Breeding Praying Mantises

Breeding mantises is a tricky game, especially if you only have one male mantis. Sometimes you get lucky and they mate right away and sometimes you have to work at it a bit. Over many years of raising praying mantises and learning how to breed mantises you sort of develop a sense of intuition about what they are thinking and what they need to breed successfully.

This video will show you how to introduce the male Hierodula membranacea Giant Asian mantis while the female is actively feeding. I describe my methodology in a play by play fashion as the situation develops, while making small corrections along the way to maximize the chances for success. Sometimes it goes much more smoothly than this. Sometimes the female eats the male mantid. As noted in the video, we must as keepers watch the interaction between female mantids and male very carefully and be always prepared to intervene, or redirect the breeding mantis pair. It is part science, part art, part chance and part experience. Inevitably, it is up to the female mantis!



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