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My pet mantis Les has died :(  attached is one of his many cool moments 

Not great :(  only about 1/3 hatched in the end 

Thank you so much, he's started eating again now and your advice really helped. I have high hopes for his survival now :)

My hierodula majuscula is not in good shape at all. I left him with A friend for a week while on holiday and during that time he molted to subadult I think as wings have appeared, he seems to be refusing to eat his crickets and has lost a significant amount of grip and seems to be very fragile...

Is bright light or flash photography blinding to praying mantids? Sorry if it's a stupid question aha

Thanks a lot! I think my next will be a thistle mantis.

As I haven't shown my mantis before here is a little preview of it. I am currently unsure of its gender although I think it's a male, so I named it les which is a name which could be used for either gender. He is a hierodula majuscula and he is L4 or 5 I think but I could be wrong. (the link is...

I'm on holiday in coastal Croatia at the moment and was wondering what mantids are common here? And also, where to look for the aforementioned mantids( eg by water, in trees etc)  thanks 

great to see another brit on the forum! welcome!

these are great! what species is the green one? interested in starting with phasmids

yes i'm in London ahaha not very many nice insects to collect here :(

Should I follow up on this?

That still doesn't mean they should be mistreated?!

Welcome! There's a lot of enthusiasts in here so you're in luck ahah

Thanks a lot for all the feedback! I have an ancient canon somewhere and I will definitely try and set it up at some point, I'll post the results up here!

thats amazing dude well done

wasn't sure whether to post this in general discussions or here, but decided here. Anyways, what camera does everyone use for photography of their mantids? I've found that the lens on my phone isn't adequate and the lens on my bridge camera cant focus?

Welcome! Good to see someone around my own age aha

Welcome to the forum!

Really nice website!