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Alright, thank you! I'm sorry about your mantis though :(  As long as he's active and eating it sounds like he's gonna be all right, so thank you for the help!

Here are two pictures i took today of the little dude in question. He's still very active, and wanted to run around, even throwing his usual fit of being put back in the cup.

I had 2 of them and one died from unknown causes :(  so its just the one guy left. hes in a warm room, i mist his cup once a day, and hes pretty active! I've gone to feeding him everyday now just in case he wasnt getting enough

Okay I'll up what he gets, thank you!

Around L4 or so. That was the descriptor when I bought them, since I've never seen him molt I can't be certain

I've had my spiny mantis nymph since April 7th and I've never seen him molt. He has never refused food either, and I usually give him 3 or 4 wingless fruit flies every other day or every three days. Am I feeding him enough? (the fruit flies are like gnat sized) Am I overfeeding him? He lives in...

I can do that! Thank you so much for the help! The deli cups I bought should be here soon so I can move them there once they arrive.

Like this then? (soda can for size reference) they both have a stick and a paper towel, I gave them each a little spritz of spring water before I put them in so they arent leaving a humid enviroment and going right to a dry one.

Ahh to feed them i was putting them in a tupperware container and dropping the flies in! I've also decided just for quickness sake to cut up one of the mesh cages and put it on tupper ware that i already have since im in online classes from 9am to 9pm tomorrow! I dont want to mess anything up...

I can go tomorrow and see what I can find while I wait for the order of deli cups to come in. I guess I'm stuck in the aquarium mentality of the bigger the better for tank size. Thank you for the help I'll try to move them over tomorrow.

Oh wait i found some online!

Hi everyone! I've had a couple beetles for over a year now(one is a pupa right now!) And I decided to try my hand at keeping mantids. I really like having small pets(especially bugs) to take care of and I want to make sure they have really good care!

Would keeping them in something like this be better then? Or where can I get the deli cups? I can only find them in bulk online, Thank you for all the help!

They're spiny flower mantis! My icon is one of them. And hello thank you! 

They're in a net mesh cage with paper towels on the bottom, but the room is relatively small and has plants, plus im in western washington which is known for being humid. I've been looking at glass terrariums with the two ventilation ports(one higher one lower), but do you think those are...

Hi I'm new here and to mantis keeping! I have 2 L4ish mantis that arrived yesterday and one of them happily ate a few fruit flies while the other seemed to have no interest in them. They both had a couple bites of honey (I heard that was good for them to have as a treat). I tried again today to...