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Sorry but my breeder said when I got it it was L5 and it has molted twice since then so yah.

The mantis is L7 and should be 2 inches long by now the breeder i bought it from said

Tell me if you guys can see it i posted a link

https://postimg.cc/8jNcCSfQ actually i found a site to post photos! Here it is a picture of my giant asian malaysian shield mantis. It is 1.1 inches long as u can see. Pls help! 

I cant upload a photo no matter what it just wont let me so can you just believe me when i say its 1.1 inches? Just tell me what i should do and will it go to adulthood?

U mean like once it goes back to being horizontal hanging that the legs wont get warped under the pressure of hanging upside down since they are dry?

Why do they hang there vertically anyhow like what does it do they do it for a while after?

Ok. There is nothing wrong about what it looks like just its length so can I please not show a picture and just get advice?

I cant show you a picture because I have uploaded so many photos on to mantidforum that I cant do anymore it sucks. Yah I have been on the forum still looking at stuff but not posting anything. Can u help pls?

My giant asian shield mantis was L5 when I got it and now it is L7. It used to be .75 inches now it is 1.1 inches long. However, the breeder I got it from said that their giant shields that are L7 are 2 inches long! Comparison to mine that makes mine a runt! There must be something wrong with my...

Ok.

My mantis is less than an inch long and it ate a whole housefly its crazy so I didn’t feed it yesterday.

Ok can I get anyone elses thought on feeding every other day too? 

I feel like I should feed my nymph mantis everyday but it is a pain to do it. Most of the time I am doing it every other day. Is that ok and if I do this will it make it not grow as big or will it still grow to its full size? I am worried.

This article makes it seems like they are for the most part beneficial or else farmers wouldnt be using them, and arbico organics is a farming magazine that i get.

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/benefit-releasing-praying-mantis-garden-77588.html

Wow so mantises are not beneficial? Then why do companies like arbico organics advertise mantis eggcases to buy in their magazines to be beneficial and why did the europeans bring over the european mantis for beneficial purposes?

Well other mantises in the united states that are native eat beneficial insects too so whats your point? Just wondering because all mantises do that in every country.

Just amazing as usual Yen Saw!

Ive used critter cages in the past and they have molted on the top before and had no issues so idk. But I wont use them anymore I guess. Can I use them to keep crickets from my local pet store to feed my mantises when it is winter and there are no bugs out?