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    Hierodula venosa dying during molt

    Thanks for the advice, we've upgraded everyone's habitats in anticipation of upcoming molts so hopefully that keeps them healthy & happy. One of those that I thought was dead did in fact survive, but is somewhat mangled. His thorax is hunched forward and he wasn't able to get his hind legs out...
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    Hierodula venosa dying during molt

    Hi all, After our ghost mantises last year, my lab got Hierodula venosa to keep this year, and have run into a troubling trend. One out of 5 has successfully molted to 6th instar (about two weeks ago), but two others have died while molting to 6th instar (within the last two days). The last two...
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    Ghost mantis detached ootheca - next steps?

    Thanks for the advice! Now just in the "wait and see" phase... ~Gom
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    Ghost mantis detached ootheca - next steps?

    Hi all! We're pretty new to mantis-keeping over here, but we did successfully rear 1 male and 3 female ghost mantises to adulthood, and the male has mated with at least one of the females. She laid an ootheca on the side of her enclosure (a plastic cup/bucket), rather than on one of the twigs...
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    Greetings!

    Hi all! Pretty new to mantis keeping over here. I work in a lab at a university (not on mantises), and we got some ghost mantises as lab mascots. Looking forward to checking in here and getting some sage advice from the veterans on the board! See you around, cheers! ~Gom
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