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I see, that makes sense, thanks for the responses, ill keep you posted

So far she almost seems to be back to normal? Im not gonna hold my breath on it but she has been sitting comfortably and chasing flies, just took down a big and and was able to eat it upside down, but I still am quite worried

I was considering that if she isnt able to at least act somewhat normally, its of course a hard choice to make but anything I can do to make her suffer less, she is such a nice mantis

I figured thats what is was, thanks for the response. Hopefully her last days are as good as they can be

Ive had my orchid mantis for awhile, and she has been a healthy adult, albeit a time where she didnt eat but has been resuming normally since, I noticed her hanging lifelessly from one foot off the top, then she fell luckily onto the flower below her, she wasnt moving, at all, I thought she was...

After hand feeding for awhile, I am now finding flies "disappear" from her container, so hopefully she keeps on eating! Thanks for the advice

Thanks for the help

She ate a little bit, not a whole lot before dropping it and trying to climb elsewhere, but even her eating a bit is good for now

I will have to try this, no mealworms on hand but I have a few other small ones! Hopefully she gets eating soon

My female adult orchid mantis always seems really timid with food, ive tried flies, moths, small roaches, even small crickets but she always seems timid to them. I noticed she always has been kinda defensive around most things and I thought it might be size so I go smaller and smaller but she...

oh awesome, thats really neat, thank you for the reply

Apologies if its been answered, I am new to the forum still, I have an orchid mantis, it seems very curious but I  noticed i was taking photos, and i layed down to get closer to eye level, then the mantis layed down, I sat back up, then the mantis sat up, then I got down and it layed down again...