How to Care for Praying Mantises!
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2018
- From housing, to feeding, to molting, we cover everything a beginner needs to know to properly care for a praying mantis!
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Ghost mantis:they won't see me if I swing.
snake discovery:look at this really cool mantis
Mission failed
We’ll get ‘em next time
apes together strong
Yeah totally, I tried that tactic and it really doesn`t work..
Her name is emily
They look so cute when they move. It looks like they’re going all like ‘come at me. I’m adorable. Look at me sway.*
Izzy lol 😂 I know 😝😝😝😝
Izzy Ikr lol.
It's like hey look at me sway look at me sway look at me sway oh oh oh oh ya
Izzy ikr they are so cute
Dingo Dan no they are cute. Why would you pinch their arms?
*sways*
“There isn’t even any breeze on you”
Oh ok ok *Keeps Swaying*
“Really lol”
I’m not stoping
*sways*
True
I love watching them eat. They are such gorgeous insects
They really are
Yah!!!
This is insect the first that I don't hate that much and especially love the Orchid mantises
Ikr they’re beautiful
Very true
I found a baby male albino mantis crawling on my shoulder one day when I watching CZcams. Had no idea where he came from but I figured, “hey I know how to care for you! Might as well keep you!” And so I did. I ended up naming him Meroda. Once he got bigger I decided to take him with me to my school and educated a few people on mantises. He was always so calm and chill but didn’t like it when anyone but me held him. He definitely knew I was his caregiver. I swear mantis are the most intelligent insect out there! Such curious and smart little guys hehe.
Anyways! During his very last shed something went wrong... I have no idea what did it, but his wings ended up becoming deformed after shedding. They never fixed themselves. But luckily it didn’t affect his lifestyle and actually ended up making it safer! Because like I said, I do take him out and show him to people, and if his wings were fully developed than that meant he would be able to fly off and end up hurting himself. So I guess things ended up working out in the end. And since his shed he ended up becoming to big for his enclosure. I didn’t have anywhere else to put him, but then I had an idea! Since he can’t fly he’ll be perfectly safe on my bamboo! Right inside my tank too! So not only will he be outside his cage with nice fresh air and something to hold onto, the evaporating water makes it plenty moist and humid. :)
Sadly Meroda is now gone... He recently died a few months ago. But I grantee you he lived a very happy and healthy life! He even became famous throughout my school and was loved by everyone! Educating others about mantises! It was fun while it lasted. And I won’t ever forget him. 💚
You can find images of him on my Instagram @CornBeanSoup! I even have a video of him here, after his last shed. :)
Albino mantis?
Phil Thalhammer
Mhmm. Although shortly after his last shed he turned green so I have no idea what he was anymore lol
Instagram: dnasign
Wasn’t he? God I miss him... Such a beautiful lil guy he was. :)
Sooo is it a he or a her cuz u used both...
Yi Xin Wang He because he could fly until the improper molt, and they used male terms a lot more.
I am terrified at approaching praying mantis' and yet here I am at 1am watch a care guide.
Thanks youtube.
Why would you be scared to approach them? I just go and grab them tho they can pinch you but it doesn't really hurt it's waaaaaay less painful then a crayfish or hermit crab pinch.
I love my little Orchid to bits. One of the coolest things about some of them is that when they know you, they will just chill on or near you. Whenever I'm working at my computer, she is either sitting in my shoulder, hand, or more recently petting my beard (weird I know). Supremely cool and adorable little critters!
It's really funny that I got this in my recommended a few hours after my friend told a story about bringing a mantis home to keep, her getting loose in the house, laying eggs, and him opening his closet like a week later and like a thousand itty bitty baby mantises came flooding out lol
You were recommended this because you're being listened to thru your phone.
When I was a kid, my brother caught a praying mantis and we kept her and she had babies. We moved them to a large fish tank when they hatched, used a LOT of fruit flies, and allowed them to cannibalize as they pleased. There must have been 100+ babies, and we couldn't keep them all. We followed the advice of misting the enclosure every day, but we always made sure Greeny (the surviror) had at least one bug to hunt in her enclosure every day. Sometimes she would go a few days without eating, so I think that she was not overweight. It was really fun.
the ultimate victory royale
First off, I'm surprised you knew how to take care of them (at least the fruit fly bit and misting the enclosure) but what I'm more surprised about is that you didn't freak out or your parents didn't freak out about keeping that many. I would have been hella scared.
I can’t believe you didn’t film that epic battle. Blood spilling from t heir claws but it is shared blood, as they are aiblings
Niiiicccceeee broooo
I say make it a movie you’d get millions
One thing I find really impressive about mantids, is they eat EVERYTHING on the prey item. Like a dubia roach, jumping spiders usually eat the bottom and the top exoskeleton is left and even tarantulas leave remnants of the shell but mantis chew right through and eat everything.
Even their own siblings, learned that the hard way when we got a few egg sacks.
once i watched a mantis eat a cicada while it was alive and i hated it but also couldnt look away so little seven year old me just watched the whole thing while the cicada screamed
Careful with that male, or you really WILL have a ghost mantis.
NoArtisticLimitation I don’t get it
ET Parry this you casual
@@incognito576 iirc, after praying mantises breed, the female decapitates the male and lays her eggs in his neck. ill admit, im not 100% confident on this info, but i hope this helps!
Oh ok I guess that kinda makes sense
Blake Mosley what?
I remember a song from elementary school about insects that was like
"It's an insect, not a spider
It has 6 legs, not 8
3 on this side, 3 on that side
And it's crawling on my plate"
(Obligatory *eww* )
Brings back memories 🙄
I was taught the ‘head thorax abdomen, abdomen, head thorax abdomen’ etc etc in third grade, I remember liking that spider song but I liked the head thorax abdomen song way more so-
and then there is the mantis with 4 legs
Idk what it is but a couple of days ago I watched one of your videos and I have been addicted to them lmao I don’t even have any pets 😆
Same. I'm addicted..and I hate snakes. But I am learning lot.
Justine Wu is that my bias wrecker on ur profile pic😍
Paromita Banerjee Maybe 😏
SAMEEEEEEE
Same. I'm not a fan of snakes but I find their videos fascinating, especially the ones about new babies.
I don’t have a praying mantis nor do I want one but I literally watch anything she posts lol
same
👎
Logan Alexander lol yeah cause that’s what they are
Oliver Marukelli same lol
u should really start keeping them . they r cool pets
Remember in elementary where the line would completely stop as someone said “PRAYING MANTIS!” And everyone would huddle around it and you couldn’t see it? Good times.
„Before we catch that fly, let us praise the Lord!“ - Praying Mantis
I love mantis, I had one who stayed on my window outside for at least a full week, I brought here some snacks and a little plate with water in it.
The last time I saw her it was when I got back from work, she was a bit further from her usual spot and I noticed that she had lost a bit of waist size.
I went to check her bottom, just to notice some dried foam.
She had layed her eggs!
And while I was I looking around trying to find the nest, she had left (the odd part is that she chose to run away just after I got home at the end of the day).
I love how these little things can lock on to you and follow you with their eyes ^^.
Really curious, cute and beautiful creatures.
Crazed Feel
That’s adorable 💚💚
@@wesleehighway (◠﹏◠)
I love how they look at you too. It shows how intelligent they are.
Did you ever find the eggs?
@@for3stspirit No, sadly I couldn't find them.
But it probably means that they are well hidden and safe ^^.
Again: I appreciate that you're so informative and educational in your videos. It seems to me like there's a lot of folks out there who choose sensationalism over education when it pertains to reptiles, amphibians and arthropods.
My dad and I have kept a mantis every year since I was about seven. They're super cool pets! There's a ton of them where we live and so we've always just caught a baby outside and raised it. We always let it go around this time of year (when fall starts getting cooler) so they can breed just to be completely sure that we aren't impacting the population. The first two we had were Chinese, the other ones were Carolina.
Ghost Mantis: Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle du du du du du du du wiggle wiggle yeah.
Hi, I know this may sound like a stupid thing to request, but I was wondering if you could do a video about choosing a healthy leopard gecko and taking care of it (similar to the one you did in choosing healthy snakes)
I have been looking into getting into a leopard gecko for a while, but it would be great to get some more opinion.
Thanks!❤️❤️
I'd love if they did that!!
Go watch leopard gecko's CZcams channel. She has had them for at least 10 years so shes very experienced and has multiple videos all about them.
That’s not a stupid request! I think that’s a great idea!
leopard geckos are cool. I want to get one but dont know jack
or a crested gecko
I had a lovely green one a few years back. He used to like eating honey from time to time. I would dip the tip of a chopstick in to honey and hold it out for him and he went crazy for it. I also kept him in a large enclosure with lettuce planted at the bottom, branches all over the place and loads of crickets running around. He lived a surprisingly long time and moulted well but if I get another one I will follow your guidance as I was probably just lucky with him and I wouldn't want one to be eaten mid moult.
My 4 year old found a mantis in our yard and we let him keep her. She laid her ootheca a couple weeks ago and we are so excited to see them hatch this spring! Doing our research, your videos are always so great I was really excited to see you had one about these guys!
For some people, Mantises are fun to keep as pets for a while, but not to raise! So for those of you who find a mantis and want to have it as a pet, but don't have the proper tools to keep it from dying, I highly recommend keeping it for a day or two and then releasing it into the wild where it belongs! That's the only way to ensure that it'll take be able to care of itself better than you ever could!
Eh, I'll just catch a Scyther and teach it fury cutter.
Sam uel
Lol
LOL
Imma get one and call it Scyther
Hell yeah Scyther is my favourite pokemon. If I get a mantis, I'm absolutely naming it after some of my scythers
My first thought about the thumbnail was *look at this leafy boi*
Burrrnet Dhmil named their mantid Leafy
😐🤨😒😒😒
I am getting an orchid mantis in a few days! I really want to keep this mantis for a full lifetime so I am doing LOTS of research to make sure it will be as healthy as possible!
Praying mantis: IM A SHTICK WATCH MEH SWAY "gently sways" me:AWWWWWWW
Hey guys!
Let me start off by saying I love your channel a lot. I really do! But I wanted to touch on some things that I found misleading in your video regarding mantis care. I've been in the mantis trade for quite a while now and one thing I've found about most mantis care videos is that they treat all mantis care as identical. That simply isn't the case. For instance, your ghost there actually prefers moderate to low humidity (as he's from a very dry climate) and the amount of misting you did in his little cup was way too much. Some mantis species even need as little as 10% or less humidity to be successful. It's very species dependent and there's no catch all among common hobby mantises.
Additionally, a number of mantis species require additional heat (Desert mantises need spotlights of up to 110 degrees!)
Also telling the difference between males and females can vary depending on the species as well. While the segment method is pretty universal, it can be incredibly difficult to determine the difference on some species. On Orchids, for instance, their collar around their neck is brown in males and green in females. Male ghosts have long, thin, crooked head crests while females are shorter and more blunted.
Paper towel may not be enough for certain species (something like a violin or devil's flower mantis definitely needs a mesh).
Also regarding feeding, it's generally advised not to feed crickets, as they commonly have lots of bacteria in their guts and mantises can be sensitive to these. But you can also feed wax worms (not too often, too fatty) and the moths that pupate into, as well as soldier flies or their larva, grasshoppers, butterflies.
Another thing you didn't touch on that I think is very important with these guys is that you should never, unless you are 100% sure you have a native or naturalized species, release your mantis outside. It can be very dangerous for the ecosystem.
Anyway, as always, I look forward to seeing more videos from you. Please include these little guys in the future!
The thing about the crickets isn't necessarily true, even though often repeated. www.mantidkingdom.com/are-crickets-bad-for-mantids/ You can breed your own crickets and keep harmful bacteria levels down.
@@rdizzy1 While this is absolutely true, the reason I say this is that most people get their crickets from places like petco or petsmart and those crickets can be detrimental to your mantis's health.
Geez if you wrote this with no copy paste you have wayyyyyyy to much time on your hands XD but very interesting!
Evelyn Gilliam I raise various mantis species as a hobby.
@@ahnishliayaq3522 I "TRY" to make jokes XD the reason why is because I am one XP no im not depressed
I love the look of the ghost mantis! It’s head shape is really neat and the swaying is spot on for a leaf in the wind ( or lack of wind in this case). Such neat tiny aliens!
The ghost mantis is my favorite, i love when bugs mimic their environment to hide from predator.... and prey! I'll always have a place in my heart for Carolina mantis as they were released in my area and have become feral. Love finding them in the Dahlias and Cosmos plants ^_^.
yes orchid mantis pretend to be a flower and twig mantis look like real sticks
Yes I too agree the ghost mantis is cool
Your joy of all critters is contagious. You two make me smile.
6:43 "ew it touched ma foot" "gross"
I love it XD
I made an amazing discovery! Look at a mantis swaying, put dance music over it. Your welcome.
I was surprised by the exclosure size recommendations. I used to have hundreds of plants in my room and I simply let my girl hang out on them. She'd always stay on the plants in my room - would go from one side of my room to the other sometimes, but would always climb onto me when I misted my plants in the morning. I kept crickets in an old butterfly net-cage thing and would use my snake's feeding tongs to feed her one of those.
She never had a name, but I'd always call her pet names:
Hey, pretty girl.
Look at you, sweetheart, eating so well.
Oh, there's my little lady... good morning.
She was a little darling. Mantises make great pets.
I love CZcams so much. 3 years later and just stumbling into this now. Love the insight! Thanks for teaching me how to take care of my garden buddies!
Is seems like everybody is getting into mantids now alot of animal youtubers are getting into it. I really love that because I have a collection of my own (including the spiny flower mantis that I picked up this weekend)
I just googled the spiny flower mantis, spectacular creature
Just googled it as well. Holy crap, I can't even believe such a creature exists! It's like a little work of art!
You think the mantis stock market is going up?
Mine died last year. It had a bad molt. I have a giant asian and an orchid now. I also used to have a ghost mantis.
@@TheSuperbadkneegrow yes for sure
when she said ghost mantis i was expecting the case to be empty as a joke XD
The subtitles always crack me up but the Mantids behaviorisms made them even better this time
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos. They are simple and well put together. I really appreciate them! Thank You Thank You Thank You
The ghost is so super cool!!! I love how they really do look like leaves!!!
Who saw rick the pick at 7:03 under the microwave
Lol my son was stoked 2 find him.
I'm pickle rick!
My name is rick and i'd give her my pickle if yunno what i mean
yep
sadpotato 149 *pickle riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick*
I am watching these one more time because I got my first mantis today and I wanna make sure I know as much as possible
Emily! You took that ghost out and both other mantises stared at the lil fella. Omg that was adorable but also terrifying! But that made me laugh!😂😂😂😂
Great, now I want to get a mantis.
This is so cool I've never heard of anybody else using the betta cup technique! I like popping off one if the detachable peices of the exo terra hanging plants for my crested geckos and putting that in there for them to climb on and hunt on too
Allen Jay me either! I loved the spring tail advice
Always loved Mantids, they're so uniquely designed and have developed quite the instincts. I grew up in Charleston SC so I'm very familiar with them. Since then I've moved to Washington state and was surprised to find one at my work next to a warehouse. I'm growing a live plant tank right now and hope to add a mantis soon, thank you for the advice! :)
When the albino mantis dies, preserve it in resin
That is just it's nymph colouring, it isn't albino. It should get it's adult colours after it's final moult.
I love when they're all like “hey! hey you! watch my little dance”
I love praying mantises my aunt used to breed them and it was always so fun to see! Loving the bloopers too
we had a chinese mantis egg sac hatch in our house. we didn’t realize until it was too late, so this video is very very helpful right now. thank you
we always have mantids in our front yard in the summer, and my dad likes to feed them grasshoppers. we usually end up with a praying mantis waiting on the front porch for us. it's adorable.
I hate bugs but I love mantises for some reason lol
queencleopatra007 probably because they eat all other bugs XD
I like most bugs but mantises make me feel uneasy. I still love them though. They are so cool
ca t. They are extremely aware, which is probably what makes you uneasy. I had a huge mantis outside my door and as I was walking up I spoke to him and acknowledged his presence and he just kept watching me until I got in the door and went back to stalking his prey. The mantis is such a cool insect.
always wanted one of these, don't know why but these are so COOOOOOL. today i visited at the petstore ( i don't support petstore's, i rather buy my animals directly from breeders) but i saw Brachypelma hamorii or Brachypelma smithi. who knows they always get's mixed up... so cool
Bass Is Lif you seem like you know a lot about mantises haha. Do you know which pet store you saw the mantis at?
Found a huge mantis while I was on a walk, in the middle of the road and baking in the sun. I took it home to give it some shade and water, and was able to ID it as a Chinese mantis which are invasive where I live, so I didn't want to put it back outside. So I made it a quick enclosure and gave it a dubia and it seems to be doing very well! Been years since I've kept mantises, and never this big, so it's been exciting. Seems to be a female, thinking I'll call her Erin :)
The fact that just yesterday, Brave Wilderness just did a video on praying the praying mantis bodes very well for this video's performance, and it ought to give the whole Snake Discovery channel a solid boost! This video will show up in the recommended videos for the Brave Wilderness video. It'll be heavily pushed by the search algorithm, and it'll associate your videos with Brave Wilderness's demographic. This will introduce your channel to a population made up of viewers who are almost guaranteed to be interested in your content. A huge win; congratulations!
I'll have them mate when they become adults. RIP male mantis. XD
FEMALES WILL NOT ALL WAYS EAT THE MALE
@thebangingcracker and you have to pray with the male mantis.
I once had a huge praying mantis. We fed it crickets and it lived 6 months.
I normally don’t like looking at bugs, but for some reason I find these so CUTE! When it punched the other bug and it didn’t work and just dived in I was cheering it on. Sooooooo sweet !
Love your video that go straight to the action while explaining! Very informative about keeping these Play Mantis! With so many Forests being burned to the ground , we have to Thank You all the Hobbyists out there for keeping these Play Mantis , Leaf Insects & Stick Insect species alive! Thank You So Much for your efforts & for sharing! Stay Safe & World Peace! 🌍♥️🌷🕊🕯
I wonder if I can keep an ant as a pet.
Oh wait, ant farms.
Watch Ants Canada its a CZcams channel
@@jadepigeon7520 It was a joke.
@@lasigna0212 Ooh it was a joke but that sounds bad ass! Good job.
I respect that this is a joke but honestly Ants Canada is insane, he’s got like 5+ colonies
@@confuzedgraphite He's got way more than 5.
Haha so cute! I don't think I can choose between the two!
Thanks so much.
I recently found a large mantis (about 8 inches in length)
She seemed so sociable and nice so I put her in a nice habitat that's perfect for it's size.
I love these little guys!
I have 2 oothecas that recently hatched, so many babies! This was very helpful, to help me raise the babies
Could you do a video on how to properly pick up, and hold them safely? They are very delicate it seems like it might be hard to get them out of an enclosure.
Just put your finger close to them, make sure you won't get attacked and it will eventually climb on :) You shouldn't hold them too high above ground because they can jumpand hurt themselves yeah pretty easy to handle
Just let them walk on you and don't grab them like a bird would
mantises will climb on u. just be the tree and mantis will hop on u. it is suggested not to grab as mantises dont like it.
let them crawl onto you, if they dont want to or are being annoying giving them a small boop on their butts will make them crawl onto you
They are amazing! I really love them X3 I also love your channel a lot and your videos :D
This was awesome thank you! I’m growing some plants in my backyard and the Prey Mantis they have attracted have kept my plants bug free. They are super helpful and look amazing when eating.!
So cool, thank you. I played an outdoor show this year and I had a 5 inch mantis (wild) that seemed to love me. Followed me around. Such a cool insect.
Did anyone see the pickle from Rick and Morty at 7:08 and before a couple seconds before that
she puts one in all her videos 😁
How do they react to snoot boops?
They prolly say "badaboom badaboom baby"
@@sunicarus8607 u inspired me to say Badaboom Badaboom baby in the comments
Man, your channel is so much fun and you are a really great presenter. You have a gift.
I'm Litterally watching this as I get my mantis enclosure ready. I'm so excited, thank you for your content, it's helping!
I’ve befriended a preying mantis. She lives in my garden.
I don't even like praying mantis but here I am...
I've been thinking of getting one and I keep talking myself out of it.
I keep tarantulas and honestly your videos shows that the care is much the same
I’m getting one soon I’ve already ordered some enclosures for when it ages up, this video has been a big help on info about them so thank you for that and I love to watch them eat too they are super cute 🥰
I love the orchid mantis
Love you guys
Me and my sister just got an new mantis, and thank you for this helpful video on how to take care of him/her!
Watching the little dude eat at 6:25 is ADORABLE
My dad caught a praying mantis and it lived about 3-4 years (no clue how lol)
thats so long!
Honey, maybe. It makes them live longer.
could’ve been a stick bug then lol
9:00 Hot water is a chemical. Instead, say, "avoid cleaners"
No idea why this showed up in the feed at 5 in the morning but I'm glad it did because I love mantises, I used to take care of a bunch in my front yard as a kid. Thank you for this video, I might consider getting a mantis myself!
Wow! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. We just got some Praying Mantises from our neighbour and your video was very interesting to watch. You did a great job 👏🏼
Who kept hearing in their head "come at me, bro!" when the mantises looked at each other?
All hail noodle queen
Ah, I just saw this video last night and reviewed today. It was really helpful since in science class we were hatching them and they hatched today! I’m really excited because I get to keep some but nervous because they are a nymph. Thanks for sharing this video even if it was a couple years ago😌💖
Not bug related, but I just love the little Pickle Rick "Easter eggs?" (I guess you can call them lol) but I love how you just throw him in randomly in your videos 😂😂❤️
Only 355k to go until 1 million well done love you videos
How'd you know I was considering a praying mantis!
I used to breed stick insects. Bugs are great. They're very low maintenance and fascinating.
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve researched a whole ton and this helped me a lot. I’m looking forward to getting a mantis next month!
When i saw the title i just screamed: WOWWW
I am SO getting one of these...I just discovered mealybugs in my houseplant jungle. Is the size enclosure needing to be snug simply for food hunting ease? I'd really like to put these guys in a terrarium that I can place infested houseplants into, or even lift the lid to let them/it climb on the plants at it's leisure. I know NOTHING of these behbehs except that I've wanted one since I was a kid.
edit edit edit lol! Would being near an actual humidifier for my tropical plants be TOO much humidity? Is there a such thing with these fellers? I keep isopods as terrarium buddies & 'pets' as well as springtails. You mentioned not feeding them every day so, would it be a horrible idea to toss a handful in to live & clean with the springtails? Will the mantid not eat as it needs? I'm thinking the powder orange ones would be good as they breed more readily than my other 4 species.
I used to have a Carolina mantis, and I'll be soon getting a Chinese Mantis. Super excited! I also love the orchid mantises, they are so pretty!
They are like little intelligent aliens! I got mine this week from MantisDojo and I already love her!
I saw a ghost Mantis at school when I was in 4th grade.
My Pillow where do you live? I wonder where they are native to
I’m thinking of getting a Giant Asian Mantis! It will be my first, I’m thinking of getting a female (L5 I think), will large flightless fruit flies be good food? If not l me some better ones! ❤️🌈
Very informative! I have been wanting a mantis for a long time. Thank you!
Probably the best care guide I’ve seen so far