Comments on: Mantid Egg Case or Ootheca http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2003/10/05/mantid-egg-case-or-ootheca/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MelPhleg http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2003/10/05/mantid-egg-case-or-ootheca/comment-page-1/#comment-62881 MelPhleg Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:04:21 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2003/10/05/mantid-egg-case-or-ootheca/#comment-62881 yes, that definitely looks like a praying mantis egg case. i've collected such egg cases & raised mantids for a little while a number yrs ago. find cases wherein the the "scales" haven't opened yet, & you're more likely bound to get unhatched young. they are fun & easy to raise. however, if the new young are left in close quarters (like a glass aquarium case), they will eat each other, so best if let them go & only keep one or two at once, in separate cases, or they might each each other. and it is true, the female will eat the male after mating, if kept together in close quarters & if he doesn't get away first. i'm sure there are some good books at a local public library on raising mantids as pets. looks like a good one: "The praying mantids" / edited by Frederick R. Prete yes, that definitely looks like a praying mantis egg case.
i’ve collected such egg cases & raised mantids for a little while a number yrs ago.
find cases wherein the the “scales” haven’t opened yet, & you’re more likely bound to get unhatched young.
they are fun & easy to raise. however, if the new young are left in close quarters (like a glass aquarium case), they will eat each other, so best if let them go & only keep one or two at once, in separate cases, or they might each each other.
and it is true, the female will eat the male after mating, if kept together in close quarters & if he doesn’t get away first.

i’m sure there are some good books at a local public library on raising mantids as pets.

looks like a good one: “The praying mantids” / edited by Frederick R. Prete

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