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She's not a nymph, that's for sure. She's just small compared to my other females. I found her on the bottom of her cage. :(

Sorry, no camera.

Yeah. I caught her in... October, probably. She must have hatched late, because she is still rather small. She's supposed to be dead by now (my other wild mantids died mid-December).

I just gave her water, like half an hour ago. Should I give her more...?

She's a wild-caught Chinese, I think, and she has only one front claw. She will grab the food, but will just stare at it or take two bites. She's thin and sickly. What can I do? EDIT: Nevermind. She died. :(

He's a male, rather small, only a few inches. He is sluggish and "sleepy" and generally looks sickly. He showed no interest in my female, and only ate half a cricket. He sort of sulks around his stick... The weird thing is, he just randomly attacked my finger. He was sitting on my hand, as...

I recently caught two female Chinese. One had one claw knawed off by something. The end of the stump was slightly black. Other than that, she was acting normally, and eating well. Can her claw grow back? My other female isn't doing as well. Her abdomen is swollen, as if she is about to lay...