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I think this answers any questions :P

There alot to be said for instinct. Did you know what when a woman is pregnant she can get cravings for coal or chalk even though she's never eaten the stuff before (obviously) if they are lacking minerals. weird.

ah those are class pics! I always missed my Spurcas on they're last molt

I would say it's very rare, I've never had it happen to me, though once a Budwing female started doing that 'nibbling' thing on my hand they do which usually tickles and it hurt a bit.

Was uploading some pictures to my PC earlier and I came across this one. I don't remember taking it, but I thought it looked pretty funny. Thought I should share :)

Thats fantastic work! Though it might be an idea to remove the male if not for his sake, for hers. Mantids do alot of strange things when they get "stressed".

My male ghost finally shed to an adult a couple of days ago, so I expected his colour to change, but it still hasn't. He's a very light pale green with some bits that are cream coloured. The rest of them are brown so i'm quite pleased about this. What colours can ghosts go?

the funny thing is, he's now outlived the female, even though he shed about a month before her

Sorry to hear about that, though I think if there is a next time it happens just tape the guys legs to the ground. That way he/she has some way of breaking out of the old skin

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Thought this looked cool, 3 of my mantids that are various shades of colour all sitting next to each other, so I thought i would share

depending on how soon after they hatched it was, many mantids hang they're limbs in odd positions to dry or set or whatever it is they do.

It was more than just sluggish though, a few times I came in and saw him thinking he was dead, only to have him start twicthcing when I tried to remove him.

well you say that, but thats the only reason I could come up with. He put dying on hold for a while because he had a reason to live. Its a bit confusing really

Something odd happened with my Dead Leaf pair and I was hoping someone knowledgable here would come up with a 'scientific' reason why this would happen: I have a pair of Dead leaf mantis which I have been mating and the female has been laying Ooths fine. I was remating them after each Ooth (shes...

Well I know it wont turn out well with only one leg. When he/she molts they'll be wriggly and struggling and using their weight to come out their old skin and that one leg has to take it all.

mine didn't struggle. if their close to their molt they usually grow weaker and more docile than usual. It sounds like your one hasnt much strength to put up much of a struggle. Its better than risking it only using one leg to molt from i would guess.

If your mantis hasn't molted already, you can get round this by attaching its hinf legs to the roof of its enclosure yourself. It will still be able to molt as it would be the 'old skin' attached to the roof, not the new one. I had to do this recently with an orchid mantis which molted fine

dont do it, I only say that because I've seen them tackle and fight prey as big as themselves at that age. Even if they give up after a while if one mantis attacksanother the damage caused could be fatal, even if it isn't eaten