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One time with my one of my africans I decided to feed her using my fingers as tweezers (I know, dumb). She went for the prey, but her raptors pierced my skin and sank into my finger. I was lucky she was just eating the prey instead of biting me! I'm sorry that it was so traumatizing with your...

@Velve Love that first one! You always take such great photos!  @Bathory Awww :)  So sweet!! 

For every beautiful mantid shot I get, there are at least 5 "fail" shots  :rolleyes: . Some of these fail shots are almost perfect, and some of them are outright hilarious! I would love to see everybody's fail shots! For some reason, my camera loves focusing on my mantids' behinds... would have...

Thank you! :)  I'll be sure to check those posts out! This little mantis is going to get a nice juicy fly now!  :chef:

An Update: One of the little guys has molted for the first time with me! Of course, I had to take some photos :)   I know the second one's a little washed out, but it's the best "face" photo I've gotten of either of them! These photos are better quality, as you can see :D  taken with...

I got the all new.... medioconstricta camera! :P   Just kidding... it was a spelling error on my part. The mantis is a medioconstricta! I actually got my first dSLR camera, a canon rebel x. Still messing around with it! I'm pretty excited so decided to post the first photos I took. I'll have...

I know a lot of people here are into photography and take lots of photos! So just curious about what you use, what you don't suggest, etc. I recently purchased a canon digital rebel xt ef-s 18-55 mm. I got an f/3.5-5.6 lens for the old model. I felt like I was ready to move on from my bridge...

@Ocelotbren thank you! Her whole body is very pink and her eyes are just beautifully violet. Hoping she retains that coloration!

Had a little photoshoot with my girl :)  What a gorgeous little model.    

@FluffyMantid Thank you so much! :)  They are so cute they should be illegal @Connor Thanks! And that sounds so exciting, I hope you document your adventures! They're so pretty even in younger instars @Mystymantis Thank you! It has been a bit of a wild ride for me and my mantids :D  

I joined the mantis hobby a little over 2 years ago (December 16, 2016 is when I joined the forum). I started out with a ghost mantis and two little african mantids, which have since molted to adult and passed away. I had T. sinensis next, and my mantid collection exploded. I had budwings, r...

You are ready to tear any type of insect in half for your mantids. I've gotten splattered by worm (and fly, and roach) many times on my face. 

I swear, every time I get double shields, there are way more girls than boys! Does anybody know what's up with that? I mean, I'm not complaining!  :P

Story Time: I was working on a project to move all of my adult mantises onto houseplants in various locations in my house. I was going to post about it when it was done... but, unfortunately, the results were unexpected and disheartening. I had three adult female ghost mantises, an African...

My p. agrionina has never laid an ooth since she molted to adult many (five?)months ago. She seems to be acting fine! Still eating, drinking droplets, and climbing around, but she is quite the fat mantis. I've tried putting her on plants free in the house, putting sticks of all sizes and shapes...

The title is pretty self-explanatory. Something killed most of my mantises.  I was feeding them wax worms and flies with the very occasional (gut loaded) mealworm. No crickets. Then, they all started dropping. The little nymphs first. They would refuse food, have a large abdomen, vomit foul...

I'm getting the danger spider: the OBT. :)  Also, getting an Indian Ornamental Pokie. They're going to be relatively small, the OBT is a 1/2" sling and the Pokie is 2". The Pokie'll be my first arboreal, too. I'm excited and nervous! Anybody have experience with these species? I'd love to hear...

I think it can work, especially for smaller species and at least one gripping surface other than just the lid of the cage. I've had budwings and even s lineola successfully molt to adult in them. 

@sarabellum I looked at your photo, and it does not look like a fungal infection at all! It looks like either a dried piece of exoskeleton or substrate or even mantis waste collected in a clump. Have you tried gently prodding it with tweezers? What I would do is spray the problem area with a...

Still on the prowl for any adult male ghosts! Shoot me a PM if you're interested in breeding your males. Thanks! :)