Top 5 Pet Mantis Species for Beginners

She's attacking! Watch out! You're being eaten alive! Why is it so hard to film an intro and just be a normal, likable, relatable person? It's hard. It's hard. Today we are here to talk about my top five species of praying mantises to keep as pets. And they're great for beginners, but also for people who are experienced keeping pet bugs or any pets really. I just like these because they're easy to care for, inexpensive, cool, and great. So I'm gonna have to handle five different praying mantises in this video and hope that they all participate with me, which is very unlikely to go smoothly, but we will try. We will try. Let's just jump right, let's just jump right in. Coming in at number five on the list is, and I only have a small one to show you today, the bud-winged mantis. Can you see him? So this is my little bud-winged mantis right here. I hope you can see. The scientific name is Parasphendale aphenus. And I like these little guys. I think they're so fun to keep. They look really cool and unique, especially when they get older. They have this really cool kind of different and unique coloration. They're fairly inexpensive, but can be a little bit difficult to find, which is why they're the furthest number five at the list. They're also really friendly. As you can see, he hopped right on my hand. He's fine being handled, not jumpy or weird. But yeah, so this is number five on my list, the bud-winged mantis. And you are very cute and you did so well. You did so well. Okay. Coming in at number four on the list is the spiny flower mantis. Super cute. Scientific name being the Pseudocryoboda woburgi. Yikes. But this is the spiny flower mantis. This is an adult. Oh boy. And I really like these because they're a great alternative for an orchid mantis, which can be really hard to find, really expensive, and a little bit more difficult to keep. These are literally just as pretty. So look at the wings. So pretty. Focus. Easy. So much easier to keep. I just give them some water. They eat really well. They're awesome. And they're so cool looking. And I just really recommend these, especially if you want a flower mantis, something really colorful and cool and awesome. So freaking cute. And this is why I think they're number four. Look at you. You are so cute. I now bring to you number three. Three. This is the ghost mantis. Scientific name, Philocrania paradoxa. I really hope I said that right. This is a ghost mantis. They look like leaves. They come in a lot of different colors, so that's really exciting and interesting. Some are more brown, some are green, some are darker in coloration. But yeah, they're very calm, almost to the point of being shy. But they will not show any aggression towards you, which is really great if you want to handle them or, you know, just want something that won't be mad at you and want to eat you for dinner. They can also be kept communally if they're fed well, which is cool because a lot of mantises cannot because they will eat each other. They will eat each other. Yeah, that's why I like these. The only reason they're not any higher is because they're really timid and they kind of just hang out and they don't do a lot. They're not super active, but they're really great species to keep. Care is super simple and, you know, very chill. This is number three, the ghost mantis. This is an adult female. She's very cute. Good job! High five! Number two. Number two is the African mantis, also known as the Frodomantis linolea. These come in at number two because they're really easy to care for. They look cool. They have that, like, classic mantis look. They get to a good size, especially the females get really big. I had a really cool female named Piccolo. This is Piccolo Jr. But yeah, they look really cool. They're pretty friendly, curious, and easy to handle. I love the bright green coloration and they don't really require any special anything, you know? You give them water, you give them food, they molt easily. I've never had one get stuck in a molt. They're overall really cute. His face is killing me right now. Can you see him? He's so cute. They're really cute. They're really curious. They're really easy to take care of and what's not to love? I mean, and if you know me at all, I don't think number one will surprise you at all because number one is the giant Asian mantis. This is Scyther. Everyone loves Scyther. So, as you can tell, they get huge. This is an adult female. She recently laid me some eggies and I'm so excited for her little baby. You're so pretty. Look at her face. Pretty girl. But they're so easy to care for and I don't know if I should be telling you this because I don't know if I should be promoting one to do this, but she lives out on a plant in my room. She does not have an enclosure. She is a free Roman girl and I have not had any trouble with that. I've been keeping her out for her last, like, three molts and she's been totally fine. She molts easily. She will not jump, which is great because some mantises are so jumpy, but she's really chill. She doesn't jump. She'll just walk around on you. She's so pretty and so easy to care for. Like, so easy, really. I can't even believe it and it's been great and so that's why these are my number one. The giant Asian mantis, also known as the Hyrodula membranesia. Well, I tried. That's why they're my number one. They're also fairly inexpensive and pretty easy to find, especially considering I'll have some babies soon. I'm so excited. You're so excited for your baby and yeah, they're great. They're awesome. They're all great. I think you'd be fine with any of the mantises on this list, but yeah, this is just what I recommend from my experience that I've had with mantises. You may feel differently and if you do, that's cool, but if you really want to get any of these, please let me know. Let me know which one you like the best and I'm just really excited to share this information with you because I love my mantises. They are my babies. So are my tarantulas and my scorpions, but I mean mantises are nice because you can just handle them and hold them and they're so inquisitive and curious and cool and if you're thinking about getting a mantis, you should definitely do it. If you have any questions, please let me know. I will answer them so gladly and you're so cute. She's so cute and yeah, if you want any more information, if you have any other burning questions, just comment and let me know and if you want to learn more about mantises or tarantulas, scorpions, or my cat, just let me know and we can make that happen. But anyways, I hope you enjoyed. 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