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So I just looked at Momo's enclosure and he was on his back on the bottom. He must've fallen. It seemed like he's been getting weaker over the last couple days. His abdomen kept hanging out on the side when he was in his enclosure and he's been having trouble sticking to the enclosure itself...

Hi, I was wondering do mantids become worse hunters when they become adults? I know they don't eat as much, especially as adult males, which momo happens to be.  I'm cutting mealworms in half sometimes and putting them up to Momo's mouth and he'll only eat a little bit and then start grooming...

Hi everyone, I've been feeding momo only a single or half mealworm every week. I've noticed some black specks on the netting and clear side of his enclosure that seems like throw up. Momo is acting fine above all else but I'm wondering why is he throwing up a little every time I feed him? I...

Hey y'all Momo's been enjoying their adult life so far so well. I know adult mantis's don't eat so much too. However, Momo doesn't seem to like the food I have for them? I ran out of silkworms/silk moths a while back. Now I only have mealworms and roaches which they seem to have next to no...

Hi everyone! I'm very excited as my first silk moth hatched sometime this morning. I don't really know what to do with it at this moment, as I wasn't even sure if any of them would make it this far. I'm having an even harder time finding out how to take care of this one silk moth I have so far...

Hey y'all,  So Momo just molted into an adult on Tuesday night. I just gave them kind of a chonky silkworm, which now I am second guessing if it was a good size. They seem to be throwing up but still trying to eat it...?  Should I try taking it away from them ?

Hi y'all. So up until recently Momo has been going through (his?) molts with ease and success. I believe he has one more molt left till he is an adult. However, it's 3 going on 4 weeks since his last molt. I was wondering if it's normal for G.A.M.'s to take a while to go through their last...

Has anyone had experience feeding their mantis silkworms? My friend ordered some for me and they just showed up today. I looked at the website and they seem really high maintenance, tbh.  They were ordered from coastal silkworms and upon visiting their website I think I was left with more...

This morning Momo molted into their 7th (?) instar successfully. I watched pretty much the whole thing and took many photos and videos. I am very happy I've seen them molt 2 times now and feel so proud of them 🤗  🥰  edit: wish I could share videos and but the files are too large...?

Hey y'all,  Just curious if you keep any plants in the enclosure with the mantis. I moved Momo to a bigger enclosure and put an airplant in there with them because of the ease of taking care of the plant. I only slightly worry that it's too spiky or that it absorbs too much water in their...

Question: if California (the place that I live) is on fire and having excessive heatwaves do I still have to wait 24 hours after a molt for Momo to be considered fully dry? Lol. I'd really like to feed them and put them in their new enclosure sooner today.

Hi y'all so I've been keeping a close eye on my giant Asian mantis- and they started molting about maybe 15 mins ago. It's truly amazing to watch. However, I did make some rookie mistakes (and I am still fairly new to everything). A couple of days ago I went a little overboard and poured too...

Hi, I just opened momo's enclosure to find a weird brownish liquid on the side. Is this like diarrhea or throw up? Is this normal? I was about to feed them but now I have second thoughts that I could be feeding them too much? Currently, momo's out of the enclosure, looking healthy and I just...

Hi,  My giant Asian mantis is at their 4th or 5th instar and molted just this past Sunday (they previously molted the sun/mon before that too). I noticed that they really like to hang from their fake flower when they are molting and that's something that they are currently doing right now...