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my giant asian mantis moult a bit more than two days ago. She seems skinny. So I gave her some fruit flies the next day after she moult. She bite off two flies head then drop them. I also found some fruit fly wings on the bottom ( not sure if it's from the same flies or not). I tried to take her...

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my giant asian mantis girl never eat enough. So, I don't know if I ever feed her enough. about 4 to 5 days ago she stop eating and last night at 2am she finally moult. now is 10 hours later. she looks super skinny. I know you should wait at least one day for its skin harden before feeding. but I...

I mix banana , sugar and oatmeal. I think that’s a classic recipe for fruit flies 

How dry your area is ? Mine stay around 55% to 65% indoor humidity. 

I can add more oatmeal. How solid should it be ? And does the cardboard substrate looks ok like that ? 

I plan to breed fruit flies here. Do you think my set up will be ok ? Or do I need to change anything ? I fail once. My flies food mixture become a dry dough. And I spray water in the bottle to try to make the dough more moist. But that just kill all the flies in there. So, I want to ask at here...

why? I have a giant asian mantis. I don't know where should I put it when it grow big. some website said I should put it at a 30cm by 20cm terrarium. but I don't want to buy the expensive glass terrarium. it take up space as well. I am looking for plastic then I found net cage. It seems good...

mantisgirl suggest I change to a smaller home for it. So, that’s where I keep it now. What do you think? 

Thank you for everyone share your experience. I will try to keep an eye on mine and hopefully mine is a girl. It’s still too small to tell. 

Thank you everyone. I finally get the fruit fly on Saturday. I feed him/her once, then it stop eating since Sunday. It just moult today. My poor fruit fly all die. I am going to buy some new one. Does anyone know how to keep fruit flies stay alive longer ? 

I am new to mantis. I have a hierodula membranacea. It is so small but it keep running and running so fast on my hand.  That's probably because it had just arrive my home after 3 days in a parcel. It's still a small mantis. what if when it grows big and has wings?  Will he run away and I can't...

Thank you mantisgirl. I have a smaller box for it. And I can buy some mesh to make the lid. How small the mesh holes should be to avoid fruit fly to escape and give my mantis enough ventilation ? If I can’t cut the side of the box. Is it ok to just have a mesh lid ? 

Hi, I am Mrs.Houeland. a plant enthusiast. Recently I am into mantis and leaf insects. now I have a baby asian mantis. It’s my first mantis. I don’t know how long it’s going to live because I haven’t feed it for 5 days already. Cause my fruit flies still haven’t arrive yet. I should have it...