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Does she show any signs of slowing down and being low energy when you aren't handling her? Midori latched to me with her claws when I picked her up while she was dying and would also jerk away from me. This is just personal experience from owning one mantis, so I could be VERY wrong. Just my...

I actually am thinking of buying a Fourth Instar mantis. I'm looking at the Giant Asian Mantis, and if I do buy one, I'll CERTAINLY order a big enough terrarium! If I can take care of one from L4, I may think of buying even an L1.

I never got the chance to euthanize her sadly, as other people are really iffy about leaving a mantid in the same place as your frozen food, but she did pass away within hours of the spasms for good. Completely limb and slouched, and no longer having the death grip of her water dish. I buried...

So it's been a few hours since she stopped responding to everything, like antenna drooping, no responses to brushes (I tried to lightly pet her before but when she jerked I left her alone), and that. I even brushed the antenna, as it moving seemed like a reliable indicator that she was still...

It was one of the critter keepers with the mesh roof (she liked to hang from it). It was the only one I could get on such short notice but I do intend on getting a 12 by all around.

She Finally Passed away... Can someone tell me what I may have done wrong...?

I caught a mantis the other day, assumed to be a Female Chinese Mantis, green variant. When I caught Midori, she was already kinda slowing down as it's nearing winter and it may be old age. She was fairly friendly when we took her in and at first we kept her in a tulip bucket that was well...