Product Description

Raise your own praying mantises and marvel at one of nature's most amazing carnivores. Habitat is made of netting to provide 360 degrees of visibility. Mantis eggs arrive in the mail. Watch mantises hatch, hunt, shed their exoskeletons and more. Hand-held magnifying glass gives an up-close encounter. Includes padded tweezers for gentle handling. Cool learning activities bring science to life. Use the observation journal just like real scientists. Learn first-hand about these fascinating insects as you raise your very own family of praying mantises. Safety warning: This product contains small parts that may present a choking hazard for young children.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9807 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Discovery Channel

Features

• Habitat is made of netting to provide 360 degrees of visibility
• Mantis eggs arrive in the mail
• Watch mantises hatch, hunt, shed their exoskeletons and more
• Hand-held magnifying glass gives an up-close encounter
• Includes padded tweezers for gentle handling

Customer Reviews

Don' bother
Amazingly overpriced. The description makes it sound like the egg cases are included in the price, but need to be mailed seperately - well they aren't, and that will set you back a few more bucks.

Read the reviews on the discovery channel site, and you will learn how hard it is to raise them in this, and it isn't even appropriate for just hatched mantises because it is too big and they can't catch thier food, so they eat each other.

When I tried to cancel 2 hours after purchase, discovery told me the order was "already in procees" so I couldn't - but I was welcome to return it (at my own cost). I cut my losses, kept it, and got egg cases locally. We will hatch the eggs outside, and catch some mantisis when they get larger to put in.