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Found my Chinese Mantid nymph motionless and figured it might have fallen from a pre-molt position, but then upon observing for a while, I noticed the abdomen was moving. I sprayed it with water and it looked as if something was coming out of the tip. Has anyone seen anything like this???

I just received two from The Shady Mantid and the packaging was superb, they threw in a free month's supply of fruit flies and they even included a personal handwritten note, thanking me for the purchase as well as confirming that they are there for me if I have any questions!  :clap:

 I just received two from The Shady Mantid and the packaging was superb, they threw in a free month's supply of fruit flies and they even included a personal handwritten note, thanking me for the purchase as well as confirming that they are there for me if I have any questions!  :clap:

Sorry, no pics... too distraught.  :(

Thank you guys! Yeah, the worst part of it is, if I had known a few days earlier that he was infected by these maggots, I would have frozen him and them right away. I knew there was something wrong as he was walking aimlessly, ignoring food and occasionally shaking his abdomen (which I now know...

Even though he was walking around (aimlessly) and maggots were already dropping out of him? I know he was still alive when the maggots were already present. Thank you for helping me get to the bottom of this.

So my Asian Shield male was developing nicely and completed his final molt with full wings (which didn't expand perfectly), but a few days after that he was wandering aimlessly, ignoring food and developing dark spots on one eye and abdomen. I noticed a small white maggot drop on to the table...