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Awww that's too bad. I raised several mantids before but never had one go senile before. I just hope it'll lay an ooth before it bites the dust.

I found a fairly large Chinese female the other day that seems to have some pretty strange problems for a mantid. For one, she sucks at catching things. She'll still hunt like a healthy mantid, but she usually miss. Also, the right foreleg's position and where she thinks it is seems to be...

Thanks for the replies. I like to feed my mantids flying insects so burrowers aren't going to be a problem. By the way, are there any differences between S. Lineola and S. Centralis?

Hi, I haved had a few mantids a few years ago (mostly native ones) but I am just now getting back into the hobby. I would like to keep the mantid in a large vivarium, but I know it is harder for the mantid to find prey in a large tank. So I am wonder which species is aggressive enough to...