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Very true and thank-you all for your kind words. I find it very useful to go over other cases as well. There have been alot of emotional ups and downs for many a mantis keeper, so I am finding out. H.

Well, Larry died half way through his molt. He basically had no energy left in him, plus a few extra problems. I did a bit of dissecting post mortem and found that his rectal area was stuck to his exoskeleton. With a bit of a tug, his intestinal tract just kept coming out. He also looked...

Larry is molting! I can see he left his tail end behind - I still don't know if it will be back to normal post molt. Here is hoping! Time lapse...He got stuck in his molt...I'll see how he is in the morning...

That would be a good idea :) . I sure like Rick's on gendering. I looked in my old text on insect anatomy/physiology and I am how convinced that Larry has a prolapsed rectum (no kidding, right...). It states that the rectum does the reabsorption of some of the water/K+ and Na+ (of course...

Well, he continues to drink a lot of water but no molt yet. Absolutely not change in his condition. His "sister" molted today and is doing fine. The molting wait... He use to molt one day before Loretta, but the last molt he was a day after. I suspect since he is a male that things will be...

Horray, I think I actually did something technical today! It must be because my kids are still sleeping and the cats are not crawling on me and the dog is under the blanket and the fish are quiet and the ferret is running away with an icecream cone and happy and the mantids are just being...

28th of June was his last molt...I have been "playing" with him tonight and he exhibits no behaviour that is any different than any other walk about etc. He nibbles at his legs, cleaning. He does all of the normal mantid things (watch him be a girl and make me a fool). He is drinking and...

I have sent the picture to Ian via email as a hope to post the picture. H.

I have taken pictures, I just need to get it in the right format, right after I go out for my anniversary with my mantis loving husband. I have dissected quite a few "things" in my years, and I swear it looks like a prolapsed rectum. It is a lightly green transparent tubule that has poop...

L7 male appears to have about 5mm of intestine hanging out his butt. Clear and see through (reminds me of when I saw an operation on a snake intestine). I have searched the engine and not seen any topics on this, a whole lot of fungal/constipation/rott stuff, but not specifically on this...

It sure would be cool to be able to find mantids outside. We have -40 celsius sometimes in the winter and hot dry summers, which doesn't seem to make any want to move here (Camrose, Alberta)! Your pictures are, as always, fun. When you find a mantis in the wild, how does "he" first react? (I...

:( Now don't get us all sad!!! If I didn't have mantids inside, how would I have learnt all about them? I have a lot of kids at my children's school, in Girl Guides and in Sunday School that have watched the mantids grow up. These children and adults all have much more of an appreciation for...

So the steps for preservation of an insect are (correct the mistakes anyone!) 1. Upon death - freeze it until you have time to empty it (?) or empty it immediately- (does everything come out from the head etc. or is it just the abdomen that gets emptied?) 2. Then stuff it with cotton to...

I am very sorry when you lose a mantis :( as you are definately an excellent caregiver for them :wink: . I find it great that you do the specimen thing (my youngest collects all of our specimens including molts) - I actually did a lot of birds and a few mammals in my younger years and still...

Hello from Canada. What is that fire thing and what does I.B.B. stand for? H.

Take note of Animal Planet's Ruud Kleinpaste's "Buggin' with Ruud". :wink:

I do not know about the differences in the martial arts. I really don't like any sourt of fighting. My kids would testify to this! It would be good to learn something, though, to protect my children and myself against creeps. On a more positive note, Gary Larson must have studied a lot of...

I bet the mantis-jitsu is what I saw - it was a woman who totally dominated the match - She held her hands in a peculiar way and did moves with extreme speed, like a mantis striking its prey. :!:

:? Well, I think maybe people aren't willing to tell all! I am talking about occassionally trying to see the world from their little big eyes. I know for a fact from watching "The Biggest and the Baddest" (Animal Planet) that there is Mantis Kung-Fu or Karate that has been around for hundreds...

Have your mantids taught you different body language? I have found over time that I will occassionally turn my head and do the mantis eye thing. I know it is from watching them all the time. I can't be the only person experiencing this. I do not climb screens or eat bugs....HOW ABOUT YOU? :)