recommended mantis books

skadiwolf

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recommended mantis books??

can anyone recommend any books besides "Praying Mantids: Keeping Aliens"?

i'd like to get some more suggestions. :) thanks!
 
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Wade

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I don't know of any other books that focus on KEEPING mantids. When it comes to husbandry information, it's the best (and only) one I know of. I'm guessing there's probably some good books available in Europe also, but I've never seen them offered for sale here. Mantids are sometimes covered in general books on arthropod care, but usually not in great detail.

For natural history information, "The Praying Mantids" by Prete, Wells, Wells and Hurd (the book Jeezy mentioned in annother thread) is the one to get, but like all of the more scientific books it's expensive. It does have a section on husbandry, but it's not as informative as the "Keeping Aliens" book on this topic. "Keeping Aliens" is written with the hobbyist in mind, while the husbandry chapter of "The Praying Mantids" is more geared towards a laboratory setting.

Wade
 
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