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Millie the Mantis
Hey Bugman,
Just a short note to say.. I just lost a great gift.. My Preying Mantis..Named her Millie.. she laid 4 egg sacks in captivity and 2 outside in (Sept. early Oct.) took her in in 1st week of Oct. Can’t believe I cried all day over a bug but “Millie” had such a personality… She loved to walk all over me.. waited for me in the morning to take her out of the aquarium to sit in the window and watch the birds..She loved to be hand fed crickets and grasshoppers.. Anyway found your sight and enjoyed finding out what is going to happen with all 6 of these egg sacks.. I’m broken hearted about “Millie the Mantis” but like Charlottes Web she will send her offspring in the spring!!!… information on Millie.. she was 4 3/4 inches long …and from Rockford, Illinois…when buying crickets for Millie.. the clerks at 2 different Petstores said they also had friends that had Preying Mantis’s I was told they don’t usually hang out in Northern Illinois but thought they came up with violent storms in spring of 2006???? No idea but glad they are here… Thanks again for a great Web sight..
Barb Key
Rockford, Illinois

Hi Barb,
Thank you for your touching account of the life of Millie the Mantis. Millie was a Chinese Mantis, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis, and the introduced species is widely distributed in the U.S. due to the commercial availability of egg cases or oothica.

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