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Glad to hear that your mantis is doing well!  ?

I'm so sorry for your lost!  Losing a mantis is never easy ☹️

Most recent picture of Dudley, my Chinese mantis ?.  She's doing well...should be molting soon (the next several days).  I'm kind of nervous about it because I'm going away for the weekend for my brother's wedding.  I was thinking about bringing her along, but have never had much luck traveling...

Surprisingly they can survive decent amount of time without eating.  I definitely wouldn't leave the cricket in there.  I made that mistake with my first mantis and he sadly was eaten alive by the cricket.  Since then I only feed them under supervision.  I've had younger mantids go 3-4 days...

Get some rest!  Hope you're feeling better soon!  

@Little Mantis. Dudley is doing great, just has his first meal actually!  I'm starting to think he is actually a she with the abdomen segments that are forming as well as the width of it's abdomen.  Either way, Dudley's eyes have cleared up a little since molting and I think he's able to see...

I find moving a couple of my fingers slowly under his or her abdomen works well.  It almost always works for the one I have now.  

@cwebster Sorry to hear about the mismolts!  I've had a lot of my previous Chinese mantids mismolt.  It's such a horrible thing to go through.  I hope it gets better for you.   @john57  I've never seen a giraffe Mantis before.  It's very cool!

@MantisGirl13  He's a beautiful color!  Unfortunately, Dudley decided to jump off the man-made stick after his molt though.  He doesn't look too injured, but is laying at the bottom of the tank.  It's where I found him last time too.  I'm wondering if there's anything I can do at this point.  I...

Thanks everyone!  I'm really excited to be here.  As of right now, I just have my one Chinese Mantis @ausar318.  I have been thinking of branching out since a lot of my Chinese mantids seem to mismolt all the time.  I read on here before that they seem to be prone to it for some reason.

Congratulations!  I'm really happy for you!  Molts are always so nerve-racking (at least I'm).

Thanks for the advice everyone!  So I have an update.  I took a few straws and wrapped them together and wrapped a clean/new wash cloth around them and taped it.  He went up there to molt (not too high).  Anyway, he just went through his molt.  It went fairly smoothly except the end where he got...

Alright thanks!  He's a L4.

Hello!  I have a question regarding Dudley, my Chinese Mantis.  The last molt he had was pretty rough.  He got stuck, some of the lower segments of his legs broke off as well.  He molted at the bottom of the tank as opposed to being upside down.  I believe that that is because he is partially...

Hello!  I'm from Long Island.  I started with mantises about two years ago.  I've had Chinese Mantises, including the one I have now.  ?