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Well, I'm sad, but I guess it's just nature taking it's course. I'm not sure of his exact age but I have a video I took of him eating and he was already adult for probably about a week if I remember correctly and the date on it is Aug. 30. I feel a LITTLE bit better thinking it wasn't something...

This is my first time raising mantises. how long do chinese typically live after their last molt?

Sorry for poor grammer/spelling, trying to put this up a quickly as possible. i found my adult chinese mantis dying on the floor of his cage...not moving much, legs folded under him,gave him drops of water, drops of honey he DOES take them... ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO???

I am new at keeping mantises, so please excuse me asking stupid questions. I have an adult male Chinese mantis I raised from the ootheca. He was eating all the time before, but a little while after he went into his last instar he has become a lot more picky and eats a little bit then drops his...

ismart> Thanks so much, that's really nice of you! I might just take you up on that :)

Thank you. I was leaning that way but I wasn't sure. He grew so much bigger so much faster than the others, I kept thinking he might be a female. The other two look the same to me...looks like I ended up with 3 males...lol I guess I'm not breeding this time.

Hello, I'm new at keeping mantises. I have 3 Chinese mantises (Tenodera sinensis)I took a picture from underneath of my largest. I took a look at the pinned thread on sexing mantises, but I'm still not sure. I'd really appreciate the opinion of some people with more experience. THANK YOU...

I think I answered my own question ...I moved him/her away from the light, and it wasn't visible anymore... must have just been a trick of the light, lol. but I would still like to know if I can over feed them. THANKS.

This is my first attempt at raising mantises. I hatched Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) from 2 ootheca and have 3 mantises. My largest is a good 2 inches long. I've noticed they do tend to change color sometimes, and sometimes when they have recently had a large meal they get dark spots in...

HELLO! I signed up a while ago to lurk, but I believe this is the first time I am posting. My name is Erin, I'm 30 years old, I live in New Jersey, I am currently unemployed due to some health issues, but I am a college student studying the Social Sciences. I've kept "exotics" such as reptiles...