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No, they haven't molted yet. No exoskeletons, plus none of them have had any pre-molt behavior (not moving much, not eating) so far.

Well, looks like I spoke to soon. Despite an overabundance of easier prey, when I looked into the nymphs' enclosure today, I noticed that one was missing a leg!! Well, they are all in separate makeshift containers at the moment. Big mason jars that, honestly, are too big for them, but it'll...

Ok. Now for my next question... I've done some "research" (read: googled it and didn't go past the second page of results, lol), and I can't seem to find a consensus: what is the biggest mantis species? Once I get some experience under my belt I'd like to eventually get into raising various...

Thanks for the fast replies everyone! This coming Friday when I get paid, I'm going to gather materials to make some more suitable/ separate enclosures. In the meantime, I'm hoping that keeping them well fed will keep them from cannibalizing (so far so good, and it's day 5). I put in more...

Hi, so a few days ago I caught three mantis nymphs, but I have no idea what species they might be. I live in southeastern Virginia. These guys are so cool! And they already have their own personalities... two of them like to hang on the ceiling of their enclosure, but one of them is always...

Hi everyone, my name is Chris and I live in SE Virginia. Joined the forum because a few days ago I caught 3 very tiny little nymphs (one for myself, my wife, and my daughter). I've already gotten a ton of great info from the forum, and I look forward to exploring my new hobby with all of you :)