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Excellent :D

Can't young mantids sometimes regenerate their legs? Maybe yours is young enough... :)

haha ok :) Thanks everyone!

Hmm, ya, I was wondering about that. The flies seem huge compared to the mantis. But, the flies aren't armoured or anything like crickets are so the mantises have had no problems handling them. And Yen mentioned that they were large enough to be fed houseflies now.

hahaha, that is awesome. everyone picks on Canada though! :P

So, basically there is not much I can control about molting and mismolts may just happen? Is there any preferable angle or somethign for mantids to molt on? Do they like a flat surface or a tilted surface to hang onto?

Hi everyone. My name is Toby, I'm a student at UPENN in my junior year. I have always liked insects, especially mantids, but my hobby has been dormant for a few years (since HS maybe). I am also a photographer (check The Daily Pennsylvanian, My website and The DP Photoblog)) I am hoping to care...

Ohhh, so they have to hang onto the molt and then climb up to where the molt is hanging?

Hey everyone, I am new here, just got some B. Mendica from Yen and decided to photograph them yesterday. Just as a background: I found a few flies around my building and fed one of them to a female. The fly was buzzing so hard while being eaten that I thought for sure that it would get away or...

Hi, I am a bit of a neophyte to mantid raising having just bought my first ones from Yen. Because I only have a few I keep them in seperate cages to eliminate the risk of cannibalism. The cages are also pretty large for the size of the mantids -- maybe 6 times their height. (They are small...

Easy transaction on my first mantis buy. Yen also helped me with those questions new people to the hobby asked :P Excellent, healthy looking nymphs, prompt delivery, great guy.