Actually, they're fairly common among people who keep insects. At least, if you google their names, there are numerous hits on the care and feeding (keep warm and moist and feed raspberry or ivy bramble, basically).
Praying mantises are mantids, and stick insects are phasmids.
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Date: 2009-08-13 10:12 pm (UTC)Praying mantises are mantids, and stick insects are phasmids.