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I have noticed that my Shield mantis (due for molt any day) has been very thirst the past couple of days. I can give her water several times a day and she will drink and drink. Usually she'd take a drink occasionally but she seems to be very thirsty. She's very quiet as well and kind of resting...

Is presub just one molt from subadult? I also have another mantis (jeweled flower) who is super tiny, but appears to have mini wings when I took photos yesterday. 

Oh! ok :)

Oh cool! So the stages are Nymph -> Presub -> Subadult -> Adult .... Now I just need to learn how to tell the difference :P

There is pre-sub, sub-adult, and then adult? I have no clue lol

I just noticed my shield has what looks to be wing buds, not sure. Does she look like a sub adult?  Also, when measuring the length of mantids (for proper container size), is it measured from head to anus? 

Definitely much easier as the get bigger. I have a couple that I thought I had sexed, but now I'm unsure again lol. Mine also go through phases of jumpiness.

I count 8 on each - so I second that both are males :)  They are beautiful BTW!

@cwebster Thank you :)

Good news! She molted through the night.. I looks like she had a bit of trouble because she appears to have a wonky back leg.. She seems fine otherwise tho!   @mantisloverguy6000 thanks for that bit of info, I had no idea that could happen.

I received 3 nymphs on the Dec 10th. One molted on the 22nd, the other on the 23rd, but the third nymph (L2 or L3 blue flash) still has not molted. They spent 4 days in the mail, and I know she did not molt in transit, so the latest she could have molted would have been the morning of the 6th...

Awesome! That's what I was wondering... As per my reading in my "greenhouse" it's always around 60 - 65% humidity. So far everyone is having good molts, so I must be doing something right lol. My little budwing actually had a molt last night and my shield is due any day. Not sure when the 3 new...

Good to know! I ordered analog ones. I don't know why, but I always trust analog over digital products lol I was thinking the probe one might be good just for testing humidity in cups, since they are a bit small to put the analog ones?

Hi Riley! My pups say hi too :)

I totally agree with that. Well at least since you are fostering, you'll have a good chance to find the perfect kitty when the time comes :)

@Ocelotbren I definitely want to foster cats, dogs, and even small animals. I'm hoping I can keep my pet number back, but still feel fulfilled that way. Tho I'm also afraid I'd be a total foster fail and keep them all LOL  

Hats off to you for fostering! I had considered doing the same, but my small zoo takes up all my spare time :(   I plan to downsize the number of pets I keep as time goes on. Hopefully it works better than last time I tried. I had 14 rats and when I was down to 1, I said I'll not keep that...

@Teamonger That sounds awesome!  I originally set mine up to heat easier and to keep the cats from knocking cups off the table.  I have a temp and hydrometer gauge within the green house (humidity is good) but I am having a bit of a time figuring out what the humidity is within the cups. I may...

I actually have them bookmarked too! :D  I think I found all the sources? LOL

Thanks! I didn't know this existed. I'll definitely check it out. I know many people had issues with Moonlight mantids, but thankfully with the 6 orders that I placed, I haven't had an issue other than a few slow shipments/responses, and a couple product errors which they corrected. I recently...