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Got it, thank you so much for your help! 

OOH thanks! That sounds like a really good plan.  I was wondering about what people suggest for adult enclosures? Since apparently nothing glass or hard plastic will work, and that's all I've really seen pictures of for adults  Sorry if I'm asking a lot of questions that should already be...

The stick I have in there feels like a piece of vine, it's what came with the kit I got. I don't think it will mold either, it just had some residue on it where it was touching the sphagnum at the bottom.  I have seen several guides recommend sphagnum, and changing it once a week, is that one...

Thanks for the heads up, it's only been a couple days and the stick I had in there was already getting gross >.< hopefully the mantis will be ok.  I couldn't find deli cups at the store I went to but this was soft plastic and seemed about the right size. There are holes around the top...

OK I can move them once I get out of work, clear plastic cups are fine? 

Yes! When I bought the fellow the people at the booth sold me a 16oz Mason jar as a starter kit, they're in that now, though it sounds like they might need one more intermediate enclosure in a few months before I put them into the full sized one... 

I recently got my first mantis, an orchid mantis (which I have since learned is not a good starter, but I'm not new to inverts so please don't tell me off about it too hard :P ). They molted into L2 a couple days ago, and I've started pre-planning for moving them into their adult enclosure...