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My L2 Orchid Mantis has been showing signs that he is about to molt, but he also just molted a little less than a week ago.  Is he molting or is something wrong? Sorry for the bad pictures, I was scared to disturb him.

I found some new decorations and stuff since my last post so I redecorated. Does this still look good for an L2 Orchid Mantis? Thank you in advance for any responses.

I can't find the sort of decorations for my enclosure that I want online, so I was wondering if I could just make my own. I have air dry clay. I was thinking about either combining acrylic paint into the clay or painting it on top. Is this dangerous for the mantis? What if I put a satin glaze...

I'm new to mantids and right now I have an L2 Orchid Mantis on its way! I hope to get more mantids eventually when I'm more experienced, like an African mantis, ghost mantis, and flower-like mantids. I have experience with other insects like butterflies and other aquatic animals like fish, but...

How cute! The color of the environment affects other organisms like fishes so I wouldn't be surprised that it's true for mantids as well! 

First off, ignore all of the water droplets, I was testing out my sprayer and it was more powerful than I expected. I won't keep it that wet when the mantis is in there. I have fake leaves which I have set up both horizontally and almost vertically, with the tips touching the top of the...

My mom is completely grossed out, even more so with keeping fruit flies and house flies for food. She tried to talk me out of it for months but my dad thinks it's really neat, so eventually my dad and I won!

I'm a fan of a YouTuber called Taylor Nicole Dean and she has a lot of animals. I was binge watching her videos and I saw her talk about having a mantis. I was so surprised and instantly in love. A few months later, my neighbor (who loves pets as much as I do) started talking with me about...