What is it?

[Ratmosphere]

Found this tonight, what is it? Never seen this before. Looks like some kind of moth.

 

[MatisIsLoveMantisIsLyf]

Side photo pls? Im certain it's a moth. And the big "nose" are his antanae. Can't give species id rn.

 

[chanda]

I agree that a side picture would be helpful, but that appears to be a Caddisfly.

See, for example: https://www.whatsthatbug.com/2017/09/16/caddisfly-from-canada-3/ and http://bugguide.net/node/view/715790/bgimage and http://bugguide.net/node/view/707886/bgimage

 

[Ratmosphere]

Whatever it is it made a good meal for my mantis. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[chanda]

Feeding wild-caught prey to your pets can be risky - you don't know where it's been. It might have been in contact with pesticides or might have been infected with parasites or entomopathogenic fungi, which could then be passed on to your mantis.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Totally aware of this.

 

[LawnShrimp]

Yes, that is a caddisfly. I feed wild-caught prey to my mantids, but seeing as how my mantids themselves are wild-caught, I doubt if mine will be harmed.
What species do you keep?
Edit: whoops, checked your IG account, saw you have all the classics. Nice green ghost btw!

 

[Ratmosphere]

Thank you! More to come in the future. Hoping to find some rares in the states one day.