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Hi, it's been a while. My mantises have been doing excellent recently, knock on wood. But I've noticed something interesting. Mantises kept close together molt in sync. For example, one of my p. spurca molted two days ago, and the day after one of my c. apicalis molted. I keep my bugs in this...

This is fascinating advice, thank you. She ended up passing, but I can learn from my mistakes

She's weak, but I was able to hang her up and she could move more than I expected. I'll feed her as soon as I'm back. When I hung her back up she started pumping her abdomen a lot more too.

I *just* misted her. She's normally not that wet. I would hope she's not starving, I didn't try to feed her though due to the premolt thing.. should I do that when I get back home?

Hold on. She just fell. She didn't hit the bottom but she was stuck to the side of her enclosure. I took a closer look at her and something is wrong. I moved her to a smaller cup so if she falls again it won't be fatal. Here's pictures of her current state. (Excuse my messy room I am depressed lol)

Of course all my issues happen with this breeding pair lol. Thank you for all the kind messages on my last post. But anyway, my female c. rhombicollis has been in a molting position for about 7 days. She doesn't move except for pumping her abdomen. I feel like I should do something but I'm not...

Hey, I'm from Pittsburgh too lol

I was pleased to wake up this morning, check on my bugs, and see that my Peruvian shield mantis was molting. Everything went perfectly, except for his wings. They're very deformed. I misted his enclosure the night before, was there anything else I could've done? Is it over, or does he still need...

I remember my first mantis, a ghost mantis. I had to go to the hospital and I thought she'd be fine while I was gone. When I got back home (about a week later) I found her dead and covered in mold. I ugly sobbed for probably half an hour. It sucks. I've been desensitized over how many deaths...

Thank you, I'll let you know! I appreciate the warm welcome

Thank you so much for the info. I've noticed my female is starting to do the same thing. They're such fascinating little critters

i'm max. i've been raising mantises on and off the past three years. one of my goals is to breed and sell the mantids i currently have, with my choeradodis rhombicollis being the top priority. feel free to ask any questions :)

first time keeping this species. i've compared pictures from when i first got these guys to now and they have changed quite a bit. the male is molting right now so i'm assuming its fine, but what causes this?