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Thanks guys so much for your support. I really do think that I did do the very best for her that I could, but like I said she just wasn't the same after I came back from vacation. She seemed to have some malformations on her thorax.

Hello All, I am sorry for my long absence, but I think that this post title explains part of it. I went on vacation recently, as some of you knew, I followed the advice and individually packaged the crickets for the pet sitter. Unfortunately, this didn't even work. Patty was fed once and she...

Oh, I think I posted on the wrong one, oh well. :rolleyes:

Okay! Thanks so much Hibiscusmile! I don't see any kind of buds for wings on her back, but she is still really young as far as I can tell, she measures about an inch (rounding up), and having molted twice since I have had her which is about a month, but I think that this is what I am going to do...

I have just finished a discussion on feeding my mantis while on vacation. This got me thinking, how often do you feed your mantis? I currently have Patty on an every other day schedule, but yesterday was her feeding day and I had no crickets so I hand fed her some cat food, but today just for...

Well, at least these insect eating plants prey on the same insects as our mantises!

Oh, I am sure that he isn't I did not really provide any explanation in my introduction so I am sure that he was just curious. It also along with being the truth, my husband's last name, it is a play on an old British joke; pubs would have a tip jar placed out and instead of saying "tips" it...

Oh, well as far as hibiscusmile, that is quite an interesting looking creature and I can only hope for the best, but I will love her no matter what she is. Rich S: Thank you for such a warm welcome, I was dropped into this by rescuing my little girl and had never really thought of bug keeping...

Okay, I think I like that the best, I will do that, just because I am a paranoid new mantis momma that I would worry to much about her starving to leave no food. Thanks for all the advise and patience with me!

Hummm...Yeah I knew that they did live prey, but I was hoping it would work. No I don't think she is an adult yet, she is only a little over half an inch so she is still a babe, and eats a lot every time I feed her, so I don't think she will survive for more than a couple of days without food...

Hello all, I am going to be going to visit family very soon, and my situation is this: I have a regular cat sitter who does a very good job with my cats when I am a way, but is deathly afraid of my dear mantis patty. She has agreed to take care of her, but I think that any sort of handling or...

Are those breeds of Mantis? I am really sorry I don't have pictures, but I will not have my camera back until 25th.

Thank you all so much, already I feel welcome. I am hoping to get some pictures up of my dear patty so that I can get some assistance in figuring out which type of mantis she is. I was thinking she was a budwing, but from looking at the forum she was not nearly dark enough when she was a nymph...

Thanks so much! I hope to make many new friends here!

This was such a sweet story. Even though I am new here, I can tell that we are going to very alike; I am so attached to my girl even though it has only been a month that I have a feeling that I would do the same thing. Thanks so much for sharing your story.

Hello to all my new friends! I am fairly new to the world of praying mantises. I have one mantis now; I don't know which variety, I am thinking budwing. She is fairly small still maybe half and inch, but has molted twice. After her second shed, to which we had a tense moment when she fell, she...