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Hi all! I'm back at this forum after nearly 2 years break!    I'm moving into a new apartment with two friends where I will be hosting a lot of gatherings and where I will be farming insects for food. I want to raise mantida in my new homes and display some in my living room. I hear if well fed...

Hi everyone, my mantis molted badly in her final molt and did not appear to be able to inflate her wings or walk and had just gone through a very difficult 2 weeks before having originally failed that molt. I was very torn up but felt that there was no oppurtunity for her to improve and little...

Hi all! I am just curious whether a mantis need be facing upward downward or if sideways is possible for them. My mantis really only has three functioning legs and I think she will inevitably be facing upward when she does molt. Keep high hopes,and send wishes for my little friend!

Hi all, I think I witnessed my mantis failing to reach her arm to amputate it as it is stuck pointing backward limiting the use of her rear leg. I'm contemplating amputating her foreleg and rear leg soon and would like to know the dos and fonts so I can properly help her if need be.

Hi all, finally got down to one mantis. Unfortunately she failed her molt today and cannot stand. Is there any hope for my Zeta? I've given her some honey ish what else to do for her, have been misting liberally.

Hi all, though i have little commentary for the thread I am interested to hear what the community believes, or knows about mantis well being and if there are any crucial factors to over mantis wellbeing. I.E. temperature, enclosure size, sunlight, diet, handling. Any way... excited to see what...

Hi all! My nymphs have gotten fairly large and I'm interested in moving them up from fruit flies to feeder crickets. I've learned before that store crickets may be unsafe and need to be fed a healthy diet before being passed to the mantids. Is this true and if so what precautions should be taken?

Hi all, recently had one of my nymphs around l3-4 (I believe) lose a leg after molting which severly augmented her raptors aswell. She can't catch prey on her own so I've been trying to hand feed her. She won't eat the stilt bugs I catch by my front door because their legs are too long but won't...

Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by my thread. I just wanted to premptiviley ask for advice on a nymph I've got the i believe is in L3. I've noticed that his head and neck/upper back is an almost orange brown color and his abdomen is yellow greenish in hue. My concern is that the area between...

Hi all, I've recently lost a lot of nymphs to molting sections and I'm wandering what I can do to help. All of my mantids seem to have a hard time getting out of their skin. And is there any manipulation that can be done to help fallen mantids? I'm assuming not but would love to know.

Hi everyone had a nymph fall during a molt. I placed him back on a stick as soon as I found him and misted him because it looks like can't get his antenae or raptors out and I'm not sure what to do! :P

Hi all! still relatively new to nymph card and have never actually had my own nymphs molt before. The first hatch was Nov 29 so that are around a week to two five or take. Ive noticed in the last day or so my nymphs finally showing fervor when hunting and getting quite fat! Today I noticed one...

Hi all. I don't plan on practicing breeding for some time still but I am interested in the possibilities. Though I'm sure if possible it would take a long time, I am wondering whether or not mantids can be continuosly bread selectively to create unique changes in a controlled environment over a...

Please help! I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing wrong l, though i have some guesses. My nymphs are cannibalizing each other because they have no food, my fruit flies are not surviving the days and I'm running very low on food. I have been misting the nymph containers daily but have not been...

Hello everyone. I am 19 years old, an aspiring artist and planning on starting college next term to become a counselor/study psychology. I joined this forum the day my fiance spotted a single baby mantis above one of our altars where I had been keeping an ooth I found on a post that needed to be...

Hi all, a bit of a rookie here... I've recently boughta fruit fly culture which hasn't worked quite aswell as hoped. While working on that I figured I would ask if any one had a comprehensive list on the steps I would need to take to start a springtail culture. As well as what is needed to be...

Hi all, just had my first ooth hatch. after a day or two I've amassed around 40 nymphs give or take. I'm not sure what the survival ratio typically is, but I am pretty confident I have far too many on my hands. Any suggestions? I know they can't be released with seasonal weather conditions, so I...

Hi all, just recently saved a brood of nymphs that had hatched and nearly drown in some condensation that collected at the bottom of my container. Unfortunately one of the nymphs seems to have been injured or deformed by the water trapping him against the base of the container and cannot bring...

High all, recently hatched a mantis nymph and want to feed iit but I am worried the fruit flies I have are too large. just caught a load of springtails in my backyard and I am wondering if there are any suggested feeding manners? thanks!

Hi all, will do an introduction post here soon hopefully but I feel I've got a more pressing matter that brought me to this forum. Last night on November 29th my fiance noticed a mantis nymph on our wall near where I've been keeping an egg case I rescued. I realize now the early hatch may be...