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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...

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...

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'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?