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Alalomantis muta? Haha I've never heard of it though :P

When you're enduring the elements all night in order to catch food, attempting to satisfy your mantids' everlasting hunger.

Thanks Denise, it certainly is the best feeling!

My miracle mantis, Martina (Hierodula Majuscula), laid her first ootheca last night! After exactly 10 weeks of handfeeding her and giving her extra special care, she managed to lay the ootheca with no troubles at all. I never thought I'd get her this far, and I certainly couldn't have done it...

Welcome to the forum :)

Beautiful photos mate :)

That's good to hear mate :)

Congratulations mate! Hopefully it will hatch for you! :)

Welcome, it sounds like a nice, interesting collection you have there... they must keep you on your toes haha :)

You seem to have done the best you can to resolve the issue, and while I think she will require a lot of care to help her regain her strength (she may not be fully functional), she should be still able to mate and probably produce ootheca. My mantis became quite crippled and damaged from her...

Hi, welcome to the forum! Good luck with finding and keeping some new mantises, you'll find a lot of helpful information and some really nice people on here. I look forward to hearing how you go with it :)

Try again tomorrow. You should try not to move them or create any distractions during this time as it can make them nervous and not want to mate. Sometimes, the male gets a little confused and is unable to mate, and he thinks that if he tries to get off her then he'll become her next meal, so he...

As MantisMatt14 mentioned, be careful when feeding crickets to your mantis. Depending on where you are, I would advise catching moths, flies or roaches if possible. If this is not an option for you, I've heard that you should keep crickets for up to a week while feeding them your own food to...

Haha, that's a great story! What did you end up doing with all of the boxes?

Hi there, mantids become adult when their wings are fully grown. At the moment, they are only buds and I would say her next molt might be into adulthood.

Thanks guys, I've been feeding her smaller meals and so far she has had no problems keeping it down. I'll keep you updated with her progress.

I think so too idologrl, all the time I have spent bonding with her (cleaning, feeding and helping her) has shown me a completely different, innocent side of the mantis and brings out so much personality in her. I feel a connection with her as she would not be alive without me and I would not be...

Sorry, the cockroach species is Periplaneta Australasiae (Australian Cockroach). Thanks for the advice, I'll start with small amounts of food and see how she goes.

Krissim Klaw, I normally give her a full size roach (which she normally only eats half of) each morning and night.

It's kinda light brown/clear with black specks in it, and a little bit smelly. Sometimes its just a little spit up but most of the time she'll puke a fair bit up for at least 5-10 minutes.