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I've been stalling putting them outside since it's so dang cold in Alabama. I've noticed that Betty's ooth are starting to darken - does that indicate maturity? I'm not exactly prepared for 4 ooth to hatch in my house.

Merry Christmas

I used the free photo editing software GIMP (not that user friendly but doable) and then took the image and used Shutterfly to provide the red frame when they printed the cards. She was a bit blurry in her hind quarters so I used the Christmas tree to deal with that. Plus it was cuter.

So I've used my mantis Betty as a subject matter in learning and playing with macro photography. For Christmas, I decided to use her as a theme in a custom card. I've never done a custom card before but what the heck, right? So my boyfriend and I sat down and spent over 2 hours taking a macro...

Welcome - what kind do you have?

That's exactly how I got started with mantises in September with my Carolina mantises. I had one that had set up shop on my porch light and brought her in before the first freeze. Watched her mate and everything. I've put her 3 ooth outside in a quiet part of the yard where it stays fairly...

That's exciting :) Welcome

I have two mantises - Betty (fully grown) and LT (Little Tiger) who was a wee thing I found in my basil plant. Both are WC Carolina mantises. I took them in during September and they're in critter cages from Petsmart. This being my first experience with mantises, I've had some trials and...

Betty is still going. She had 3 streaks of black liquid on her walls as well as a few signs on the cage but she's laid another egg and is doing well. I really thought that she was done for but I've fed her honey, let her ride around on my head and bought some BB pupae for her as well. I'm...

Good tip. I was watching a ghost mantis eat honey on youtube and it was pretty content eating the honey off of a straw. This was my first time getting honey for them so I'll adjust fire as needed. It'd be neat to see her hold a toothpick. She's my first mantis so we're figuring this out...

This is so true.

I bought a honey stick to try with my WC mantis, Betty. Last night I tried to give it to her and she was waving her feet and pushing it away and/or crying to climb over it to get to me. Once I got her to calm down, she enjoyed it. My little mantis (LT for Little Tiger) had a bad molt and...

Those are beautiful photos.

Sort of hijacking this thread. I'm about to order some from mantisplace to replace the crickets. My older mantis is slowing down and doesn't like having to descend to get her food. Any tips on where to house and how to feed? [Edit: Went ahead and ordered them tonight]

Welcome and interesting pinning. Not quite sure I could do that with mine but neat to see a female wing presentation.

She had happily removed the head of a cricket and was snacking on it while holding the body for a later snack. She had finished it all in a few minutes so she's still feeling good enough to hunt and eat. No black liquid this morning either. Hopeful.

She's still the same - not producing any more black liquid but still sluggish. She showed interest in attacking the crickets in the neighboring container so I scrubbed her housing out (I do it every week) and added a few. I'll see how she does overnight. Gave her more water as well. Thanks...

So I put some drops on her legs and that seemed to greatly annoy her and she wiped it off. She ate 3 days ago so still monitoring. If I need to go ahead and put her down, I will. I might have teared up a little this morning. Maybe. Not admitting anything.

I put some honey on a toothpick and offered it. She gave the equivalent of "######" and pulled back. How would I offer her water? This is new to me.

My wild-caught Carolina Mantis started producing black liquid overnight. She's laid 3 ooth and her abdomen was swollen so I thought she might have laid another. However, it doesn't look like that's going to happen. She's sluggish but moving around. No degradation since this morning. How...