no
what you need for a pet mantis is a tank the size of the tank depends on how large your mantis is. you will need a mister bottle mist your mantis every day. they need lots of sticks and leaves in their tank. baby mantis eat fruit flies mantis bigger then an inch will eat crickets moths etc.
no
they don't eat themselves but the female will eat the male after they mate
Baby pray mantis eat small flies, leaf hoppers, and aphids.
the flower mantis baby will eat fruit fly's and house fly's adults will eat any thing from crickets to moths.
Very often they eat their siblings when they are that small. Other insects that a mantis of that size can eat would be fruit flies, gnats, aphids, etc. As long as the mantis can handle it's prey, it will eat anything.
No. They eat bugs and other small critters.
they can't they hate it if u try they will bite so just get them spiders
no, a mantis does not have a back bone
most eat insects and meat but there are some who eat fruit.
Indian flower mantis are a small species of mantis and eat small insects such as small crickets, small worms, fruit flies small grass hoppers (they love these) and many many more that are small and easy to catch and eat
they hold there pray with there pinchers