^ exactly, thats why i chose chinese over orchids, peacocks and flower mantids assuming they would be more active hunters and not just hide when you disturb em.
the peacock mantids are worth 5x more but the guy gave me them free with my money back (only 7.50)!!! he said he will be paying for postage and packing aswell!!! definately be buying from him again, if only he had a website.

lol, a plant.

I am from China.If U like ,I can take eggs for you.

august of last year unfortunately lol.
suppose an update is in order... 2 survived till sub adult, a male and a female but the female died mid molt
i got the male to display a few times and got some good photos but lost them in an emergency reboot. i read that they live at the most 2-3 months after adult. well here we are 9 months on from him molting to adult and he is still going! must be some kind of record lol!
can you send oothecas to England? i would love to try again with mantids!
btw i did get two Chinese mantid oothecas but unfortunately all 200+ babies hatched while i was on holiday for 2 weeks and all but a few dehydrated and died and the remainder died shortly after