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Hi, Recently I had the fortune of having my adult female Chinese mantis lay an ootheca. Since then, about two weeks have passed with its temperature at ~75 F.  At this time, when will it likely hatch? How soon will I need to separate the nymphs? Is there anything else I should know?  

Last night, I came home to my adult female chinese mantis and discovered she had laid an oothcera on a stick in her habitat.  However, I can't get her to eat now. I haven't fed her in over a week. Is this normal? What can I do for her well being?

Bird predation by mantises. Pretty neat read. https://www.unibas.ch/dam/jcr:8c1649d3-ba69-4907-b84b-e7f84d765a4c/Artikel Wilson Journal of Ornithology.pdf

Hello, I'm rather new to keeping mantids and actually got into the hobby through four assorted Hierodula nymphs that were gifted to me. However, two of these recently died, and I'm trying to figure out why. I kept these two in separate enclosures that were kept fairly humid  and had live plant...