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They played tug of war for about five mins, she didnt seem to mind to much! Then got down to business. Yea!!! This is my first try at raising mantids, hope i manage to get everything right. Any egg-sack care tips?

Hierodula Membranacea - Giant Asian, really cool species.

There supposed to be getting it on!!! In the end they did :) Chopping on a meal worm.

Thanks :(

The black was coming on a bit before the mantis died. She was so active and healthy before she eat the last locust. I agree with you and believe it caused constipation or some kind of abdominal infection.

Hi all, this is how she looked this morning, she was definitely not over feed Does anyone think it could be a infection pasted on from feeder food namely locust? reason i ask is the last couple in my last batch didnt look to great i.e black mouth. But i have never had a problem like this...

Hi all unfortunately she died in the night, the colours had spread around her whole abdomen and looked to b getting alot worse, she had trouble pooing after her last meal, then when she molted last the last piece of old skin at the bottom of the abdomen wouldn't come off. I will post some pics...

Hey all, I noticed this on my female asian mantis just now as ive just got in from work, its wasnt there yesterday??? any help would be great, thanks Uploaded with ImageShack.us

lol crazy, did it turn out ok?

with another molt the leg can be fixed like new ... right...?

Me to

Iv'e managed to remove it, it was a old leg still overlapped the new one, i grabbed the end and it managed to pull it off, the leg isn't fully functional but it is managing to catch prey still. Dont know why it struggled to molt iv'e got everything setup good, with temp and humi good and plenty...

Hi all iv'e got a 5 or 6 mantis that has molted but one of its legs is twice as long as the others should i remove some of the leg as it seems to in making hunting differcult, cheers, david

Is there a better way for me to upload photos please, as you can see im having a few problems cheers.

This is how there set up for now :rolleyes: salt shakers ought to do the trick! :) Also colany of fruitless flies hopefully a never ending supply for my young mantids And my recently deceased bud winged matis :angry:

Thanks everyone for ya welcomes, setting up my mantids tonight so will post pic soon

Hi Katnapper thanks for your reply i'll bare that in mind for the future, it is very cold here in the winter room temp gets down to 15 o/C sometimes during the day so was a bit worried! Gonna keep the africans on top of the imperial setup as that will give of heat for them all day. Thanks for...

Hi yuma, troglodytes are fully grown roughly six inches the male is quite slim looking with along tale while the female in plump and stumpy with short tail! nice species to look at! Tell me about about it heat lamps of over the house, it gets very cold here in winter, i used to use heat mats...

Hi everyone im David aged 27 with a interest for all creatures which is why im very glad to have found this site as iv'e just really got into mantids, i already keep scorpions, taratulas and a hermit crab called nouget, my collection consists of four imperials (Pandinus imperator) all in the...