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It happened to one of my Chineses. If it happens again, what I did was I put the container on its side so the abdomen would naturally be pointing downward (The mantis is facing up). I left him there for the day and tested him out on the ceiling and it wasn't bent anymore. -Max

Yes it was. Thanks for your help everyone. Sorry if I was confusing at times. I really apprreciate your guys's advice. Thanks again!

Yeah, I know. People have different viewpoints and this is mine. Maybe I'll see it like you guys when I have more mantids to feed. :) Now back to my latest question.

Yeah, fruit flys are for your little baby nymphs that can't handle anything else. Well at least melanogaster is. Well I fed my Chinese L3-4's melanogaster for a while, but whatever.

I don't really have pupae I just have flys and little white worms (maggots I presume?). I realize some of you might think this to be a little crazy but, what kind of enviroment are your guys's non-breeeding bluebottles living in? I mean to get right down to the point, I only have 1 mantid eating...

Ok so heres the issue in my mind. The flys and maggots should be kept in a warm enviroment to better develop. Last time, I kept them warm and they got out of control. Like they were escaping and stuff. So what kind of container could I keep them in that will contain them? Will I have to...

The maggots (and flies mixed in) are in my fridge, not thrown away. I had one of those cupo flies containers from mantisplace.com and one day i just saw maggots in there, nothing special done.

My container of bluebottles has once again created maggots. I need help on how to raise these things because last time this happened, I just threw them away because they were getting out of the container and stuff. Seriously, the sooner people respond, the better. Thanks, Max

Today I woke up to find my Chinese mantis finally molted into and adult. But he got stuck in his molt and his wings are totally screwed up. I mean really messed up. And he has about 3 1/2 functioning legs. I'll try to get a picture later. :( -Max

Just got 3 little New Zealand nymphs. They were in great shape and ate food right away. Thanks again! -Max

Honey is the answer for me! I put some on the tip of a toothpick and my mantis lifts up the whole thing. She won't care about eanything else. And one time I put a mealworm in the cage and she was rolling over on her back and falling all over the place put refused to lose the worm. :D -Max

Wait I have a question. Don't you have to keep mulitiple mantids apart (except for the first instars) or else they'll go cannabalistic? -Max

Man, you sure have a thing for drawing on random objects. :lol: -Max

Nice drawing! You should see me trying to draw carnivorous plants. I think I killed an entire forest. :P :lol: -Max

Hey Sparky, I think I know you from Terraforums. My name over there is Maxx. Thanks guys. I'm getting some New Zealand mantids soon. -Max

Cool! I'm thinking of turning my old 15gal terrarium into a mantid housing sometime. -Max

Ah, yes! Obregon and I are owners of the online carnivorous plant nursery, Coastalcarnivores.com I think we also sell mantids time to time. Was that what you were thinking of ,Obregon?

I'm in Long Beach. Just south of Los Angeles.

Hey everyone on this forum. I kinda forgot to make a post here at first since I missed this whole section of the forum, but better late than never! I've been raising two chinese nymphs and now i have one adult and one subadult. So thats basically how much experience I have. I really hope to...

Yeah, I had a chinese that got it's back legs stuck in the molt for a while and it came out with a squished pair of legs and a partially squished abdomen. He didn't make it either.