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Help guys my Chinese mantis has molted and before the molt he was pretty deflated and now since he's bigger he's abdomen is so empty its pretty well kinked in half. He hangs upside down on the netting I have and his abdomen stays all bent over and kinked! I think he eats quite a bit though I'm...

UPDATE: Wow, these guys don't give up! This is the morning of day 5 since the first nymph dangled out of the ooth and they continue to come out. First day there were 30 or so and they all died. Every morning since has produced roughly 10 more to have a go at surviving outside the egg. None...

So costco is sending me another ooth and I should get it by the end of the week or monday at the latest. Do you guys think its almost too late now?

Well I suppose it could be that the eggsac was already too dry when I got it but it was almost like they came out too early since they were small and weak. ...or possibly I had the egg positioned a little off and they werent supposed to clump together quite so much. I had the "zipper mostly...

After looking at some vids online of chinese mantids hatching, it really seems my nymphs were somehow not really ready to hatch. They came out really small and weak in comparison to what I've seen online and none of them could even manage to break free of the cluster. Was something wrong with...

They arent even making it to their feet. they're dying while hanging on filaments soon after leaving the ooth! :(

Hi. Thanks for replying. These are Chinese mantids that were orderded online. I've had the ooth for only a week or so and it must be a humidity issue but I'm concerned that it may be too late. I'm resisting the urge to overspary now that I see them drying out. I have increased the humidity for...

Like the title says. I've had about 20-30 hatch in the past afternoon but somethings wrong, they wriggle out on filaments and squirm for a bit then they seem to dry out and die. I have a twig and a damp piece of paper towel in a small plastic container with netting over the top. I'm pretty sure...