MantisTrainer

Hi everyone! I feel like I ask a lot of questions on the Health Issues forum. So, I'm going to post something on the more positive side...

By the way, His the end of his abdomen supposed to look like this? it never looked like this while he was a nymph.

He molted yesterday, but he ended up with shriveled wings and a curve in each of his back legs. He doesn't seem too disabled but he does...

Hi everyone. My subadult male Tenodera sinensis, the one with floppy abdomen has been showing signs of heavy premolt for almost over a...

Hi, I am currently caring for a Chinese male sub-adult who unfortunately contracted floppy abdomen after his last molt, I have arranged...

Hi everyone, with the colder months coming up in the US I can no longer find enough bugs outside to feed my two Chinese mantis...

Thank you so much for the advice, I am working on getting some enclosure modifications for him. I can't get a fishbowl but for now, I...

Hi everyone, I recently rescued a European Mantis ootheca from the local school to keep it safe from predators, weather, garden work...

Hi everyone, as a few of you may know, I had 2 Chinese Mantises a couple of months back and one died due to what I suspected was...

Thank you! I will look into that book when I can.

Chinese mantids are more difficult to rear than most of the common pet species and finicky on molting surfaces.

Pesticide risk from wild-caught prey is extremely small in most places. If wild moths, flies, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, etc are...

Thank you, I didn't know this until after I had gotten the egg case because most websites I looked at said that Chinese mantises are...

ever since I noticed the black eye and odd feeding behavior, I haven't fed him much other than honey water. But as of his last molt...

Thank you for the feedback. The survivor seems to be doing well, it molted on Friday and seems to be very active. I gave it some more...