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So my giant Asian mantis hasn’t molted one what seems to be a month— he molted the 26th of July. I don’t know his age properly but the seller when I received the mantis said he’d be L3 to L5. He’s molted once, so his minimum age would be L4 and maximum would be L6. Should I start getting worried?

Yeah I’ve been posting a ton lately, but!! I just love my mantid boy and I love this community :D I fed my mantid today and you know those black lines on a mantid’s abdomen? Well, on my boy, they’re more pinkish-red. I panicked for a bit, but I realized he’s still acting completely like...

So, I decided to try and get different foods for my mantid by looking around my patio for things that look like he’d be able to eat (I’m fairly sure he’s L4 or L5) because the flies I’ve got aren’t hatching. I found an earwig and I wanted to know if I should feed it to him or if it’s better to...

So, I’ve heard that honey can work as a type of medicine or treat for mantids, but I’ve also heard it can mess up their digestive system, and I wanted to know if something was up with that. I just fed my mantis a little bit of honey after some issues I’ve seen him have throughout the day in...

I’ve noticed my new Giant Asian mantis might be having some feeding issues. I just fed him some small cockroaches and his abdomen flattened almost as quickly as it swelled up. He hasn’t thrown up and he’s acting totally fine otherwise, but I just wanted to come and check if I should be worried...

So, I just got a new lad! Thing is— he’s a creamy white, and I couldn’t get enough detail with my potato phone camera, but his eyes look a bit red in color. I’ve seen green giant Asians, brown giant Asians, even blue ones before! I’ve never seen one as pale as him. Just wanted to share him with...

Hey, I’m super sorry for the mess— I kinda had to scramble to get him out of his enclosure because he fell.  he’s taped to the side of the enclosure now because of that, and I think he’s molting, but all this twitching and stuff kinda worries me— I thought it was supposed to...

You know, I’m talking about this part from curiosity and part from worry. I saw my mantis Sherlock being fairly lethargic for a long amount of time, and I’ve had to poke him several times to get him to move so I could clean his enclosure. I’ve checked on him after around 4 hours and he’s still...

Hey!! My mantis is due for feeding soon but I don’t have any full-on flies on me atm. How long does it take for flies to hatch? I don’t wanna starve my little man ;o; 

My mantis Moriarty seemed to have died of Peter Pan syndrome— the syndrome where they refuse to molt and just die off like that.  It’s a sad day, he was still young and small. Of course, I have his brother Sherlock, but I’ll miss him. :c  imo one of the neatest pictures I took of him, just...

Why is my mantis biting at my skin sometimes? I’m not doing anything to him besides let him rest on my hand. It doesn’t hurt right now but it scares me— he’s gonna turn into a big mantis when he grows up. 

Long story short, I told my mom about mantids being used as pest control and she decided it was a wonderful idea to catch every fly in the house instead of killing them and throwing them into my mantids’ enclosures. Needless to say, I came back to two very chubby mantids! And I heard it can be...

Ahhh, I’m so nervous!! Sherlock’s almost done and hanging by the very last bit of his thorax. It looked like he molted successfully! I’d send pictures but he’s shedding in a spot fairly awkward for the camera and I feel like letting him shed in peace is a lot better than moving around the...

Really, what’s going on with Moriarty???  just a few hours ago he was completely fine, sitting still and stuff while I took pictures of him  then I go in to spray his enclosure and I see he has dark brown eyes, what’s going on??? It doesn’t look like eye rub.  please help!! I’m really worried

Yeah, two topics in a short amount of time, but why is Sherlock just causally laying down on my finger??? I’ve never seen either do this before. A couple minutes later, he was back to running around aggressively again like he usually was.  was he just.. sleeping? Power-napping on my finger? 

The foot on the raptorial leg of one of my mantises is bent up. He hunted effectively and he’s doing fine besides flailing the bent foot about while walking around. I’m not sure I can take a picture because of how small he still is, but the foot, instead of facing down, is facing up. What do you...

Good news! Both my mantids Sherlock and Moriarty have successfully shed twice and are holding up wonderfully. Bad news is that the fruit fly culture I’ve got is now DEFINITELY too small for their needs because of how big their raptorial legs have gotten— it seems that they don’t even pay much...

So I’ve got a fruit fly colony that I currently use to feed my mantids and my fish. What do y’all think is the best way to feed a mantis fruit flies?  What I do is shake a few into a bag and put my mantis in the bag so they can eat their fill, then take them out when they’ve eaten 3 or so fruit...

AAA I’m so happy, one of them shed already!!! And the other seems to be starting on it.  I went to mist their enclosure and there it was, the shed clinging to the roof  I didn’t even know they were doing it or when it happened, but I’m just so happy!! I was so worried things would go wrong...

AAA I’m so happy, both of them arrived alive and well! Both of them are also very energetic. Please excuse the potato photos, my phone camera isn’t the best at catching things this small!  I had 16 ounce modified mason jars as enclosures prepared for both when they arrived, but now I realize I...