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Posted: 8/11/2005 7:56:14 PM EDT

i just captured a prayingmantis outside and hes now my POW and i was wondering what kinda of things this bugger eats so i can keep him alive tell he talks and tells me were the junebugs are hiding. help on grub for my new found friend would be very nice thank you all.

Posted: 8/11/2005 7:59:09 PM EDT

[#1]

cats?

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:00:50 PM EDT

[#2]

Anything other bug they can catch. I saw one eat a huge carpenter bee once.

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:04:29 PM EDT

[#3]

Cut off your finger & feed it to him

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:05:32 PM EDT

[#4]

its late in the season and it will be dying soon. They are annual bugs only. In the mean time crickets work just fine. Very cool insect. After you feed it for awhile it will let you pick it up and it'll sit on your arm.

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:06:39 PM EDT

[#5]

ill catch him a grasshopper in the mourning and see how that treats him.

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:08:05 PM EDT

[#6]

Try a king snake. They love king snakes.

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:10:38 PM EDT

[#7]

If it's a female, she'll eat a male one....right after conception.

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:12:17 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Cut off your finger & feed it to him

Dont forget to post pics.

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:14:35 PM EDT

[#9]

bugs

any bugs

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:20:02 PM EDT

[#10]

You need to find a better hobby.......

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:20:51 PM EDT

[#11]

damnit id have a picture of my POW for propaganda but damn image shack is down. i could have shot him he was trying to force his way into my house as i opend the door. ahahaha i got it to work

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:30:32 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
damnit id have a picture of my POW for propaganda but damn image shack is down. i could have shot him he was trying to force his way into my house as i opend the door. ahahaha i got it to work

img362.imageshack.us/img362/1073/mantis5ob.jpg

You have him wrapped in saran wrap? Are you going to cook him or something? Not very meaty or filling if you ask me.

Ben

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:34:22 PM EDT

[#13]

i didnt have anything else to stick him in. in the mourning ill stick him in something a little more permanent. named him its now JS for joseph smith cause he just hangs around praying if you will.

Posted: 8/11/2005 8:49:23 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
i didnt have anything else to stick him in. in the mourning ill stick him in something a little more permanent. named him its now JS for joseph smith cause he just hangs around praying if you will.

Put some water in there and name him John the Baptist. If other praying mantis' form a line to his pen, you'll know it's the right name.

Ben

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:07:14 PM EDT

[#15]

i had a pt mantis once put him in a quiet part of the house pinch off some lunch meat for him and he wont leave that spot as long as you feed him ,and dont screw with him much ,he will stay there till he dies

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:16:51 PM EDT

[#16]

They eat hummingbirds.

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:21:03 PM EDT

[#17]

Every time find one around the house I leave 'em where they are. I can usually find them in the same place for quite a while afterwards.

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:24:03 PM EDT

[#18]

i put him in a cage with a steak and ahomeless man, who ever is alive in the mourning is my new pet. go praying mantis.

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:26:55 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
i put him in a cage with a steak and ahomeless man, who ever is alive in the mourning is my new pet. go praying mantis.

Note to self: Stop using meth....immediately.

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:28:01 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Quoted:
i put him in a cage with a steak and ahomeless man, who ever is alive in the mourning is my new pet. go praying mantis.

Note to self: Stop using meth....immediately.

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:39:13 PM EDT

[#21]

VTwin60 your telling me my new found friend will be dead soon, if he stays inside and i feed him will he still die? and no im not talking about the homeless man the prayingmantis allready ended him. thanks for all of the input.

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:41:18 PM EDT

[#22]

yes he will die no matter what. They only live for one cycle through the late spring to early fall months. Its sad I know....*sniff* *sniff* but there will be more.....

They are pretty cool. Kind of boring if you're expecting him to do ninja like moves, but interesting creatures nontheless. The lion of the insect world is what they are commonly referred to.

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