Recent content by hannahaubreep

I suppose I thought I was doing the right thing by buying the enclosure kit from US mantis but I do agree and was worried that the mantis was too young to live in there. Just thought everything went well right up until yesterday, after being a L4. 😔

The night before she ate a few hydei fruit flies that we purchased from a reptile store. and prior to that it was the same. Other than that she lives in an enclosure with isopods and springtails. So odd to me that she would suddenly start losing her legs consecutively? With no other signs of...

I appreciate your responses. I however think there is something else going on. She now lost another leg on the other side. She no longer can really move. Idk what is causing this but I'm starting to come to terms that she's not going to make it. I'm very sad.

It's been at least a few weeks since she molted so it makes sense if this was a moult that went wrong.. she ate last night though so I wasn't necessarily expecting it. There's no other insects in with her. The only thing is maybe it wasn't humid enough when she tried molting. I'm usually very...

Hello all, this morning I unfortunately saw my Orchid Mantis on the bottom of her enclosure with 2 of her back legs on one side gone... I looked around the tank and saw one leg stuck on the bottom side of a bamboo stick where I assume she was hanging. Was this a mismoult??? She can still wobble...

Assuming he/she is about to moult

Assuming he/she is about to moult

Thank you both for your responses. The temperature is currently at 72.1 degrees and humidity is at 84%. I am about to go out a get a heating pad as I understand it's on the cooler side.... right?

Hello all, I am new here and have a few questions about my Orchid Mantis (L2) that I received from USMantis 2 days ago. We also bought their bioactive kit enclosure from their site. (pics below) Since setting it all up, the first annoying issue has been the humidity levels. I was convinced that...