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Thank you! His molt to adulthood blew my mind... he looks exactly like a leaF!

@Sarah K Thank you! Thanks for giving him to me as a nymph! @Teamonger Yes, ghosts are the best! I love them

@Ocelotbren @MantisRCool Thank you both!! :)  

Haven't seen too many adult ghosts floating around the forum lately. I did post this in another thread too but I'm so proud of him. I love his wings

Reviving the thread with a new photo of Macbeth! He hath molted to adult 

Beautiful girl! 

I guess I had some wimpy nymphs, then! :P  And I agree with your other points!

Ghosts are longer-lived mantises if you want a mantis that will live a long time. They also have a really great dance :P . I find that, at least in my experience, the c. pictipennis (which is the species I'm assuming you'd get?) like to be handled more than ghosts and are, of course, beautiful...

My R. Basilis male recently molted to adult, and he's eating and passing frass just fine, he has all of his legs, his wings are slightly messed up but not badly. He has no visible wounds or infections. He's just been lethargic and... depressed, I suppose. I try to take him out every day, he...

Thank you so much! I have a female subadult waiting to molt for him!

@KevinsWither Thank you! :)  @crabbypatty Thank you! The hecticness has been resolved @Zeppy44 heyas to you too! :P  

@Ocelotbren @Mystymantis Thank you  both so much! :)  

Yayyy! :D  

My R. Basilis finally molted to adult! Unfortunately, he fell during his molt, giving him bowed legs and messed up wings. He's eaten already and I'm sure he's going to be just fine! Here he is on my hand. I realize that he's still not dry in this photo, this was when I was helping him get back...

I have no idea if anybody noticed I was gone, but I am back! I got completely overwhelmed the past couple of weeks and didn't have much time to post. I'm sorry if this is annoying. I'm just glad that I have everything under control now. 

@LAME Welcome back, great to hear that Ruin is still alive! 

I'm so sorry about Hope. You did the right thing, and others can never understand the situation or the pain unless they're in the situation themselves. I'm sure she had a wonderful life with you. 

@GingerC Congratulations!! :D  always so thrilling to have the first adult molt. Any adult, for that matter. My first adult mantis was an Indian Flower mantis male. He loved to fly. No more molts to worry about!

Kermit is a great seller! I purchased and received three Brunner's nymphs! I also ordered some B. Mendica, but he didn't consider some of the nymphs to be strong enough, so in compensation mailed me some surprise nymphs and gave me a full refund! A+ communication, price, and mantises. Looking...

For feeding I would suggest either getting a small enclosure for the mantis where it can find its prey more easily or using tweezers... :P   I let my mantises out for feeding and watch them to verify they catch their prey.