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Here you go EDIT: She molted again last night between me taking the above picture and this morning and still nothing =(

there seems to be a little black nub at the end. Not sure if that's what you mean or not.

Can the negative effects be significantly reduced if the pet store bought crickets are given a clean and healthy diet for a week or two before feeding to the mantids? I would also figure that because I buy the smallest ones they would have spent the least amount of time in the store before I...

Well she finally molted but did not make any headway on a new foreleg. Hopefully she gets it back in the next molt. :(

Moot point now as it came off on it's own sometime last night. Hopefully next molt she'll be good as new.

Wonderful. I felt pretty bad, she's just too quick for me when she wants to be. =/

Alright, I was putting the little lady nymph back into her container and somehow she managed to stick her left foreleg out the edge right as I went to close it. End result was it got flattened, ribbon thin, at about the joint. Obviously she can't control it past that joint and my question is...

I forgot there was a fresh bag of spagnum moss/soil mix sitting in the garage, so I dumped out the dirt, gave a quick nuke to the spag/soil just to be safe and am now using that instead.

Thanks. I might throw it in the micro just to be safe. Certainly won't hurt the dirt.

I've just been using dirt from the garden out back as a substrate. Is this a bad idea? Is it likely to lead to disease/infection?

Rebecca has many glowing reviews and my experience with her leave me happily in the same boat as the others. Wonderful seller, answered all of my many questions and even gave me a free male to go along with the female I ordered. Add one more happy customer to the list.

Thank you.

What is the difference between the two budwing species, p. agrionina and p. affinis?

Excellent. Question: Where in Ohio are you? Depending, it may just be easier for me to pick one up than mail it. Also, is there a difference between affinnis and agrionina?

Not 100% sure I'm ready to buy one, but I am curious if anyone stateside has a female budwing for sale. Thanks =)

With skill, of course.

They do seem to be attracted to high-movement prey. :lol:

Assuming bugguide.net is accurate, sinensis is the subspecies. Family Mantidae Genus Tenodera Species aridifolia (Tenodera aridifolia) Subspecies sinensis (Chinese Mantid)

"Prey that are unable to fight back against predators (using horns or nasty chemicals, for example) can flee or hide. Insects can fly away or drop to the ground and "play dead." It's not that predators necessarily refuse to eat a dead insect, but that insects lying on the ground and not moving...

In light of my mantid's coming demise, I began to wonder: What is the longest someone on here has had a mantis live?