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Have you tried feeding it green grass to see if it likes it?

I don't think so. It could just be a coincidence for you.

If your mantid is a native or naturalized species, it's normal at this time of year. It's getting colder and they are going to kick the bucket. Whether your ooths hatch will depend on whether they've been mated.

I think its a limbata also.

That's a female mantid (Stagmomantis limbata). It is producing an oothecae - a case that is used to protect the eggs inside. Tomorrow morning, it'll harden. From your description, it looks like the oothecae won't hatch if you haven't mated her with a male. She will produce other ooths later...

No, not really. Mantids tend to prefer soft prey.

I agree with mantiseater. On the other hand, if the container is large enough, those that run will be the survivors.

Pill bug? Are you feeding it pill bugs or did it just happen to fall into the mantis enclosure?

Yes, the species M. religiosa does have that size variance. You're lucky to have found the extreme minimum and maximum. If you can, try to put up a picture of the 2 inch and 3.25 inch next to a ruler because I'd love to see it for myself. The smallest I've seen is 2 inches and the longest was...

Feed them until they are fat and then put them on a diet until you see that they are slimmer. Then repeat the cycle. Mantids are not like mammals, birds, etc. where they have to eat every day. They'll be fine. Look at them like a refrigerator. You stock the refrigerator (i.e. feed the...

No, it's not Iris oratoria. Their ooths are elongated and not round. I'm rather curious myself. The ooth resembles European mantid, but the nymph isn't European mantid due to the banding on the forelegs.

Like some topics, there are previous posts regarding your question. To answer your question from my experience, the mantids I keep have been purposely inbred for over 10 years with no introduction of new blood. I haven't noticed any deformations yet. But I have no idea how this applies to...

I'm surprised they didn't put down "introduced" next to the narrow-winged mantis.

As others have said, there's a previous thread. But just for fun, I'll provide input to the above list for native species: get rid of Iris oratoria, Mantis religiosa, and Tenodera sp. and make sure the Stagmomantis sp. includes the carolina, floridensis, limbata, and californica.

Nice photo. This probably goes to show that wings are still living tissue to some degree. That's probably why when a mantid is alive, the wings are flexible compared to a really dead mantid when the wings are crisp and vulnerable to breakage.

Found the post. Here you go. http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=15655&hl=%2Bnarrow-winged+%2Bmantis

I've looked at your photos and the ooth. Your mantid might be a narrow-winged mantid and they do resemble the Chinese mantid. I recall Rick has a post on both narrow-winged mantid and Chinese mantid comparison.

There are lots of gray areas and I think it depends on the person. To me, a syringe is more frightening than numbers 2 to 7. In regards to animals with 4 legs like dogs and cats, I wouldn't want to meet a grizzly bear.

It's an adult because it has wings. It is female for sure due to the short wings (males have a full wings for flying) , and based on your location, there's a good chance it's a Carolina mantid.

It happens sometimes. The male will notice that he's in the wrong position and turn around.