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So my orchid female who is subadult molted a few days ago and everything was fine, she has eaten since then and has been completely happy, today when i got home she seemed fine but a few hours later i noticed she was on the floor in a death curl, i don’t know what happened to her or what went...

yeah it’s just normally from past experience they normally stay quite still when preparing for a molt but she’s just aimlessly running around her enclosure with her abdomen wiggling wildly it doesn’t look like she’s pretending to be blown by the wind but i guess i just have to wait and see

they might be too small but i feel like she’d run away from wax worms which are the only other thing i have right now but maybe when it stops raining i’ll go outside and find something larger to give her and see if she takes it 

she hasn’t since i had her so i’m not sure but right now there’s a few fruit flies in there with her but they’ve all settled somewhere and i can’t find them so they shouldn’t disturb her, i got her on wednesday and she hasn’t eaten since because she’s just ignoring prey go right in front of her...

Okay so i recently bought an orchid mantis and she arrived perfectly healthy she’s around l6/l7. She’s currently living in a 20x20x30 exo terra and i keep the temperature around 25° and around 70% humidity. Since yesterday i’ve noticed that she’s completely ignoring moving food right in front of...

Hi are there any UK sellers or Orchid Mantis’? I’m looking for a female around L4/L5

yep next time she molts i’ll check her size compared to the enclosure and see if it’s time to move up 

it’s okay i make sure they don’t escape 

yeah okay i’ll see if i can try something like that with my next enclosure 

yeah i have some netting that i put underneath the lid so she can walk on the top properly

yeah it’s okay i’ve got 2 more enclosures set for as it grows. Thanks for the help! :)

i measured it with a ruler so it’s not gonna be 100% accurate but it seems about 7cm wide and 8cm tall

it’s not very big as she’s just a baby so i think it’ll be okay for now

that’s just the lid but it’s the only ventilation for the enclosure so i just wanna make sure enough air is getting in

i’m not sure exactly but i’ll show you a pic of my mantis against it