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She has only layed 1 ooth, a very large one. Will she lay some more? How old do these animals get? She's been adult since august.

About the diapause...I have found the ootheca in the wild, so maybe that isnt the problem. I dont think inbreeding is the cause for her behaviour either. One female only seems to do it, I thought the other one did it too but I was wrong. On the other hand, besides the almost dropping down from...

My 2 European mantis females have layed an ooth a few days ago. Recently I have noticed that they behave rather strangely, like sometimes falling down onto the ground when they are just hanging on the roof of the cage, for no apparent reason at all. They are eating normally, allthough not as...

Thanks Rick, i feel a lot better now ;) I'll be watching her closely.

Hey peeps, I have 4 mantis religiosa. 2 females and 2 males, at least thats what i think...I cant tell the diffirence, except that 2 are smaller and thinner than the other 2. But they are not adults yet. My biggest female is taking a really long time now to moult again ( being in the same stage...

They have all molted again now. The 2 that molted yesterday are eating again. I'm going to make sure number 3 and 4 start eating today aswell. I think I only have 1 female :( There's 1 little guy thats slightly bigger that the others.

Well the 4 i have left are eating regularly and getting fat. So thats positive news :)

<_< Thats really sad...I didnt choose the species, but if i could, i would never have picked them..Anyways, the 3 that have molted are eating, so thats positive.

Hmm..I dont know about the ooth, my mum found it and brought it from France. They usually dont eat the day before molting, right? What about the day after? Should i feed them right after their exoskeleton has hardened?

I only have 4 mantis religiosa little ones left. The others died because after they molted, for some reason unknown they refused to eat and died of starvation. I tried to feed them and made them drink some water, but they got weaker every day and eventually died. This morning, one of the 4 left...

From day 1, I have had 14 European mantis hatchlings, and all 14 of them are still alive. I feed them tiny plant lice. Maybe they feed on each other because they cant get enough prey? When they bumb into each other, they just go their own way again. The cage is fairly large.

I have European mantis babies. How long until they are going to shed their skin for the first time? I would like to give slightly larger preys.

Hello folks, My first post! My mother brought me a mantis eggsack home from the South of France. She didnt know what it was. Yesterday, to my BIG surprise, tiny baby praying matis came out! I have 11 little ones now. Does anyone know what species they might be? Thanks very much!