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Don't know which one a giraffe mantis is but for violins, they are not that difficult if you provide suitable heating and flying insects. Also they can't climb plastic or glass walls.

Amazing finds!

With rhombodera they are very good eaters unlike ghosts so I think like 2 days after adult is fine. 

Yep looks fine to me ;)  generally give it 24 hours after molt and when its molt to sub adult or adult give it 2 days before handling. Is it a Rhombodera?

If its 24 hours after molting, u can feed and mist it :)

Manthusiast lol :D

If its head and raptors got stuck in the molt its very very low chance of survival. I have had molts like this and usually they don't make it through next molt either. I wish u good luck, maybe this one will be the lucky one. 

If it cant holt onto the top, try to put it on like a lot of sticks (i had a paradoxa who fell out of her molt i put her by her raptors on sticks and put like supporting sticks for her legs but she was fine in the end). Like hang it by the raptors, if the legs are weak the raptors should still...

For me the best surface was always the window screen mesh.

They are not that hard if u can provide them with heating and flying insects. Yes they like to mismolt but also they are pretty good at growing back lost legs. For me the biggest problem was the flies. But I had success breeding them in the end ;)  

Dead leaves (dessicata are easier, truncata and lobata harder and there is a 2 molt gap between male and female), Rhomboderas (keeping the right humidity and ventilation ), mendicas, gongys yes if u are able to provide flying prey (I didnt find them difficult had a lot of babies, but the feeding...

Awesome mantids! Great hatch on the truncatas, wow!

Yeah I read they shouldnt be misted too much 

Yeah I got peed on from a mantis before lol :D

About 10-14 days I think

Yay, happy for u and your mantis :)

Happy for you and your mantis :)

Heart warming :)

Congrats :)

My creos were never afraid to take on larger prey, ghosts are the one who are fussy with food in my experience.