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A friend of mine has a mantis that seems to be developing the same problem. He caught it in the wild here in California, three or four months ago, as an adult. I've attached some pictures of it that I took earlier today. Also, does this mantis look too fat?? It used to be pretty thin, but it...

Thanks everyone for all the comments! I generally like to go for the 'simpler is better' approach, but I will definitely take all this advice into consideration, and I'll buy a copy of that book as well.

I am about to order some new tubs and supplies from MantisPlace. What's a good size tub for this mantis? The one I have now seems like it's big enough but I think they are going to molt soon... I would definitely like to get some of the cricket food - where can I find it? Thanks, -Rob

When I had a flightless fruit fly culture, I had a very difficult time getting fruit flies from their container to the mantis enclosures without a bunch of them escaping and running all over the place. It became more difficult as time went on and the culture became more dense, until the point...

update - apparently the cricket didn't stand a chance, even though it's almost the same size as the mantis :blink: yum!

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice regarding food for my Budwing Mantis nymphs. When I received the nymphs about a month ago, they were very small (about 3/4 inch) and I fed them with a diet of small flightless fruit flies. I used the fruit flies until they molted, at which point I tried...

Hello, my name is Rob. I am new to the idea of keeping mantises as pets - I found a mantis outside on my patio one day and kept it for about three months until it got old and clumsy and eventually died. It was an awesome pet while it lasted, so after it died I ordered some new mantises from...