--- product_id: 8413120 title: "Keeping the Praying Mantis: Mantodean Captive Biology, Reproduction, and Husbandry" price: "91734CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/8413120-keeping-the-praying-mantis-mantodean-captive-biology-reproduction-and-husbandry store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Covers global mantis species Comprehensive mantis care guide Detailed feeding & husbandry tips Keeping the Praying Mantis: Mantodean Captive Biology, Reproduction, and Husbandry **Price:** 91734CFA **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ¦— Dive into the captivating world of mantidsβ€”because ordinary pets just won’t do! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Keeping the Praying Mantis: Mantodean Captive Biology, Reproduction, and Husbandry - **How much does it cost?** 91734CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/8413120-keeping-the-praying-mantis-mantodean-captive-biology-reproduction-and-husbandry) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Explore Exotic Species:** From unicorn to ghost mantids, discover diverse species to elevate your insect hobby. - β€’ **Trusted by Enthusiasts:** Highly rated resource with a 4.6-star average from dedicated mantis keepers. - β€’ **Visual Learning Experience:** Packed with vivid photos and real-life examples to deepen your understanding. - β€’ **Master the Art of Mantis Care:** Unlock expert insights on feeding, housing, and breeding your mantis with ease. - β€’ **Your Ultimate Mantis Companion:** A must-have for anyone serious about captive mantodean biology and husbandry. ## Overview Keeping the Praying Mantis is a definitive guidebook offering in-depth knowledge on mantodean biology, captive care, and breeding. Featuring extensive species coverage and rich visual content, this used book is a top-rated resource for insect hobbyists seeking to master mantis husbandry and enjoy a unique pet experience. ## Description Prepare to be enchanted with an in-depth and up-close view of the most loved of all invertebrates, the praying mantis! Keeping the Praying Mantis is a huge resource designed to give mantis enthusiasts every tool needed for feeding, housing, and rearing these magical (almost mythological) creatures. Details on their biology, relationship with man over the ages, behavior, and captive husbandry will give you a solid foundation for successfully keeping fascinating species from around the world. From ant mimics and unicorn mantids to Devil's flower, orchid, and ghost mantids, there are species to entice every insect hobbyist. Review: Best book on mantids - If you have pet praying mantises, this book is the holy grail of knowledge on the subject. Expensive book, but worth every penny. Covers virtually everything you need to know about care, breeding, species, etc. Review: LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES ! - "My" praying mantis was waiting for me on my doorknob when I returned from breakfast with my family during a snowstorm about 10-days before Halloween, 2013. Brought him inside. Left him on a Boston Fern and went to brush my teeth and patch up my finger. No real problem with my finger but I felt lucky not to have lost my head. Later found him in the wiring in the basement above the Boston Fern. Bought him a Large 5-gallon Critter Keeper and told the cricket-lady I didn't expect to have to feed him beyond Thanksgiving. Spent the rest of the fall and winter season through Ground Hogs Day, 2014, researching him on the internet. He settled down and we became good friends. I have tons of pictures. There are several fine short videos. As the days, weeks and months went by he slowly ran out of steam. His lunch ate his head off overnight Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014. I bought this book anyway. It has Lots and Lots of Pictures. Orin McMonigle knows so much about the Mantis that he does not know where to begin ... But he does begin. He meanders a good bit through loosely organized sections of his experience and knowledge. He touches on much. He talks about 28-mantis species common to the continental US including the Chinese Mantis, my mantis, but does not say which one that is, though he talks about the "Chinese Mantis" in one section. He generally does not equate any of the scientific names in one section with his use of common names in another. He rarely follows through on the many opportunities to stitch things like that together. There is no step-by-step to anything. How humid is humid-enough ? How Warm ? What is "too dry" ? He touches on much. There are lots and lots of pictures. I found this book on the internet. I had already found the answers to all of my questions on the internet. After reading this book I do have lots more questions to research on the internet. One thing ... "Crickets are Dangerous !" ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,387,814 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #195 in Pet Insects & Spiders Care #598 in Entomology (Books) #904 in Biology of Insects & Spiders | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 61 Reviews | ## Images ![Keeping the Praying Mantis: Mantodean Captive Biology, Reproduction, and Husbandry - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61t9Gk9WehL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best book on mantids *by R***L on December 30, 2025* If you have pet praying mantises, this book is the holy grail of knowledge on the subject. Expensive book, but worth every penny. Covers virtually everything you need to know about care, breeding, species, etc. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES ! *by C***S on February 11, 2014* "My" praying mantis was waiting for me on my doorknob when I returned from breakfast with my family during a snowstorm about 10-days before Halloween, 2013. Brought him inside. Left him on a Boston Fern and went to brush my teeth and patch up my finger. No real problem with my finger but I felt lucky not to have lost my head. Later found him in the wiring in the basement above the Boston Fern. Bought him a Large 5-gallon Critter Keeper and told the cricket-lady I didn't expect to have to feed him beyond Thanksgiving. Spent the rest of the fall and winter season through Ground Hogs Day, 2014, researching him on the internet. He settled down and we became good friends. I have tons of pictures. There are several fine short videos. As the days, weeks and months went by he slowly ran out of steam. His lunch ate his head off overnight Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014. I bought this book anyway. It has Lots and Lots of Pictures. Orin McMonigle knows so much about the Mantis that he does not know where to begin ... But he does begin. He meanders a good bit through loosely organized sections of his experience and knowledge. He touches on much. He talks about 28-mantis species common to the continental US including the Chinese Mantis, my mantis, but does not say which one that is, though he talks about the "Chinese Mantis" in one section. He generally does not equate any of the scientific names in one section with his use of common names in another. He rarely follows through on the many opportunities to stitch things like that together. There is no step-by-step to anything. How humid is humid-enough ? How Warm ? What is "too dry" ? He touches on much. There are lots and lots of pictures. I found this book on the internet. I had already found the answers to all of my questions on the internet. After reading this book I do have lots more questions to research on the internet. One thing ... "Crickets are Dangerous !" ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Curious About Preying Mantids? This is a great find *by D***R on January 21, 2014* Rare things are often pricey. This is a rare find in the (thinly-populated) world of preying mantis literature for popular reading. Being an active mantis hobbyist, my initial concern about any complete work on the subject was either: 1. It would be too academic and boringly dry, or 2. Just the opposite - it would not do justice to helping the reader understand the wonder of these incredible animals. McMonigle's book carefully avoids either pitfall. This book covers every aspect of the preying mantis, written in an easy, friendly cadence, yet just enough technical information to please diehards like myself. And the book is absolutely loaded with four-color photographs - mandatory for enhancing descriptions and anecdotes in the text. This is *not* a textbook. It's focused on the hobbyist who is interested in learning how to keep mantids healthy and happy in captivity and how to successfully breed them. Although I was not terribly happy with the quality of the page paper - it *is* non-glossy, which makes reading, in my opinion, much easier on the eyes. Get this book and go out and find a mantis or two. 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