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"She still eats and seems to see okay..." So long as she's eating and can see enough to get around she'll do fine.

If possible, a variety of foods is always best ; bees, flies, small butterflies, moths, etc.

Day One: Post Molt Crash A crucial hurdle passed; she attacked and ate a honey bee this morning! (Loaded with pollen no doubt.) Really a desperate and mangled body but she's active and ate a bee looking like that! Amazing! (I'll put her down if I think it's the right thing to do but not...

She had a hard night... she molted and I found her this morning on the ground. Her body is bent a little. Right eye is damaged. She has wings! She was cleaning her legs (3 functioning well) so her mouth is working but she's in rough shape. Doesn't look good.

If all goes well, we'll see what she attracts when an adult and calling. Here's a size reference for her; All these recent pics are better representations of her color. Especially the yellow-ish appearing on, what I believe is, her Mesothorax. ... ...

opps... double posted...

S. limbata it is! ... I think... Based on the blue upper lip. (pics appear "washed out" on my screen.) Looks like a blue lip to me... ? What's it look like on your screen? She's a darker tan and brown than these pictures show. ... ... At first, I thought these 'Ninja' moves were...

Good idea and easy enough to try since she was found in my yard. (I saw another mantis weeks earlier but I was off to work and didn't have time to catch it.)

Ok, I'm back to S. limbata too ha, ha. I don't see a turquoise upper lip but she's not an adult yet either. I got the lip id info. from this link; http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=31194

Ok, Tuesday, "after" molt pic here; With the brown coloring now I'm thinking Stagmomantis Californica ? Anyone have a male ? What do you think?

This is the "Before" molt pic from Sunday, she molted last night, "After" molt pic coming Tuesday. I'm leaning towards Stagomantis Californica since this molt. Once she dries out for a day, I will take another pic and hopefully it'll show the brownish color change that I see on her body.

Definitely needed bigger food after molting. I fed her up with a honey bee and some flies I caught outside. She ate them dead when I offered them to her with tweezers! I bought some crickets until I get something better like a house fly culture, etc. She's about 1 1/2 in. now. Thanks

Ok, here she is. Stagmomantis limbata? Found her in Los Angeles. (Edit: better pics scroll down.) She molted within days after I found her (after eating ff like crazy.) I waited a day after her molting then tried to feed her ff again. She couldn't catch the ff any more, she kept missing...

I think you're right because she's green also limbata' are apparently more common? I found her in Los Angeles.

Hi everyone, Great site and fascinating creatures! I found a Mantis in my yard. I went to get a close look and she turned her head to look back at me. Too cool. I'm hooked. Since learning here I believe she's a Stagmomantis Californica, female. Thanks,