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I have no experience with that species...but I really hope this is just one big misidentification.

How do you know she will die when you are gone? If she's still fat, then she has enough reserves to survive for a while (idk how long you're gone for thanksgiving). Heed the advise that's been given: stop worrying. Even if there was something wrong with her, there's little you could do anyway.

They probably get more stress in the wild...But you could help them out by putting something in there that they can hide under, or just separate them with an index card so they can't see each other.

PM me if you have a subadult S. pretiosa female and/or an adult P. affinis female.

Any real difference between the subspecies?

Here's a link to what I found a few years back. http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=19419&hl=parasite

These are most certainly NOT eggs moving around... This was getting common when I was in Las Vegas working with I. oratoria. The parasitoids appear to be some sort of tachinid. What's interesting is the fact that I. oratoria are obviously introduced, so I wonder whether these tachinids are...

Yeah it's quite unsettling at first. You even see their mandibles moving for no apparent reason. I like the "system check" idea.

There's actually a paper by Maxwell recently published that states that the instars are not fixed.

I was wondering if anyone else saw this...I've seen these in multiple species, including my adult budwing female. Also I see it across genders and instars. I'm not sure what it is, but I've never had any health issues with those that did this. I clicked the thread knowing what you were talking...

Mmm okay. I have no experience with Ischnomantis.sp, just seen lots of pics. But it would make sense if that's what it is. Especially if their ooths look like that. Good job raising him so far. And yeah, lol it's a still from Alice in Chains' "Man in the box" music video.

can you post a pic? I assume it doesn't have the eyespots, right?

Purchased budwings from Octoberrainne; very patient, good communication, excellent packing. Would do business again.

Please pm me if you have fertile ooths of either or both species. Thanks a lot

I just finished the first page and I just have to say I love threads like this. Excellent documentation and pictures

1-take a deep breath. 2-don't put her outside in a glass container because she will fry 3-a picture would help so we can see just how fat she is. 4-Follow what everyone above has said to do and what not to do. 5-take a deep breath. If she lays, she'll lay. If not, i'm sorry for your loss but...

I received a pair of Orthodera novaezealandiae. Despite USPS completely dropping the ball in delivering what was supposed to be a two-day shipment, the package arrived safe and with both occupants alive and well. He offered to compensate if anything happened to the mantids even though it wasn't...

Just had a package from her. It was absolutely professional and she was very courteous, giving a lot of information. I would DEFINITELY do business with her again!

A lot of time when I have mantids molt, they take small, minuscule prey for the first week or so. Then I'm able to offer them larger prey that they'd definitely be able to take. Try feeding her crickets next week or so.

Even if she wasn't a "clone" she would still lay an ootheca, they would just be infertile. Basically her ability to reproduce (parthenogenetic or otherwise) isn't really determined by if she laid an ooth.