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Glad you caught it in time Sticky! Risky business, ooth laying. But yeah, the picture is pretty cringe worthy.. I wasn't sure about posting anything at all first because it seemed pretty grim to start with, but I wouldn't dare killing a mantis without being absolutely sure that is the only...

Alright guys, thank you very much anyway. Didn't seem like she was going to survive with this, but didn't want to end her life without making absolutely sure. Pretty beaten up about it, but went with the freezer anyway. I understand where you are coming from Petoly, I lack the reptiles though...

Hello everyone, A while ago my hierodule membranacea female started having problems with laying her ooth. I feared her being eggbound first, but giving her more space/humidity finally got her to lay. But then the second problem occured. When I got home today, she seemed to be stuck to her ooth...

Thanks for all the advice! I went to stubbornly hand feed the mantis, who didn't want anything of it at first. But in the end he gave in, and has been hand fed his entire time as an L5. A few days ago he had a very good molt to L6, and can now use one claw perfectly fine again! Have already seen...

Agent A, I'm actually wondering about that too, if they'd get in the way when she does. One of the claws just came out of the skin bend so she can't close it, but it functions and I'm sure another molt would correct it. But the other arm never got out of the skin properly when I finally had to...

Hello! After some trouble molting to L5, it turns out my Violin Mantis cannot use her front claws. They are deformed, but I think another molt could fix it. Or atleast could fix one of the claws. But right now she can't grab any food. She is healthy otherwise, I see her try to grab the flies...

One of the ooths just had a beautiful hatch! I am very happy, thanks again Nico!

Just recieved three ootheca (Gongylus) from Nikkko! (After ordering just one!) They're in perfect shape, and they were packed really well! He has given me good advice and it was a pleasure doing business with him :) Very polite, quick responses. Would certainly recommend him! Now it's waiting...

He was very active last night, even if he did not use the claw to climb. He still had so much fire in him I couldn't just let fate take over. Boiled a nailclipper and a small pair of scissors as soon as I got home, and took the limb off. What a fight that was! I was a little bit worried about...

Poor sod, it seems to go really fast and he walks like an old man and keeps falling over. By now he lifts his arm up like that when he walks. I'm considering removing the limb now, thank you Rick. But I guess, if this is age's doing then it'll likely just reappear somewhere else? Also, he seems...

Thanks for the answers guys! I see then, yeah, I did expect him to meet his fate one of these months. Still heartbreaking! The blackness seems to travel up his arm, and at quite a quick rate too. I can see it becoming worse day by day. He did eat a locust two days ago, and he is pretty active...

Hello everyone, I have an adult spiny flower mantis male, who is a bit older. Just a few days ago I started to notice a black spot on his claw, right at the elbow. He uses it still, but I can see he doesn't stretch out with it as far and he's a bit hesistant to use it at all. I think it's...

Hello! I thought i'd be time to post some pictures of my boy, now i can work with my camera a little better :) They're not amazing but it can't hurt to share. Hope you like them! Spike is sometimes allowed to stretch his wings in my room, under my supervision ofcourse. And it's the perfect...

I'd love to get that book someday. And I would also love to take the little bugger out more! But he really loathes my fingers. XD Usually I get him out after being really patient and encouraging him a little, but at some days he just turns around and takes a run for it. But I know he loves it...

Alright! Thank you for the tips! It mostly seems to happen before I feed him though, and after that he calms down, so it's all quite fine! We had rain all day today, so no sun for the boy. And it still seems he gets all movey when I come home. But calmer than before, so it could've been the sun...

Hello everyone! I have an adult male spiny flower mantis, and recently I changed his enclosure. Placed netting on the glass, since the poor guy was always slipping and falling. So now he can crawl freely. But now since, he has started to show some rather odd behaivor. He's very hyperactive...

Hello there! I thought it was time for an introduction post. My name is Wendy, I come from the Netherlands, and I'm a beginner at keeping Mantid. I have started with a Spiny Flower Mantis, a male, who just yesterday night shedded into adult! He is doing very well! I got his enclosure from the...

Just as I posted this, my friend noted it surely looked like a Flower Mantis! So haha, that's awesome! The store owner didn't get informed too well, it seems. But it's alright, I'll just read up more on them and there we go!

Hello everyone! I just got my first mantis from the store, after reading up a lot on them. Loved them since I was a kid, so it was really exciting for me! They had one left, and I was told it is an Orchid Mantis. And it's one very pretty mantis indeed. But for some reason, I am not sure if it...