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****UPDATE*** Well, I put the mantis and the grasshopper into a screen enclosure while I spiffed up its enclosure. She then crept slowly toward the grasshopper and then WHAM! The hopper is now being torn apart.

My chinese mantis Artemis was nibbling on the skin on my hand, as well as my arm hair. It tickled REALLY BAD! I agree that moisture is the solution.

Awwww! They look so cute together!

I meant to say that her wing BUDS are coming in nicely. I tried to feed her a grasshopper today (without the back legs), and since she hasn't been fed since the day before she molted, she did strike hungrily at it, but then she put in no effort to hold it. Then, I took off the wings, to hope...

Well, on Sunday night she molted and became an L6. She is a big beauty, and her wings are coming in nicely. I was at my aunt's house, so I couldn't get the crix, crane flies, and grasshoppers that I usually would feed her. Now that I am back in town, I will do a little foraging. Goodbye, Keegan

I give her one crane fly and then I generally wait a day, and then I feed her again. She has been an L5 since September 26, this weekend seems to be the "magic weekend", as the calendar suggests. Even though this should be out of her lifetime, I hope to get a camera for Christmas, so then I can...

Well, my chinese mantis female is quite full in the abdomen, yet I am wondering whether it is possible for her to explode, which is one of those mantis myths floating around the internet. I am perfectly able to not feed her until she becomes an L6(this Sunday night), so then I don't take the...

Thanks for all of your replies! I forgot to mention that I had named my mantis Artemis (after the Greek goddess of the hunt). Also, I had to let the first mantis go because I was four, and the second one go because my dog was about to die, so I decided that I could only worry about one thing...

Hi Everyone! My name's Keegan, I live in Buffalo, New York, and I am eleven . I am quite new to the keeping of mantises, but I hope to make it one of my major hobbies. I currently have one chinese mantis (an L5 female), but I hope to get more exotic mantises as I get more experience. I have...