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Welcome to the forum Barb!

I almost named my lil guy “Manny” after the praying Mantis from bugs life! Manny the mantis lol.

AMAZING photos!! Hello to you and Ripley!

Hello! I think Mr. Bug Man (Chinese mantis) has started the process of his final moult and I am slightly freaking out! He has just recently developed slight droopy butt issues and I revoked his “hang upside down from the top” privileges to prevent it from getting worse. The drooping abdomen...

Hi Reggie!!!! What a cool dude!

Hello everyone!! I live in Canada and have been struggling to find anywhere I can purchase another mantis or feeders that will ship to me. I was looking into it on the government of Canada’s website...

Welcome Nero! I saw a thread that a member here was opening up their own new shop called bugboyshop.com. They’re offering a promo right now too, might be worth taking a look!

Congrats on your new friend! If you are able to upload more photos of her I’m sure the lovely people on here will help you determine her species!

welcome to the forum! Best of luck with your collection!

I am so sorry for your loss. He sounds like he lived a great life despite his eye and was well taken care of by you. You did everything you could, may he rest in peace.

It looks like a Panthea acronyctoides (black zigzag moth).

That was such a cool video!! Thanks for sharing!! Any “exotic” mantids are illegal here in Canada so it’s always lovely to see them. Their names are super cute too, I’m not the best with names which is why my Chinese mantis is named “Mr. Bug Man” (MBM for short lol). Sending you and your mantids...

Hello everyone! I wanted to create a post about what I’ve read about eye discolouration and possible causes. I couldn’t find a list anywhere. I am NOT a scientist!!! I am simply a girl who loves her mantis and spent hours and hours researching what was going on with his eye. I didn’t find any...

Hi Mellie!! Welcome to the forum! I’d love to see some photos of your orchids & jungle nymphs is you have any.

Oh wow, New Zealand!! I wish! Welcome to the community, would love to see more photos of your lady mantis! You got this, we all are rooting for you.

That’s so cool you’re taking entomology! Thank you for sharing your journey. You’re not a failure at all, now you have 7 babies who have reached the 5th instar! That’s a fantastic accomplishment, you got this. Sending you and your lil babies my best wishes!

My Chinese Mantis (he’s only L4 so a bit younger) has a wonky eye too! What I’ve been doing is catching him a bluebottle fly, then shaking the fly in a separate container until it’s basically unalive. I hand feed my mantis the fly with tweezers and so far this is working great for me. Just a...

Welcome, Brandi!

Wow, thank you for the information! I’m very happy to update that his eye doesn’t seem to be bothering him at all. He is already super active after the moult and is definitely able to see pretty good still. I’ve attached a better photo of his eye now that he’s freshly moulted. Is it still...

Thank you SO much for your help!😊 I saw your response and went to check on him. He was right in the middle of moulting, I feel so honoured to have witnessed it! I will 100% be taking your advice and now need to figure out what his new diet will be. Nowhere in my city sells bluebottle/houseflies...