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Hi everyone! I'm a 21 year old student from Victoria in Australia. I'm pretty new to mantids, but I'm really interested in them and would love to add a few more to my collection. I'm actually supposed to be studying for an exam that I have tomorrow, but I just found my mantid and I really want...

Oh, I call them cotton buds. Lol I feel a bit silly

I might give that a go then. Also what's a q-tip?

I hope so, it would be really exciting if it did. Should I just keep spraying her and trying to feed her? Also do you think I should salt bath her to stop her leg chomping?

I thought so, but I was hoping not. This is only the second mantid I have had, so I really wanted to spend a bit more time with it. I probably wont be able to find another for ages too, it's so hard to find then where I am. Thanks for your help.

I just found a mantid on Sunday out on my back porch, so I built him a little house. When I got him, he his back leg foot missing. Then yesterday he had eaten down to his knee, and now today he just has the first little stump left! (I actually think he is a she, because it has six abdomen...