Hi welcome to our blog! We are making this blog so you can follow along with us as our praying mantis grow. We currently have 3 of them. Nixon (found July 7 2014), Reagan and Kennedy (both found July 9 2014). They are young mantis, with a few molts to go before they become adults. Last year we raised and mated their parents Trixie and two dad's Ed and Fred. We had 6 egg casings of which we are sure 3 hatched, and we believe more did but they are hiding in our trees out front so we can't find them to see. Last year we took lots of notes and pictures during our mating and egg laying process, which we will share here with a throwback post title and we will share updates and photos of the 3 we are currently raising. We winter our eggs outside and allow them to hatch before we take in new ones for the year. Our mantis are primarily Carolina mantis.
So a little about us. We live in Oklahoma. My daughter Ella is closing in on ten years old and will soon be in the 4th grade. She helps me (mom aka Lori) with our little buggy friends.
This is our public record of our mantis experience for all to see. No pictures with this first post, as 2 of our little guys (I think male) are new and I don't want to bother them for a day or so.
Look for updates on how they are doing, what they are eating, how big they are growing, when they molt etc! Thanks for following along.
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