been eaten, there were some wings on the floor of the tank. Then i looked a bit closer and could see something moving around. Much to my amusement, there was the upper body of the male mantid still alive and well . I took him out the tank and tried to feed him a cricket, which he immediately grabbed and started eating lol. Here's a pic of him doing it. I was going to leave him and see how long he stayed alive for, but i felt sorry for the little bugger, so i put him out of his misery. It really reminded me of the scene out of monty python and the search for the hold grail, the one where the knight has him arms and legs chopped off but still wants to fight. haha. Anyway, here's the pic...
Cheers,
Dan.
Cheers,
Dan.