mantids in canada???

[jbreczuk]

iv always been facinated by mantids and im wonderin where i can get ahold of some in canada

[bareass]

praying matis are wild where i'm from you can find them anywhere in the summer. there was one that took up residence on my back porch all summer... but it was gone when i wanted to grab it

[SunflowerGirl85]

Yes, mantises should be just about anywhere outdoorsy, but you most likely will not see them since they are masters of disguise. All of the ones I've run across have always seemed to have found me. But, since they are good to have in the garden, you may want to call around plant/garden stores and ask if they harvest them, or if they could suggest other ways to find or lure them to ya.
~Good luck--I love those little guys!

[viva la viv]

just thought id add that nowhere in canada can these be found wild there range ends about central united states...so sucks to be here

[viva la viv]

just found out that i lied praying mantis can be found in southern bc and southern ontario they were brought in to control grasshoppers now they can sustain themselves in our southern most boarders due to warming climate that is pushing hard wood forests into canadas coniferous forests. so with the trees comes the bugs

[bareass]

explains a lot! i live in windsor which is about a south in ontario as you can get!

[brp4e.]

actually you can find mantids here in canada, I live in British Columbia canada and since are temperatures arent as extreme as eastern canada we get these matids called ghost mantises i think. I dunno. You can go to home depot and buy them, i just looked online and saw that they sell them. the good kind to, the chinese mantis, and thats the big one.

[beckdg]

yes there are some that live in canada... they need the cold winter for their egg sacks to develope. they sell them here in the states (egg sacs) if you live too far south you have to put them in the freezer throughout the winter for them to develope. they do like warm summers, but cold winters are a necessity for most species.

they are marketed to control populations of pest insects like mosquitos. be careful though you don't want to put a sac in a viv as all will hatch and quickly become canibalistic as they stake their claim for territory and it won't take long before hundreds become one fat happy fellow.

oh... also they live for about 3 seasons... then reproduce for next year and die off.

[paludarium freak]

I live in Ottawa, Canada and when I was in elementary school, sometimes they were on the school wall during recess and all the stupid kids were trying to hit it with a ball to "touch it". I'm in highschool BTW (Well actually middle school).

[viva la viv]

All i know is they need temperate climate and there is two of these, maritime and continental...there is 20 species native to USA and only 1 native to canada it is the ground mantis anything else is ferrel