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Live praying mantis for sale.
Captive-bred. Small batches. US shipping.

Every mantis is hatched and raised here. Care support included with every order. Live arrival policy on all live invertebrates.

Available mantises

Live captive-bred · sized by instar
6 ITEMS
A pink-and-white Orchid Mantis perched on a leaf, its petal-shaped limbs splayed in a flower-mimicking pose.
EXPERT
Orchid Mantis
$80
Hymenopus coronatus
The world's most photogenic mantis. Pink-and-white petal-mimicking limbs, native to Southeast Asian rainforests. Sought after globally for stunning visual displays.
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A Ghost Mantis in profile, its body and limbs textured like a dried leaf with a forked head crest.
BEGINNER
Ghost Mantis
$30
Phyllocrania paradoxa
The best "first exotic mantis." Leaf-mimicking camouflage, low cannibalism, and tolerant of typical room conditions. Long-lived for a mantis.
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A Spiny Flower Mantis with two yellow-and-black eyespot markings on its wings, set against a dark background.
BEGINNER
Spiny Flower Mantis
$40
Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Walking artwork. Two yellow-and-black eyespots on the wings flash open in a deimatic display that startles predators. Beginner-friendly with a showstopping threat pose.
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A Dead Leaf Mantis with a wide shield-shaped pronotum, body patterning resembling a torn, withered leaf.
INTERMED.
Dead Leaf Mantis
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Deroplatys gorochovi
A walking torn leaf. Wide shield-shaped pronotum, deimatic death-feign defense, and stunning patterning. The species that proves nature is the best costume designer.
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An African Twig Mantis camouflaged on a slender branch, its bark-textured body nearly invisible against the wood.
BEGINNER
African Twig Mantis
$45
Popa spurca
If you've never kept a mantis, start here. Bark-textured camouflage, will chase its food, tolerates dry indoor air, and lives a full year. The forgiving exotic.
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A female Double Shield Mantis nymph with mottled coloration and a distinctive double-pinched pronotum.
BEGINNER
Double Shield Mantis
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Pnigomantis medioconstricta
The aggressive eater. Stocky, mottled, with a uniquely constricted "double shield" pronotum and bright blue inner-arm markings. For keepers who want a mantis with attitude.
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Feeders & food

Fruit fly cultures and starter packs
4 ITEMS
A Lobo Mantis D. hydei flightless fruit fly culture — 32 oz deli cup with the black Fruit Fly Culture label (species, large flightless strain, batch, medium, care) and active flies on the excelsior.
D. Hydei
$15
Drosophila hydei
Live D. hydei flightless fruit flies. The larger of the two common feeder fly species — best for L3+ mantis nymphs, dart frogs, jumping spiders, and reptiles that need a substantial soft-bodied feeder.
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A Lobo Mantis D. melanogaster flightless fruit fly culture — 32 oz deli cup with the black Fruit Fly Culture label (species, small flightless strain, batch, medium, care) and active flies on the excelsior.
D. Melanogaster
$15
Drosophila melanogaster
Live D. melanogaster flightless fruit flies. The smaller of the two feeder fly species — the right size for L1–L2 mantis nymphs, jumping spider slings, dart frog froglets, and other small predators.
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Blue bottle fly spikes (larvae) — a large soft-bodied feeder for larger mantises and reptiles.
Blue Bottle Spikes
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Calliphora vomitoria
Large soft-bodied fly larvae, ready to feed out. Blue bottle spikes are the next-size-up feeder when your mantis or reptile has outgrown fruit flies — protein-dense, hydrating, and easy to dust with calcium.
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Green bottle fly spikes (larvae) — a medium-sized soft-bodied feeder for growing mantises and reptiles.
Green Bottle Spikes
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Lucilia sericata
Medium-sized soft-bodied fly larvae. Green bottle spikes are a half-step between fruit flies and blue bottles — right-sized for sub-adult mantises and small-to-medium reptiles that need more substance than a fruit fly.
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Enclosures & setup

Sized to instar — not "one box fits all"
1 ITEM
Mantis keeping supplies including ventilated enclosures.
Mantis Supplies
$28
Enclosures & Accessories
Everything you need to house and care for your mantis. Ventilated enclosures sized for nymphs through adults, ready to set up out of the box.
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Care supplies

Misting, heat, humidity control
1 ITEM
A fine-mist spray bottle for misting mantis enclosures.
Misting Bottle
$10
Husbandry Tool
A fine-mist spray bottle sized for daily mantis husbandry. The right droplet size matters — too coarse and your nymphs get hit with water bombs, too fine and humidity doesn't actually rise.
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Compare species head-to-head

Torn between two? See them side by side — size, care, lifespan.
Orchid Mantis vs Ghost Mantis Orchid Mantis vs Spiny Flower Mantis Orchid Mantis vs Dead Leaf Mantis Orchid Mantis vs African Twig Mantis Orchid Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis Ghost Mantis vs Spiny Flower Mantis Ghost Mantis vs Dead Leaf Mantis Ghost Mantis vs African Twig Mantis Ghost Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis Spiny Flower Mantis vs Dead Leaf Mantis Spiny Flower Mantis vs African Twig Mantis Spiny Flower Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis Dead Leaf Mantis vs African Twig Mantis Dead Leaf Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis African Twig Mantis vs Double Shield Mantis