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So I checked on this guy when I came home last night, and he was in the same spot but still moving limbs occasionally, so I left him where he was. Tonight he was hanging by one foot, so I opened the cage and he immediately fell, and I assumed he was dead. But when I put him in my hand, he...

His arms have twitched a few times so I'm going to hope he's just chosen a weird molting position and not take a chance on knocking him down. He does have two feet planted, one on top & one on the side, so hopefully he's got a good enough grip to hold on!

Sorry for the bad picture- I didn't want to open the cage and disturb this guy if he's molting. I've never caught one of mine in the act, so I'm not sure what's going on here. This is my ghost that has been doing great and has molted twice for me. This morning he's hanging by 2 feet and not...

So I was reading a thread on the Reddit mantid sub & someone commented that a mantis shouldn't be able to see other mantises because it will cause stress and could cause a mis-molt. Is this true? All of mine are on the same shelf in screen enclosures or 32oz deli cups. Am I causing stress...

I let more flies hatch that my mantises could eat in a couple days (let them hatch in their own deli cup, not in the mantis enclosures). I've been putting the cups in the fridge to slow the flies down when I feed them to the mantises, but I was wondering if I could just let a bunch hatch and...

I will order some of the fabric vented lids- thanks for pointing out that they are available! I've added a lamp for the violin that is keeping the temps where they need to be. I plan on getting screen cages when they get bigger, but they seemed huge for these tiny nymphs!

The cups came with plastic lids with lots of tiny holes (got them from Josh's frogs.) I guess I thought that the paper towel would give them something to hang from, but should I use different lids? I was thinking about picking up some cheesecloth to use- would that be ok?

I recently bought some mantids from Mantis Kingdom- my first few after buying a ghost at the Tinley Park reptile show in March. I got a violin, a sphodromantis, and two c. gemmatis (ordered one but received two- thanks!) The violin molted within 48 hours after I received it, and had a bad molt...

I've been a keeper of reptiles and tarantulas for years, but I just got my first mantid (a ghost) at the Tinley Park NARBC show, and I am hooked! I'm excited to learn more and delve into the world of mantids. I've already been perusing the forums and getting ideas for enclosures, and deciding...