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I had a chance to check out my mantis more today. He was able to unstick his arm over night but a couple more times today it got stuck again. It's like when he tightly folds up his arms it somehow gets stuck and he can't open it again. Once he got it unstuck again by himself but the other...

I was just looking at him again and I think something is for sure not right, you know when a mantis is just hanging there he has his arms up in a 'praying' position the claw part is relaxed slightly, not real tightly closed, well his right arm is like that but his left arm that doesn't seem to...

I looked but I didn't see any, since he was still so new after moulting I didn't want to take him out to really look that carefully. I guess I'll let him be for tonight and try and look tomorrow more closely. The arm appears to be fine other than it doesn't seem to open. Kurt

Well I guess I don't 'know' it's stuck shut but it sure seems like it is. He seems to reach with that arm trying to climb like he's expecting it to unfold only it won't unfold and I can kind of see him flexing it a bit as if trying to open it. Kurt

Well after my first mantis needed an amputation I found another free roaming one outside (chinese). This guy was a lot bigger and he just had his first molt today. After the molt his left arm doesn't seem to unfold after the last joint that would be under his chin. I hope that makes sense...

Thanks for the tip about putting them in the freezer it worked really well. I just put them in the fridge and it left them a little flighty yet but next time I'll use the freezer. Tweezers worked awesome for offering it up to the mantis! Thanks from me and my mantis! :) T

Above it was mentioned that waxworms are not a good food source for a manits. Can anyone recommend something else? The pet store had crickets, and several types of worms. I put a fly in the jar with my mantis just now over lunch and though he tried repeatedly to get it he was unable to, I'm...

Hey guys, My name is Kurt, I live in Canada doing IT work for the provincial gov't. One of my main hobbies is insect macro photography, which led me to buying some of those mantis egg sacs from costco (which I believe just resells them for another site). I stuck those in my back yard and was...

Thanks everyone for your information and encouragement. I'm pouring over this forum trying to get up to speed on how to best take care of this guy and any future mantids. I've already made several improvements to the little guys house that he seems to be enjoying. :) Thanks again, T

Hey guys, I apologize I'm really new to all this. I bought a mantis egg sac from costco and let it hatch in my back yard, I believe they are chinese mantis'. I put one of the little guys in a jar a couple months ago and I've since been trapping flies for him and generally watching as he...