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thanks Rick...

she has died. i hope it wasnt because i left her out on a cool night (60's)or that i didnt feed her enough( a cricket or bug every couple of days0 i buried her next to her mom. and that ends the story of my mantis keeping my friends. thanks for all you patience with me.

thanks, she is a Chinese species, and her belly has been puffy for a very long time. i did feed her alot during the first couple of months, but then i laid back a bit because she looked super fat and she never laid an ooth until a couple of days ago and it was only small one. i waved the cricket...

my mantis was hatched in march and she has since been doing well. her abdomon was always puffed up . she has been hanging out on the bottom of her cage lately (usually on top or upside down on roof) she hasnt eatten in many days. i noticed she layed a small ooth but it was only the size of a pea...

i just noticed my Chinese Mantid eyes are now green. yesterday they were black. is this normal? also it seems she hunts at night. is it becasue that is when the crickets come out or is this normal. thanks

do you think she would eat a round looking yellow and black stripped beetle with a hard shell? i try to catch her wild bugs (i dont spray) instead of just giving crickets all the time. she ate two grasshoppers yesterday that i caught her. ;)

i set my Chinese mantids free today and i was so surprised that i found a baby nymph in the same bush!!!!! i feel better. i saw one of my babies before and fed him a cricket, (im bad, i know)i am spraying the bush down with water as it is 100 degrees today. thanks again for all the help!

i freed my two nymphs outside my door in a yew hedge that gets sun all afternoon. i water it every morning. i saw them both in that small hedge this morning. should i separate them? i keep my porch light on all night and lots of bugs gather there as i see them dead all over in the morning. a...

thanks, i am keeping the one with the messed up wings so im not worried about her. ok i will release the other two soon as the temps are alittle warmer at night. in the field i explained. thanks for all..

i was wondering if my adult chinese are able to fly if needed. i was wondering if the farmer decides to mow the field i was going to release them in, that they could fly out of danger...

BTW the field i am scoping out to let them go in , it has no shade, it is all wildflowers and high weeds. i was wondering about the water situation also. anyone?

i am not a bug person Rick as you already know ;) i just came upon the momma mantid one cold novemeber day and took her in and cared for her over the winter when she layed this ooth and three hatched. i really dont dig bugs that much but i will care for them and have been. the one that isnt...

well that is not a good thing for me to hear. i just bought one permanent cage for the one i was going to keep. now im wondering if i shoudl just keep all three. i do know one wants OUT and charges me when i mist him, he doesnt seem happy. their cages now are way too small. i have no room or...

i love that touching story. thank you i also love the name of your moth! too cute!

i can get some opinions on if my mantids will be able to survive on their own after i release them soon? i feel they only know me feeding them and living in their little enclosure. i am wondering if letting them go in the weather and open air will shock them and they wont be able to survive...

oh , you have crippled ones! good to know that this isnt just from what i did wrong (or otherwise). i am always afraid to give her spiders incase they are poisenous. thanks for making me feel better.

i think i should keep her also, i really didt want to as i have three high maintanence pets to care for.i know she wont be like that, but i feel i cant give her enough time. i dont think i have a good enough enclosure for her either. she cant climb on the walls of the kritter keeper and she...

she just took a cricket.. i feel better now!

oh wow.. thanks! do you think i will be able to release it into the wild as i will do the other two nymphs soon? i was caring for them only until the weather got nice. im not really a bug person as you can tell. will this hinder it from having a normal life? (mate, fly etc?)do you think it is in...

can someone tell me what i should do about this poor guy? he hasnt eatten in days. the wings do not sit flat on his abdomen and they are constantly open like he is flying.