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I have a mantis that has molted about 4 times. He did not get his back legs fully out yesterday. By the time I saw him, he had already dried out and still had his legs in his molt. I tried to cut away what I could and his legs are deformed, so he cannot hang on them. Is it possible that he...

My 3 yr old likes watching them, my 16 mo old just wants to toss their enclosures around, so I don't let her near them lol my husband was interested in them in the beginning, but didn't like it when i devoted more time to feeding & watching my "bugs" than spending time w/ him or the girls...

"I gotta say, she couldn't have chosen a better shoulder to crawl on! :lol: " It was fate!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

so it turns out that the mantis I found in my yard is the European mantis - I checked the black/white spot on the forearm and there it was! he still has a shed to go before adult. pretty cool that i found him since i assumed he was one of the Chinese mantids that I released into the yard in...

My Chinese mantis likes to eat regular flies that I find outside (thanks to my dog's poop lol) Maybe you can try leaving some food outside during the day and catch them with a net. I collect them with plastic baggies (I'm getting pretty good at it!) or sometimes I use a butterly net and then...

Thanks!! Once I get home, I'll look for the black/white spot. I didn't notice it, so maybe he is a Chinese mantis afterall.

Once they have wings, they are adult. I don't think they need to shed at the same time, depends on how much it eats, etc. I have a question, though - I found a mantis yesterday in my yard that is bright green like your avatar - European mantis - what is the difference between the European...

That's very interesting... I have read about males continuing to mate without their heads, but I don't know how long they survive afterwards.

The past week or so since I've noticed the black spots on my Chinese mantis' eyes haven't gotten worse, but he doesn't catch his prey during the day. All the flies I put in there during the day are gone by the next morning. Perhaps his night vision is still ok and can easily catch prey at...

My Chinese mantis now has a black spot on both eyes and it doesn't look like he can see very well. I fed him a moth over the weekend which he caught and ate, but I think it was because it flew into his arms. The fly I put in there later, he never caught. I put a crane fly in there this...