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Unread 11/30/2014, 07:51 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by FlyFishKen View Post
After trying to catch a mantis for about a year (including a commercial plastic trap) I caught him the first time I saw him with this. It is a loop of line through a long tube with a clip to hold a piece of shrimp. When the mantis goes through the loop to get the shrimp, the loop is closed by pulling on the other end. He now resides in the quarantine tank.
So you just pulled the loop around him after he is part way in? I thought they would never fall for something like that


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