A few weeks ago, my daughters got a couple of praying mantises from one of their teachers. We started off with 3, but only 1 managed to survive (no, he didn’t eat his brethren). We’ve been digging outside for beetles and bugs for him to eat, and he already went through a molting which was neat. However, we’ve not been able to supply him with enough food. For whatever reason, our hibiscus plants are simply devoid of aphids and all of our friends with gardens seem to be low on them too.
So, we let him outside on our screened in patio (it’s very large) in hopes he can fend for himself and that maybe we can watch him for a few more days until he gets out and into the wild. It’s been an interesting ‘pet’ to have to say the least.