catching a mantis

[smellsfishy]

in my experience i tried everything. my first would move around it didn't seem like he had a permanent home. Not to scare ya, but, i had to eventually split a space in the middle of the tank i then put in a barrier made from egg crate covered with screen seperating the tank in half then listened and watched as soon as i figured out the side he was on i started pulling rock out. fortunatly i was able to find him as he baled out of my first pale load of rock as i relocated rock into the sump. The second time i wasn't so lucky, i would split the rock in half then split again, etc. etc. came down to 2 rocks, i cooked and recured them both. At that point i had had enough, i guess that one went to mantis college or something because he was WAy too smart. If you can see him you may be able to baite him like jkhchris did but make sure you are setup and ready before you do because he won't fall for the same trick twice.i hope you get lucky.