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Yeah, as ismart said, if the mantis gets hungry enough it WILL eat eventually.

Welcome to the forum!

here's the thread I think idolo's talking about http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?sh...antis+mandibles

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Definitely not possible, maybe as a younger nymph it would be, though unlikely, but at this stage of development the times between molts grow longer and longer.

The reason I raise them say to something like ants (though ants are cool in their own right) Mantis remind me of cats

"randy" lol :P new word for me and had to look it up

looks more like presub to me

They get puffier, kind looking like a wing is ready to "pop" out. :P I've noticed that some mantids just don't swell as much as others for some reason :huh:

Sounds like something was wrong with your cricket :lol: You'd think they'd still have basic survival mechanics :huh:

I like the bowl one best!

People die??

Does anyone have sources for any of this?

Tru dat :lol: Thanks for clearing things up guys!

Don't believe they can feel pain exactly as we do, but there must be some kind of sensory management there that at leasts give an impression of pain

I haven't had a problem feeding the widearms crickets :huh: Now the enclosure seems far too small :lol: it would be helpful if you posted a picture

200...wow...could you give an estimate of how many species you have? Oh, and welcome to the forum! :lol:

Very ambitious! I would avoid obtaining anymore for the time being. The cages sound far too large. If you want them housed seperately, then I would suggest 24 oz. or 32 oz. containers for them. I've never tried to feed roaches to mantids that small but I imagine that you could with some of the...

So this slow "shrinking" in size is limited to particular species?

maybe :lol: