you can tell when you see last segment of abdomen, adult female's segments always look different than before final molting and if the abdomen is not folded.
Mantis religiosa lives in: Poland - there is a proteted species, Germany,Slovakia, spain, Greece, macedonia, serbia,Italy. generaly south and midle europe.
My Miomantis sp layd ooth last night and I exepting nymphs in two weeks and they gonna be very small and the fruitfly will be too big for liltle nymph so what else could I give to them?
I think that they jumping when they are in danger, when I was catching Empusa in greece I took one and I had it in my hand then mantid suddenly jumped of my hand and she was gone in the grass.