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My Carolina female is approx. 7 months old and she still seems active, and is still eating properly. I supervise her feedings, so I was surprised to see today that her back leg had been broken nearly to the bend/joint, so she has no tarsus on that leg and cannot hang anymore. Her last molt in...

I've experienced this and it was definitely scary to watch! When my mantis was around L3, there was a time (about a week) where she did this everyday. It looked like she was having a seizure -- her front body would almost fall to the floor and she would shake for a few minutes and then act like...

My carolina mantis hasn't molted since August. She had a fairly regular molting schedule, and I've recorded her at being 5th instar as of 8/26. She has fully developed wings it seems, but she somewhat mis-molted the last time and bent one of her back legs into a strange position. It still...

Thank you for the identify and info!

Hey all, this is my first post and I'm a newbie mantis owner -- I just acquired a (what appears to be) Chinese nymph last week and I'm not sure exactly how old it is, but it's only about an inch in length. It hasn't molted as of yet, that I can tell. Anyway, yesterday I decided to try and give...